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View east from Kings Mountain Junior

After the level stretch, the trail ascends in a sweeping left turn and comes to a potentially confusing junction with an old trail that angles off to the right. You bear left on the main trail, climb for 0.4 mile, and then reach another junction, this time with a sketchy trail that crosses your route and which may be marked with red plastic tape on the trees.

Go straight, still on the main trail, and cross a slope where two small rock slides have tumbled over the trail making the surface a bit uneven. Despite the rocks, the route remains obvious as you push forward and catch your first glimpses of Kings Mountain to the northeast. At 1.7 miles you come to a small opening on a ridgetop. Ignoring a game trail that goes steeply uphill to the right, you go straight and contour across a steep hillside for 150 yards to an unsigned junction with the well-maintained Wilson River Trail, which angles in from the left. This is the return route of the recommended loop.