i was just in the area and second this campsite. one of those, wow i wish i stayed here type thing in the morning.
i was just in the area and second this campsite. one of those, wow i wish i stayed here type thing in the morning.
sorry.
i meant that i camped near it, and when i passed it in the morning, i wised that i had stayed there.
The geological names get confusing north of Tray. I tend to think that Tray has two summits, the rocky southern one with the views and the northern one with the shelter. Right? But then as you go north from the shelter you drop then climb up another rise which may be a shoulder of Tray? I don't think it has a name. Anyway, once over that rise you drop down into another gap called Wolfpen Gap, then there's another, shorter climb before dropping into Steeltrap. And that climb between Wolfpen and Steeltrap may also be part of Tray, I don't know its name either.
So in my best Bill Clinton impersonation: It depends on what is or isn't part of Tray. Between Steeltrap and the cutoff to the Tray shelter the hiker will see 2 more climbs and gaps.
You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you.
OK, well my meticulously planned out itinerary had me going about .6 further, but I might just stop at Steeltrap instead. DWM is telling me .6 further would put me almost up on Young Lick.
Whitefoot, is that the best hammock site in that general area or did you see some better hammock spots a little further up the trail like I want to be? Thanks to all!!
DWM, thanks for going in front of me and maintaining the section!!
Oh yeah, since the experts are on this thread, does the AT summit Kelly Knob or not. I am trying to get all the 4000+ summits I can get in Georgia, Kelly Knob is one of them.
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
Ditto.
There are several nice obvious hammock campsites north of Tray and well before the Swag of the BlueRidge. In most of these, you can find water down hill south (off the the right heading NOBO). This is a very nice stroll if you aren't having to push a 17 mile pace the first day to get from Unicoi to Dicks Creek in one mega swoop.
Thanks, yes I am taking this one slow and easy. I pulled or stressed something in my right thigh back in the middle of February on The Coosa Backcountry Trail. The long pull from calf Stomp to Coosa Bald hit me like a ton of bricks up there somehow. So I am not going to try to do any more than 7 miles a day, and that is on day one so if I do start to stove up, I will not have to push big miles the next two days. I am being dropped off at 7AM Thursday and picked up at 1PM Saturday. Plenty of time to enjoy my hike in between.
Any good hammock sites near Deep Creek? Forecast is for rain Friday night, so I might actually be IN the shelter, even though I don't want to.
Sorry, I'm not familiar with Deep Creek. The two shelters between Unicoi and Dick's Creek are Tray and Kelly Knob. Both are nice shelters with great water, good views on Tray. But this is an area with more good campsites and hammock sites than you might imagine.
But given what sounds like a hamstring pull, I'd be very cautious with going too far downhill, especially if slippery, to get water. Get a bunch on Tray before heading downhill for the evening.