Bald Knob

For as much hiking as we have done in this area, we somehow managed to skip over bald knob until now.  Steep, but short, it's a hike worth making!   The hike begins directly across the main road from the day visitor parking area at Mountain Lake.  We passed just one other group on our walk to the overlook and enjoyed the frost covered wilderness!

The trail starts out on a gravel road

Shortly after beginning on the true trail

Miss Honey Bunny Bear

At the overlook

Honey and I at the overlook

Habron Gap

Quick assessment: This was a good connector trail and a fine hike if you're looking for a quiet woods walk, but nothing overly inspirational.  The hike is two miles up and two miles back.  Some nice views are afforded on the ascending trail as you approach the ridge, but if you turn around at the junction to other trails once you reach the end of the Habron Gap trail, you won't get any sweeping vistas.  I wish we could have explored the ridge line, but this time didn't provide the opportunity.

Views from the trail up.  Pretty, but not sweeping.

Honey enjoying her woodsy walk

The rest of the team!

Casey and Honey

Max, Casey, Millie, and Honey

Our turn around point.  I imagine that there would be nicer views in either direction on the ridge trails, but we didn't walk far enough to see.

At the junction.

Flat Top and Fallingwater Cascades

Casey and I hiked Flat Top and Fallingwater Cascades at the start of our winter holiday.  We had been to Flat Top once before, but from a completely different trail, so this was a new one for us.  All had a blast!

Casey, Honey, and I at flat top overlook

En route to fallingwater cascades

Honey makes a friend :)

At the overlook

Casey and Max

Cross rock.  It was a short, but STEEP detour to get here.

Honey Bunny Bear and I