FSR's for Nantahala Balds
Just wondering what the drive conditions are for the forest service roads are like for the Nantahala Balds. Can a low clearance sedan get up them?
''Tennessee Viking'
Mountains to Sea Trail Hiker & Maintainer
Former TEHCC (AT) Maintainer
Yes it can
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
I drive a Mustang, very low to the ground, and had no grounding.
"Only in the woods can one find solitude without loneliness."-Robert Traver
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The roads are great, make sure you keep your eyes open for the occasional washout or loose /fallen rocks.
Funny story (to me anyway). My gas gauge doesn't work on my gray blazer and I was heading up to Burningtown Gap when I ran out of gas. I was like...who's gonna give me a ride to the gas station up here? I realized that since I was at a high elevation I could prolly coast quite a ways. I don't know how far it was from there to Highway 19 at the Nantahala River park there, more than 5 miles at least, but, I coasted all the way there and then hitched 2 miles to the nearest gas station and back with relative ease.
I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
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