WhiteBlaze Pages 2024
A Complete Appalachian Trail Guidebook.
AVAILABLE NOW. $4 for interactive PDF(smartphone version)
Read more here WhiteBlaze Pages Store

Results 1 to 6 of 6
  1. #1
    Registered User Braves#6's Avatar
    Join Date
    03-20-2012
    Location
    Edisto Island, SC
    Age
    70
    Posts
    26

    Default Connecting from PT to Springer/BMT

    Is there a fairly straightforward way to hike from the northern end of the Palmetto Trail or the Foothills Trail to Springer or the BMT? A person could hike from the sea to the mountains on the PT, jump to the BMT, then connect to The Mountains to Sea Trail in NC. Might be fun.

  2. #2
    Registered User Slugg's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-07-2017
    Location
    Georgia
    Age
    31
    Posts
    360

    Default

    On the FHT, heading Eastbound out of Oconee, you will intersect the Bartram Trail at around mile 8. From there, you could take the Bartram to where it intersects the AT at Wayah Bald. Don’t have exact mileages for the Bartram but looks like that’d be 90-100 miles or so. From there, you’d have about a 119 mile hike south to Springer. You could make that way longer incorporating the Palmetto, MST, BMT, etc. like you mentioned. Sounds like a great winter trip to me.

  3. #3
    Registered User Slugg's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-07-2017
    Location
    Georgia
    Age
    31
    Posts
    360

    Default

    Looks like that stretch on the Bartram may be more like 110 miles. Also may be called the Chattooga River Trail until you reach Russell Bridge.

  4. #4
    Registered User Tennessee Viking's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-10-2007
    Location
    Morganton, North Carolina
    Age
    45
    Posts
    3,612
    Journal Entries
    1
    Images
    242

    Default

    Hike your own hike, but there would be a good amount of road walking or a non-direct route of trail systems in order to connect to Springer.
    ''Tennessee Viking'
    Mountains to Sea Trail Hiker & Maintainer
    Former TEHCC (AT) Maintainer

  5. #5
    Registered User Braves#6's Avatar
    Join Date
    03-20-2012
    Location
    Edisto Island, SC
    Age
    70
    Posts
    26

    Default

    Getting to Springer is not the objective. I should have said AT or BMT instead. The loop is the point. Not Springer. Bartram Trail fills the bill. Thanks.

  6. #6
    Registered User Slugg's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-07-2017
    Location
    Georgia
    Age
    31
    Posts
    360

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Braves#6 View Post
    Getting to Springer is not the objective. I should have said AT or BMT instead. The loop is the point. Not Springer. Bartram Trail fills the bill. Thanks.
    Double check that mileage on your own, they’re rough estimations from me..

    Keep us posted if ya plan a route!

++ New Posts ++

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •