The city responded to the resident's complaints by making the Snook Inn install diagonal parking along Bald Eagle Drive and gave nearby condos "No Parking" signs in their swales. Patrons of the Snook Inn and Old Marco Pub began parking on the swales in front of residential condos and houses as well as in the condominium private parking lots.
In the early '90s the Snook Inn expanded it's outdoor seating and the Old Marco Pub opened. For a list of all the trails in that area, see the Curtis Creek trails list page.The problem of nuisance, swale parking by restaurant patrons in Olde Marco is not a new one. This trail is located in the Curtis Creek area.
Summiting Green Knob this way makes for a 9 mile out-and-back hike with an overall climb of 3240 ft (not counting a couple hundred for ups-and-downs), going all the way up the Blue Ridge - and rivaling some of the toughest single-trail climbs in the region! You can continue to the summit of Green Knob (the ultimate culmination of the Snooks Nose ridge) via a 0.2 mi section of the Green Knob trail, located about 100 yards north along the Parkway on the left. It then descends a bit before climbing yet again to reach the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Green overlook. However, if you really want to earn summit bragging rights, the trail does continue up the ridge to cross 4300 ft Laurel Knob. Many people make an out-and-back hike with 3625 ft Snooks Nose as the destination, making for a hike of about 4 miles and a 1775 ft climb. Views from Snooks Nose are fantastic, mostly to the east toward Linville Gorge and to the west toward the Blue Ridge and Black Mountains. After a pronounced turn to the north, the trail pops out of the denser forest onto the exposed ridge called Snooks Nose. This section is narrower, and passes through switchbacks, easing the grade somewhat. The steepest part of the climb is yet to come.Īfter resuming the super-steep climb on the old logging road system, the trail passes a large rock face on the left, then transitions into a purpose-built trail which is much more comfortable to hike. The trail then levels out some, but only briefly. After passing Slick Falls on the right - which is nearly impossible to get a good view of - the trail curves across a ridge, where there is a small clearing and junction of old roads.
This is one steep trail! There are a few switchbacks, but they don't minimize the grade much at all. Starting the Curtis Creek campground, the trail winds its way into the cove containing Slick Falls Branch on an old logging road, and then begins its signature climb.
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