This just in via a friend that just did Dicks Creek Gap to Winding Stair Gap. Lots of bear activity from Carter's Gap shelter to Betty's Creek Gap. Hiker reports: 2 diff. groups had PCT hangs - bear...
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This just in via a friend that just did Dicks Creek Gap to Winding Stair Gap. Lots of bear activity from Carter's Gap shelter to Betty's Creek Gap. Hiker reports: 2 diff. groups had PCT hangs - bear...
This just in via a friend that just did Dicks Creek Gap to Winding Stair Gap. Lots of bear activity from Carter's Gap shelter to Betty's Creek Gap. Hiker reports: 2 diff. groups had PCT hangs - bear...
I just left a message with my broker to cut me a check tomorrow. Now to figure out how to get in the phone que some 3am EDT August 27!
Cheers,
Bill in Roswell, GA
Due to several large forest fires, the AT is closed from Dicks Creek Gap going north to the Nantahala River by order of the National Forest until further notice. The forest fires tend to stay on the...
Due to several forest fires, the AT is closed from Dicks Creek Gap going north to the Nantahala River by order of the National Forest until further notice. The forest fires tend to stay on the...
As of mid-October 2016 the trail to Whitley Gap is closed by order of the Forest Service, as is Raven Cliff Falls trail, due to fire activity in the area. The trails will remain closed until further...
Jarrard Gap is a few miles west of Blood Mtn. At Jarrard Gap a gated gravel road crosses the AT. Follow the road to the north, downhill. In just over .25 mile see cabins on the left. A reliable creek...
I was on Hightower Rd. last June and saw a dumptruck of gravel and a road grader up Charlies Cr Rd that goes to Blue Ridge Gap and onwards across the Tallulah River.
However, that road washes out...
An old trick we used back in the day to dry out wet leather boots was to heat some stones next to the fire. You don't want them too hot to handle, but warm enough that you need a bandana to pick them...
The approach trail is a good warmup hike for what the AT is like in GA all the way to Muskrat shelter. Up and down, up and down. Rocky with an occassional mud hole.
A more interesting hike than...