Originally Posted by
cneill13
If you are hiking the Springer to Blue Mountain section, I would park my car at Unicoi Gap and get a shuttle to take you back to Springer.
The Springer parking lot is a pain to get to and it will be the last thing you want to have to deal with after a 7-8 day hike. If you hike back to your car at Unicoi then you can just get in and go.
It will also give you the opportunity to either speed up or slow down your hike without worrying about missing your shuttle.
I have left my car at Unicoi Gap, Woody Gap and pretty much every gap on the Georgia AT for week long hikes and have never had an issue.