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Routes
6 summits • 7.9 mi • 2,097 ft gain • 2 hr 57 min
1 summit • 3.7 mi • 654 ft gain • 2 hr 41 min • Class 1
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"Hiked Mountains to Sea Trail (MST) from Walker Knob Overlook on Blue Ridge Parkway. Blackstock Knob peak has a cairn but no view. One overlook has a great view of the Mount Mitchell ridge line. A few blowdowns provide lesser views. First part of trail is steep switchbacks to ridge. Second part is gently sloping ridge line walk along boundary between Mount Mitchell State Park and Asheville watershed. Last part ridge line is steep to Blackstock Knob peak. Trail is soft for an easy descent on the joints, but I wished I had my mud baskets on my poles to keep them from sinking too far." — davidensley • Jan 1, 2022
"Trail (MST) from Walker Knob (Blue Ridge Parkway) had a lot of fallen logs to maneuver around. Coming back from Highway 128 (state road to Mount Mitchell), I had a tropical depression come through. After Blackstock Knob, there is a down Cessna about 200 feet off trail." — RTMan • May 26, 2020
"It was a foggy and rainy day up on the parkway. The first half mile goes up the side of the summit, with several switchbacks along the way.
For the rest of the trip, you stay along the top of the ridge. This part of the hike is fairly level. However, there is an abundance of deadfall along the way.
There Is a large fallen tree uprooted on the trail as you close in on the summit. On either side it is extremely steep and almost cliff like. I opted to climb over, but be careful. There were areas that appeared solid, that my leg slipped right through.
You know when you are approaching the summit when the trail begins a steep climb. The top is not marked anywhere that I can see. To be sure, I headed further down the trail, only to find that it begins to descend back down the mountain. " — ChrisM • Apr 27, 2018
"Long day hike summiting five 6K peaks under sapphire blues skies.
Balsam Gap > Blackstock Knob > Commissary Trail > Mt. Mitchell > Mt. Halllback > Mt. Gibbes > Potato Knob > Blackstock Knob > Balsam Gap
Total Distance: 19.4 mi.
Altitude Gain: 4907 ft." — WGMayo • Sep 3, 2016
"Started my hike at Glassmine Falls overlook along the Mountain to Sea trail. The trail for this hike is very well maintained and the switchbacks up Blackstock make this a great moderate hike" — david.brawn.79 • Jul 16, 2014