City Lights Bookstore

Our featured book for the week of February 21st is Trail Profiles and Maps from the Great Smokies to Mount Mitchell and Beyond by Walt Weber.

This book includes an illustrated Walking Guide and History of George Vanderbilt's Buck Spring Lodge. Plus added information on Chase Ambler’s Rattlesnake Lodge, a Little MST History, and Some Valuable Hiking Tips for the Trail.

About the Author: Walt Weber retired to Brevard, NC, from Baltimore, MD, after a 33-year career with the Chessie System railroads, now CSX. His last position: Director of Transportation Planning. After arriving in WNC he was soon involved with the MST. In addition to leading hikes there, he helped plan, build, and maintain the Pisgah Ridge section of trail. He also walked and measured the whole 130-mile CMC section of the trail, most of it twice. No one could be better qualified to write the definitive CMC-MST book, now in this, its second edition.