Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area - Wilson Creek - Pisgah NF NC | 3-day Backpacking Report 

New intro! Hope y'all like it as much as I do

We watched your video, packed the packs and went straight to Hunt Fish Falls! What an incredible area, absolutely beautiful. Just wanted to let you know that your efforts to share these places really do make a few of us motor! Thank you. Happy hiking.

I'm a couple of years behind, but, I'll binge watch to catch up to Jan 2024. Glad I found your channel!

Nice trip report. I hope this area is able to obtain Wilderness status. Glad you were able to catch some trout! Would like to see more of that in your vids.

The new intro is pretty cool and unique! This looks like a pretty chill place with all the creeks.

Great video and also very helpful in backpacking the area. I just did my 2nd overnight backpack there (Tuesday and Wednesday); the other backpack was in 2002 and it hasn't changed much. We started at the Roseborough Trailhead and understand your comments about the trails being "a little confusing" as there are numerous trails and misleading signs. Indeed the signs and the trail numbers need updating, especially on the maps. Your map showed a trail (# 262) going directly south to the Timber Ridge Trail, whereas it's not even shown on most maps. And the trail numbers are inconsistent on various maps. But relying on your video we took the good trail from the Roseborough Trailhead to Timber Ridge, then Timber Ridge Trail east to Lost Cove Creek, then up Gragg Prong a very short way and we camped at exactly the same spot you stayed at (totally by chance, did not realize it until looking at your video again after our trip) and like you said it was a perfect campsite (there were 5 of us, 4 tents). Next day we went on up Gragg Prong to the starting trailhead, a wonderful section of trail with so many waterfalls. We all concluded that the hike from Hunt Fish Falls to Gragg Prong Falls and on to the Roseborough Trailhead is one of the top scenic trails in the southeast for sure, probably top 5 for me.

Thanks for the map information. Great choice for a hike. 🇺🇸

Great video! Thanks for showing this great hiking trail.

New Intro! GREAT! Love it man.

Daughter and I are doing this very trail in a few weeks!!!! Thanks.

Really cool new intro. Great trip vid!

Beautiful area and very cool video :)

Oh my goodness! That little animated intro made me smile. Lol. I love the map explanations you do. So helpful! I definitely want to check this area out now.

Excellent video, looks like a great time.

Really enjoyed your trip report! Love to backpack & fish and always looking for routes to combine the two.

Another great video, Layne! Your production quality is getting better all the time!!

Again, another great video! Really enjoyed watching this and I guess maybe wishing it could have continued. That is a great area and other areas close by. Don't know if you had the time to visit Big Lost Cove Cliffs up the road on the right from where you parked or Little Lost Cove Cliffs on the left. The Little Lost Cove Cliffs has a loop, so to speak. At the lower end, if one walks out the trail below the LLCC's trail, there are remains of an old chimney. The lower end of the LLCC trail passes through and old apple orchard which bears had nearly destroyed one tree climbing to get the apples. The old RR rails you saw on the trail are, as you mentioned, are scattered through out the area from old logging operations (narrow gage RR's). A number of different loggers were in our mountain areas and Ritter Lumber was one of those. They had a logging camp at Mortimer and was responsible for the development of that little community. Lot's of information available on Ritter in old news papers. Thanks again for sharing this experience and "happy trails to you again".

Great video - I've been to Hunt Fish and spotted the loop on the map - wanted more info (have to research before hitting the trial with a bundh of scuts) and this was perfect!

I love the quote and your videos buddy. What kind of mic do you use?

Great video report of the area! Where along the loop was your first campsite?

I live about 10 miles away from wilsons creek me and my family spend our summers on the creek every year

I am looking for info on this trail like where to park and maybe even a map. I am looking forward to trying this out please and thank you

Where exactly is the two swimming holes you came across first on the video

what's the regulations for fishing on this trail! i am struggling to find info!

Do you have a map and trip itinerary?