Originally Posted by
Crossbar
Last time I tried to hike Deep Creek was about a yr and a half ago and the blow downs were so bad I turned around. Hiked it several times back in the 90's and remember it to be a nice hike. There were a couple LNT sites near water about half way between the top and Maple Springs. Wild fire burned portions of Deep Creek and Naked Ground back in 2016(?) so I'm not sure what kind of state they're in now. I'm looking to do section 2 of the Benton MacKaye in April (Ocoee to Fontana) and planning a zero at Joyce Kilmer and maybe try Deep Creek/Jenkins/Naked Ground loop.