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Corbin Cabin Trail - SNP, Virginia


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3 hours plus a half hour for lunch
1,190 ft
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The Corbin Cabin hike provides a wonderful look at of some of the most diverse areas in the park. Starting on Skyline Drive ridge you hike along the Appalachian Trail for a short distance before descending to the Corbin Cabin area where you can get a glimpse of how the settlers lived here many years ago. The only strenuous portion is the short climb back up to Skyline Drive. Another hike to Corbin Cabin is also available from the bottom of the valley on the Nicholson Hollow hike

Start by turning left on the white-blazed Appalachian Trail on the ridge line for 0.7 miles before coming to the intersection of the Crusher Ridge Trail.

Turn left on the blue-blazed Crusher Ridge Trail for 0.1 miles where you turn left again on the Nicholson Hollow Trail as it intersects Skyline Drive in another 50 yards. Cross Skyline Drive turn left and walk along the edge of the road for 100 yards to the Nicholson Hollow Trail post. Be careful as traffic can be quite heavy.

Turn right descending the Nicholson Hollow Trail for 1.8 miles as it loops back to the right and descends the valley past a small spring before coming to the intersection of the Indian Run Trail that comes in from the right. Continue straight crossing Indian Run and arriving at the Corbin Cabin area in another 0.2 miles from the last intersection.

At this point you will begin the ascent. Cross Hughes River at the Corbin Cabin Cutoff Trail marker, which is 20 yards past Corbin Cabin, and begin the ascent on the Corbin Cabin Cutoff Trail.

After 0.1 miles there is a small side trail that leads in 30 yards to an old cemetery. In 0.5 miles the Corbin Cabin Cutoff Trail switches back to the left and becomes steeper for the final 0.9 miles back to Skyline Drive and the parking lot.

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Hiker Reviews For The Corbin Cabin Hike (5 Most Recent)
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By: Catherine and John Rating: Date of Hike: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Super, saw a mother bear and 2 cubs about half way going up Nicholson Hollow... Very exciting. They crossed the path about 40 yards ahead of us and ran away to the right. After the cubs had disappeared from sight,  the mother stopped and looked back to make sure we were going away... After that peaceful encounter every burned trunk or dark stump along the trail looked like a bear...

By: Emily C Rating: Date of Hike: Thursday, October 29, 2009
I had fun on this hike. I took my 5 year old, he has been hiking for almost a year and this hike was easy for him. The cabin was easy to find. The cemetery was a bit harder to find, It was up a hill on the Left. We may go back again in the spring. My son loved the small river and had fun playing around on the land near the cabin.

By: martin bondy Rating: Date of Hike: Saturday, February 07, 2009
Pretty,quiet hike from Skyline Drive.   I suspect that in August this hike would necessitate a shower, but in February it was just right    Just the "right" amount of elevation change too.  Interesting and very well preserved cabin at the end of the trail.  I haven't stayed there overnight, but I know the PATC rents it out.  The caretaker tells me that bear can be met on the trail, but are not aggressive.  The Hughes river is crossed and is a joy to see and hear.

Mid October
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