NC Offroading Brevard Forest Roads

Part 1 - We explore Yellow Gap Road, Cathy's Creek Road, and tons more in the area south east of Asheville and north of Brevard. Follow along to find out which gates are open, which are closed, and where the campsites can be found.

[@Hammbone2519]

Just want to say I appreciate this channel. I have explored a number of the places you have been in your various videos, and scoping out quite a few more. Headed to Brevard in a couple months and this is a great preview of some of the places I have my eye on. Surely this will save me some dead ends. I especially appreciate that you are more focused on the destinations and just exploring areas well off the beaten path and sharing for people like me who are doing the same thing. So much overlanding content is about $80k rigs and equipment, but as a fellow Triangle-based weekend warrior with a mostly stock Toyota (03 Sequoia) I really appreciate someone who's all about just getting out there and exploring with a simple budget-friendly setup. Happy exploring and thank you!

[@nathanallen7646]

My favorite part: "Come on y'all we have to be better than that" as you just finished a close up of a Busch Light can. I see a double meaning in that statement 🤣

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Hah, yeah you got it!

[@bertkamp16]

I can't thank you enough for this video. I got so much value from it. I bookmarked so many spots on Google maps to explore with my family.

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Excellent, that is why I put these out there! Just stay safe and keep things looking good so these areas stay open!

[@adamada216]

Really awesome to see you guys picking up the trash. I always try to bring a trash bucket and pick up trash when I can. Good ride too, I love this type of excursion!

[@harvmac69]

Thanks man! We are heading to Brevard again this weekend and I was looking for dispersed camping and some trails to ride, this is perfect!

[@DefiantOffroad]

That's a great area. Western NC is one of my favorite places to explore!

[@willrobinson6866]

Finally! Some local off-roading channels! Much love from Greenville SC! Digging the videos, keepem coming👍🏻👌🏻

[@laurenandseth]

Looks like fun, I love it out there!

[@Qmedjoe]

Glad I found your channel, I live in Ashe county. I’ve been building out my 1st gen. Tacoma getting her ready for overlanding. Big tumbs up on the “pack it out” comment! 👍🏻👊🏻

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Absolutely! I can't believe how many slobs there are who think nothing of chucking a empty fast food bag out the window or leaving beer cans scattered all over. My father in law recently bought a 1st Gen Tacoma and built it out, and it has been fantastic on trips. Great truck! You can see a quick walk around that I did of his setup here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXnVfmCsprl_pc0

[@Qmedjoe]

Mountains to Sea Overland awesome, I’ll check it when I get the chance. Here’s mine this far. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3Ooh6yMrNqIopo

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Nice! I like the camper shell on yours. I have been thinking about getting a Tacoma myself as a second build that I can pass on to my kids once they start driving, and I think I would do a camper shell.

[@grantyoungpickin]

Coming our your way in August - thanks for the tips on locations!

[@davidmayo5464]

I just took my daughter exploring and camping in this area. 471 (Cathy's Creek) seems to have been rebuilt in a lot of areas by the FS. They've also unfortunately placed many more of those giant boulders preventing pulling off in old campsites as well as posted "no camping here" signs in every site I could find. We continued on to 475 and 475B and managed to find one tiny spot (which was still nice!). I'll have to explore Yellow Gap again next time. Love the channel! I wish there were more people putting this type of info out there. Travel on!

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

That stinks that they are closing camping sites, but you know, as long as people leave so much trash behind I can't blame them too much. I'm glad y'all found a spot. My hope is that as people are educated, and as we take some responsibility for cleaning up after ourselves and others, then maybe access will improve over time.

[@davidmayo5464]

@@mountainstoseaoverland9855 Yep, exactly. There were signs along 475B threatening to close camping there as well for the same reasons. We cleaned up a bit of trash left before us at our site too. A real shame! Hopefully, we can spread awareness of LNT practices and save these areas!

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Thanks for doing your part!

[@gerhardhillmann1]

Great video. I did this drive today on 5000 to Powhatan camp ground and then back home to Asheville in my 2011 Expedition. My first off road expedition. Going to do Pinnacle Mtn. Rd next. I think I'll take it to the pinnacle and head back to Sky Valley Rd. Thanks again! PM me if you're in the Asheville/Brevard area again. Beers on me.

[@kevinbrinkley374]

Took my Wrangler through there last year. Did a couple of different fire roads that trip.

[@timflaherty2731]

He hasn't posted in 4 years. Wonder what happened? Really enjoy his videos.

[@tundracamper]

Starting to dig your videos. From an archival perspective, it sure would be nice if you gave more details besides “turning off 475.” Showing a map would be even better or list key locations in description (that should be a given). I’m looking at a map now and would really like to know your exact route.

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Sorry man... I try to be specific enough that people can follow along if they have google maps open (and some videos do that better then others), but I want to be able to enjoy the trips and keep things simple while I'm exploring. Too much tracking and it becomes laborsome, and I would probably give up the whole sharing side of things.

