Elk+Knob+Double+Summit+Run

== = Come test out your climbing and downhill abilities on this phenomenal summit run!!! = Directions: Elk Knob State Park is nestled in between Boone and Jefferson and is no more than a 15 minute drive from both towns. From Boone: -Take north NC 194 out of Boone -Turn left onto Meat Camp Rd. -This road will climb to a gap adjacent with Elk Knob State Park -Turn right into Elk Knob State Park -Follow the gravel rd all the way till its end at a parking area with toilets -Trail starts here The Run: From the parking area take the newly constructed (still ongoing) 1.8 mile Elk Knob Summit Trail. The trail gradually ascends Elk Knob at about a 10-15 percent grade average. The trail consist of crushed gravel single track almost the entire way until the last pitch to the summit. The last pitch to the summit is an old extremely rocky jeep rd at a 30 percent grade. Once you reach the summit, take a split, enjoy the views, and blaze back down the trail to the parking lot. Once you reach the parking lot, turn around and do it again and try to negative split!!!!

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**11/23/10 - Brandon Thrower** : 1:04:44 (19:24,13:15,19:42,12:23)