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Length: 32.0 miles
Rating: Strenuous
The Standing Indian basin is a horseshoe-shaped drainage formed by the
Nantahala and Blue Ridge Mountains with several Peaks over 5,000 feet
high. A network of trails leads to waterfalls and mountain peaks.
Pickens Nose Trail (0.7 mile) climbs through mature oak forest to a
promontory on Brushy Ridge. Waslik Poplar Trail (0.6 mile) leads to the
Nation's second largest yellow-poplar tree. The Appalachian Trail (AT)
crosses the mountain peaks for 32 miles through this area, and the trail
passes in and out of the Southern Nantahala Wilderness. You can use the AT
to complete trail loops. Over 16 miles of orange-blazed trail are open to
horses.
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