Cullowee Map

dustin_henson1272

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Cullowhee Map

I am looking for any help I can get finding trails in the cullowee/WNC area. Ive read about lots of trails on here but with no directions. If anyone has directions to ANY decent trails in the area please post here or PM me. I will be putting together a map of all these trails and will post here and update as I get new info. Please help me put this together. Thanks
 
They are not illegal. I wheeled them for 4 years while in school there.

Caney Fork - Turn left out of Campus like you are going up 107 to Cashiers. After the park in Cullowhee turn left on Caney Fork Rd and drive it all the way to the end. The trail head begins and goes all the way up to the parkway.

Moses Creek - Same directions except when you are on Caney Fork Rd you will turn left on Moses Creek Rd and the road turns to a dirt rd and the trails are up ahead.

Theres also a big mudhole at the top of Locust Creek Rd. which is off old cullowhee rd. There used to be a trail that ran to the top of Locust Creek but Im not sure if it is still there or not.
 
Macdaddy4738 said:
I would take a guess that 99% of the trails you have heard of are illegal.
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Have you ever been there? If not you are assuming. There used to be one on Wayhutta (sp) but it has been a while since I was there. Lots of good times on Caney Fork
 
WCURoverd90 said:
Caney Fork - Turn left out of Campus like you are going up 107 to Cashiers. After the park in Cullowhee turn left on Caney Fork Rd and drive it all the way to the end. The trail head begins and goes all the way up to the parkway.
Moses Creek - Same directions except when you are on Caney Fork Rd you will turn left on Moses Creek Rd and the road turns to a dirt rd and the trails are up ahead.
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Double that. I even got stopped by the local ... game warden? can't remember who it was, but he was badged and worried I was up there poaching or something. I asked him out right if it was ok that I was riding around up there and he said it was perfectly fine... just don't poach... or grow weed.
 
WCURoverd90 said:
They are not illegal. I wheeled them for 4 years while in school there.
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Yea my friend Andy told me the same. He also told me recently that a lot of the trails he use to run had been closed.
 
Nothing is sacred anymore, they are starting to build houses up there.
 
thanks

I knew about caney fork although when I took the trail a couple weeks ago (and cut several downed trees out of the way) I was told it was named pinhook?? is this one and the same? I have also been to a trail on cane creek though we were low on gas so we only went up past the first sharp right. I dont know the name of the trail but there is a good little climb right at the beginning with a large rock near the top of the hill before the curve. If anyone knows the name of this trail or where or if it leads anywhere I would like to know ... if not I plan to find out this weekend if anyone else wants to go. The trail i rode "called" pinhook had a good section to it as well that you could bypass and although it was dry I would imagine it would be very difficult when wet. I have also heard of a trail named coppermine? any info on this trail or one called little slickrock? also i rode up moses creek last weekend for a long ways and saw nothing really of interest is there anymore info on this trail? (like where the turn off is?) I have been through hurricane (up and down) and although it is rutted out worse than before its still a mild trail ride at best. there is a hill climb area and the two outside climbs are not difficult but the middle will require plenty of wheelbase. The mudholes are mudholes (not really my thing) Thanks for your help so far and anymore wouldbe appreciated!
 
orange150 said:
Double that. I even got stopped by the local ... game warden? can't remember who it was, but he was badged and worried I was up there poaching or something. I asked him out right if it was ok that I was riding around up there and he said it was perfectly fine... just don't poach... or grow weed.
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The first time I was up there that exact same thing happened to me....All he wanted to know was if I was poaching, fishing illegally, or growing pot and told me it was fine to be up there that it was Forest Service Land.
 
went last summer nothing closed that wasn't the summer before. I've heard stoires that stuff has been closed. but haven't been yet this year
 
Dustin I think people are just making up names for the trails now, but it doesn't really matter. Basically they're just named for whatever road ends and the trail starts from. If you really want to go with somebody who knows the trails send me a PM and I'll get ya in touch with him. heck I might even go with ya!
 
was up last fall. the FS has closed a lot of the trails. lots of BIG water ditches, and a few new gates. bastards!
 
I have no expert input for WNC but I'm guessing that they are just really rough forrest roads or fire break roads.
Would I be correct in that assumption?

A few guys I know wheel North GA and ride some pretty rough roads in groups every so often. but not a OHV trail system.

I'm more familiar with the FS roads around Asheville on up to boone and they are dirt/gravel trails but not challenging.
 
The trail most folks refer to as Caney Fork - the one that goes up the "the bald" is closed. You can thank the friendly people at the USFS for that one. I called and spoke with them about it last summer. They did it legally - there was an open comment period and everything. The thing is, there was no big fuss made over it so we could even comment. It was the "Wet Face" project... I would not have even known that name when looking for FS documents to comment on.
 
MtnYJ said:
The trail most folks refer to as Caney Fork - the one that goes up the "the bald" is closed. You can thank the friendly people at the USFS for that one. I called and spoke with them about it last summer. They did it legally - there was an open comment period and everything. The thing is, there was no big fuss made over it so we could even comment. It was the "Wet Face" project... I would not have even known that name when looking for FS documents to comment on.
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Man, that sure was a pretty view up on that bald. Been camping up there a couple times, pretty good spot except for the constant wind
 
If they closed Caney Fork, I wonder if Ruff Butt rd got closed down as well....on Caney Fork, the last right turn you can make before going onto the gravel at the start of the CF trails, is Ruff Butt rd. It has a homemade wooden sign and goes past a few houses and then into a creek crossing.

It is a fun ride through there and last I heard you can ride it all the way out to Balsam, but I am not sure how true that is.
 
Ruff Butt was open as of last September... I'm guessing it'll be in the Forest Service's sights next...
 
those were fun trails while i was at school there...sucks that they are closing down now
 
Lorenzo816 said:
I have no expert input for WNC but I'm guessing that they are just really rough forrest roads or fire break roads.
Would I be correct in that assumption?
A few guys I know wheel North GA and ride some pretty rough roads in groups every so often. but not a OHV trail system.
I'm more familiar with the FS roads around Asheville on up to boone and they are dirt/gravel trails but not challenging.
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Actually, Caney Fork was a pretty bad ass trail....Lots of off camber sections and creek crossings, but not a lot of rocks except for certain sections.
 
For those few who have never seen the bald here's a shot I took and pieced together in photoshop. enjoy

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if all is true, may it rest in peace
 
like i said i dont know if caney fork is the same as "pinhook" but I came over it about 3 weeks ago ... its a very decent trail with alot of creek crossing, timber crossing and several off camber spots ... in one spot there was a bypass to what was a really hard series of rocks and off camber and hill climb. If this is the same trail I took it from the parkway side and came out in caney fork (dont know if it was the end or not?) it was about a 2 hour or longer trail. I will be going again soon (maybe tomorrow??) if anyone wants to follow ... if not I will get some video this time (especially the rocky part!!) Well I need to get back to work replacing a wheel bearing (went up "lil slickrock"? on cane creek rd when it was pouring rain last weekend and took out a locking hub and wheel bearing on the rock ... but I made it!)
 
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