Start your 2025 off on the right foot with a New Year’s Day Hike! This 7-mile moderate hike with 1,082 feet of climbing will take us from Boyd Branch up to the North Boundary Ridge of the Bent Creek Experimental Forest. Our return to our vehicles will take us down the Greenslick and Lower Sidehill Trails. Established in 1925, The Bent Creek Experimental Forest is the oldest federally managed experimental forest east of the Mississippi. Location: 10:00 am - Ledford Branch Trailhead Parking – Bent Creek Experimental Forest Cost: Cost: $35 for SVM Members, $45 for Non-Members.