Frying Pan Tower and Beaver Dam Lake

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
4/9/2025	1.5 miles	1 hour 21 minutes	297'	2.2 mph	107.6 miles

Parking: 

• Blue Ridge Parkway, mile 408

Map:

• Gaia GPS app

Directions:

• Take the gravel road to the summit. Return the same way.

Phyllis, Paul, Glen, Krumm and I went for a hike on the parkway. A bit of the parkway is open up here near the Pisgah Inn, so it was nice to see those mountain views again! We had a short hike up to the tower. We took turns climbing it, so someone could stay at the bottom with Krumm. We spent some time talking to a hiker from Massachusetts, who fell in love with Krumm. 

After our hike, we drove back to Asheville and did a walk around Beaver Dam Lake. Lots of turtles and birds today. We saw a green heron. Glen used his AI app to create a photo of Paul holding two of them, lol.

Glen and Krumm below the fire tower

Looking out at Looking Glass Rock

Still not much green at this elevation.

A green heron

AI generated image