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Lookout Mountain - Montreat Conference Center, NC

2,742 views · Published 1 January 2017 · 22:11 · Indexed 11 October 2026

Channel: Zachary Robbins · 2017 · Travel & Events

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This hike is so much more than Lookout Mountain, but I couldn't fit everything in the title. I started with the popular Lookout Trail, part of the excellent trail system on Montreat Conference Center land. The steep trail leads to Lookout Rock with great views of the Seven Sisters, Great Craggy Mountains, and the Swannanoa Valley. A winter storm had blown through bringing temperatures in the high 20s with 25+ mph winds making it very cold and causing my camera to shake a lot.

From there I crossed over into the trail system of the Ridgecrest Conference Center. I first went to Copperhead Mountain with surprising open views of I-40 through Swannanoa Gap, with views of the Hickory Nut Mountains and South Mountains. Its neighbor Rattlesnake Mountain has big views in almost every direction, combining the views from Lookout and Copperhead. After that I returned to the Montreat trails and followed East Ridge Trail north to bag some peaks. Brushy Mountain had a good view northeast including Mackey Mountain, Table Rock Mountain, Green Knob, and Pinnacle. I turned around at Long Gap and followed the Old Trestle Road back. This trail is flat, easy, and has good winter views of Montreat. Overall it was a fantastic hike. 

Hike was 7.4 miles in 5 hours and 10 minutes

Hike location
https://goo.gl/maps/okihxpaDWAhmRyHo9

Hike report
http://www.hikingupward.com/NCSP/LookoutMountain/

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