[@tundracamper]

Mountains to Sea Overland no need to apologize. I just figured if you were going to the trouble of editing and uploading, you’d want people to be able to find it via searching. Just an observation.

[@backbonz]

You passed (it appears) Headwaters Rd, right across from the hatchery. It’s a nice drive that takes you back up to 276.

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Oh yeah I remember seeing the turn for that, and we were thinking of driving up that way but we wanted to make sure we left enough time for Pinnacle Mountain Road. We will have to check it out next time though... thanks for the heads up!

[@4Runnernguns]

I took my kids for a drive from North Mills River recreation area down Yellow Gap road all the way to Living Waters near Balsam Grove and every camp site along those roads was taken. It was a beautiful drive but nowhere near as much luck finding open camp sites as I have in the area around Linville Gorge up to Mortimer.

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Yeah when I did this trip it was in March and there were lots of open spots, but going back in June only found one spot open and we were lucky to find that!

[@marlenechioda8290]

What a unique tent to sleep on top of your car.

[@CharlesPiccolaPhotography]

Great vid...are you using and app for gps?

[@mikeferretti7422]

The camping spots you came across along the roadside do they require any reservations or signing in or fees or first come and free for all?

[@fiftyfishbottom]

Subscribed and like your videos. Question, what is that rack that seems to hold a Pelican or Plano storage container with Maxtrax on top, on roof with a wind breaker. That is so cool. Seems like extension of Pioneer roof rack on which RTT. I have a JL Jeep with Pioneer rack and about to add RTT.

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

It is made by BajaRack, and it is a full length version of what they call the Utility MG. I'm not sure if they make one for the Wrangler, but if so it is a fantastic option. I bolted a Pelican case to it, and then used the pins that MaxTrax sells to mount the boards. You can check out my walk around video of the 4Runner that's on my channel to see it up close. At the moment I actually moved my RTT to an offroad trailer that I built, but when the tent is on the truck it's really nice for the rack to be flat and really low profile. Thanks for following the channel!

[@randallgentre5988]

Growing up and living here in Hendersonville and mills river area i promise your gonna see way more busch light cans then wifelife it self lmao but mills river is known for alot if deer try balsam grove and look up horses rock awesome view's

[@randallgentre5988]

Horse shoe rock

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

I'll definitely check out Horse shoe rock. Thanks for the tip!

[@donnierakes9117]

How did you find these roads? We’re going in a couple weeks thanks!

[@marlenechioda8290]

You found a cabin near waterfalls with a tightrope to have fun.

[@herbrachel9707]

I'd like to hang with you one weekend next year i have a 2020 titan 4x4.

[@mattmarkey3959]

Do you share any of these routes? I live in Charlotte and just looking for weekend exploring trips, some off-roading and camping.

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

I try to share enough info in my videos so folks can find where we went by looking at Google maps, but I don't do any kind of route mapping when I'm driving and I don't have any kind of website with routes on them. For me, filming the trip is already enough of an added project when I'm on the road. If it becomes too much of a pain to gather and publish a bunch of data then I'm sure I wouldn't be so enthusiastic to do trips so often. Plus it takes away some of the fun for you guys... you gotta do your own exploring if you want to find out every last detail!

[@backbonz]

Matt Markey he’s mentioned the name of pretty much every single road.

[@byronbrasher8118]

what are you using for toilet

[@YvngMoses_25]

Do you have like maps of the roads you go on?

[@charliethecabbie211]

I'm a beginner where can I pickup a nice easy road? I would like to camp.

[@Stp1974]

Can you explain why some gates are closed and some are open? Is there logic to it?

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Oh man, I wish I knew! The one factor that I have noticed is hunting season. Some areas seem to open up in the fall so hunters can access gamelands. But I haven't been able to find a centralized listing of whats open and whats not. Which is why I go out and just spend time exploring! And hopefully over time this channel becomes a resource for finding out details for particular areas.

[@dawsonholland2885]

Just road 475 this weekend

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Excellent!

[@BeauLeonard]

Caution: Slippery Surface... that bridge is ridiculously slippery when it's wet!

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Hey Beau, which bridge are you referring to? The one by the waterfall?

[@BeauLeonard]

Mountains to Sea Overland The one at Sliding Rock on the far side of the parking lot.

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

Oh yeah, I know the one you are referring to. Thankfully it was dry when we were there...

[@ronnieivey8662]

Drive 475b.

[@abrahambrereton738]

River Mills.....🤔

[@mountainstoseaoverland9855]

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[@abrahambrereton738]

Mountains to Sea Overland Mills River.

[@pigmyandtheamazon4154]

I wanna overland so bad

[@FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

Out of area folks think they are on rugged road.

[@kaptinkirk1243]

Lame tbh