Trip Highlight
Stunning Seven Sisters Views
There’s nothing more quintessentially Appalachian than a day spent on Montreat’s majestic Graybeard Trail. This strenuous 9.6-mile, out and back hike ascends 2,400 feet to a summit with breathtaking vistas of the peaks of the Black Mountains, also called the Seven Sisters. Graybeard offers inspiring views year-round, but the patchwork of yellows, reds, and oranges dotting the mountainsides during fall are particularly postcard-worthy.