At the Rock House Restaurant, turn right onto N.C. Highway 183, which turns into N.C. Highway 181. Follow the signs to Table Rock parking and picnic area. Paths will lead you down to the rock area. North Carolina Wall, The Amphitheater and The Chimneys. The climb is predominantly easy to moderate.
Access is via a paved trail that leads up the mountain from the parking lot.
Just before you get to the top, look for a rather obscure side trail that leads off to the right, travels back downhill through underbrush and ends at the base of the rock face. Snake's Den Snake's Den is north of Asheville in Barnardsville. Drive several more miles to town, where you take the Dillingham Road to the right, a twisting, winding road that eventually becomes a graveled forest service road. Go about 5 more miles on this Forest Service road until you reach the rock face on your right, within two feet of the road. You can't miss it.