Originally Posted by
damocles1
The rule for Mitchell is to take your time to Marion and double it. You'll have your rough final time from that equation.
That's about right.
My wife dropped me off in Marion a couple years ago. I was going to ride up to Mt. Mitchell, ride down the brp and meet her in Asheville. 5 hours later, I'm offering a guy in a pick up truck 20 dollars for a ride down from Craggy gardens.