This is part 2 of a two part video of a group hike in the Red River Gorge. Red River Gorge is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest near Slade Kentucky. I was kindly invited by local Kentucky hiker “Backpacking With Jason” to attend this YouTuber hike / meetup. On day 2, Saturday, we shuttled over to the Grays Arch parking area and hiked the roughly 5.6 mile loop. The parking was very crowded on Saturday. The loop was very interesting and traversed a short section of the Sheltowee Trace Trail, the Rush Ridge Trail, the Rough Trail, and the Grays Arch Trail. We took a side trail off to the east of the Rush Ridge Trail to see Corrosion Cove and then continued on to Grays Arch. After descending steeply down the Rough Trail, there was quite a bit of water and the forest was damp and had lots of hemlocks. Very different compared to the trails along the ridges. After visiting Grays Arch, we went back to the Auxier Ridge Trailhead and hiked off trail West to see the Star Gap arch and Living Wall. Hiked 11.7 miles on day 2.
Collaborators at the hike:
Backpacking With Jason: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCobwtnc4-EUkVZzo1RaaLrA
Dragon Roams: https://www.youtube.com/user/Don2realign
SkinnyGPanda: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrPTDQckVa4M5ekLU8nL7tg
Kurt Zitzelman Outdoors: https://www.youtube.com/user/KurtZitzelman
Hike Life: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHo3Kr0a4kYW4InE8ylbSGA
Grays Arch Trail Map: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd491194.pdf
Auxier Area Trail Map: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd491186.pdf
Trail Summary: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5276793.pdf
Guides and maps: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/dbnf/maps-pubs/?cid=stelprdb5389641
Red River Gorge Scenic Byway: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/dbnf/recarea/?recid=39552
Pass info: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5294940.pdf
More Pass Info: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/dbnf/recreation/?cid=stelprdb5332558
