North Slope Trail, Pisgah

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
2/7/2025	5.3 miles	3 hours 38 minutes	375'	2.0 mph	44.9 miles

Parking: 

• Pisgah Ranger Station, 1600 Pisgah Highway

Map:

• Pisgah Map Co. Pisgah Ranger District

Directions:

• From the parking lot, turn right onto the Exercise Trail. Cross the road. Turn right and cross the bridge over the Davidson River at the Art Loeb parking area. Walk through the campground and turn left onto the North Slope Trail. Climb and then walk along a ridge. At a 3-way intersection, turn right to stay on the North Slope Trail. Where the trail splits, stay left next to the river. Turn left at the Art Loeb parking area to cross the river. Take a left again before reaching the highway. Turn right onto the Exercise Trail and cross the highway. On the other side, continue on the Exercise Trail back to the parking lot.

Marie and I are leading this hike later this month, so we went out today to scout it, accompanied by Glen, Joe, and Krumm. It's more than I've been hiking, but it's an easier hike so I did fine. The North Slope Trail is a nice walk in the woods. There is a bridge on the trail that was destroyed, so we did have to climb down and up a dirt embankment, but it wasn't too bad. We stopped at the 3-way intersection for lunch. From there we headed down to the river. A few sections of the trail are closed due to hurricane damage, but you can walk in the campground. We found a nice beach and let Krumm go for a swim.

Krumm wanted to take the bridge, but the humans didn't.

Please throw a stick!

A blue heron in the Davidson River

Historic English Chapel