We offer guests an off grid and authentic Appalachian experience at our hike-in cabins located on 500 private acres atop the Newfound Mountains in Western North Carolina. Our Trailhead is located 45 minutes west of Asheville, NC and the trail leading up to our cabins is 2.15 miles with 1,350 feet of elevation gain. The trail utilizes an old forest service road which parallels Bald Branch offering guests verdant landscapes and soothing sounds as they make their way up to our cabins which are nestled in the Saddle between Little and Big Sandy Mush Balds at an elevation of 5,000 feet above sea level. We have two antique Appalachian cabins on-site and our pricing is set per person. That price includes a hearty and healthy breakfast each morning and you'll never pay a cleaning fee on this mountain because we believe in Southern hospitality! We also offer entire property buyouts for large groups, corporate retreats, weddings and special events! Our Main Lodge (Cabin #1) has a sprawling front porch with spectacular views, a nicely appointed off-grid kitchen, a full bathroom with hot shower and an upstairs loft that sleeps up to 10 guests. Our on-site host stay downstairs in the Main Lodge in their own bedrooms and keep the home fires burning, tend the garden, cook hearty and healthy breakfasts, and ensure that all your needs are taken care of during your stay! Guests in our Upper Cabin (Cabin #2) enjoy a wooded and secluded setting in an antique Appalachian Cabin that sleeps up to 6. The downstairs area in our Upper Cabin features an open floorpan with a queen size bed, off-grid kitchen and dining table. Their is a half bath, and a tree-house like front porch! The upstairs loft sleeps up to 4 and guests in Cabin #2 have full access to the off-grid kitchen and hot shower in Cabin #1, which is located 100yds downhill from Cabin #2. The Cabins at Sandy Mush Bald were the dream of our founder, John “Doc” Adler, who wished to create a hike-in facility that provided a sense of hard-earned awe just like he found on the Appalachian Trail and at other infamous hike-in facilities. After acquiring the acreage he and his crew endeavored to bring that dream to life with their bare hands as they constructed an homage to the Appalachian history, culture, and architecture that Doc loved so dearly. Doc’s dream has finally come to fruition and now folks from all over the world are able to come on up to the cabins and experience the best that Appalachia has to offer: warm meals and wood stoves, panoramic views and porch-sits, the sound of rain on a rusted roof, a good book, dark skies, infinite stars, and shared-experiences with newfound friends!
