thank you for the info! We could not find a shuttler besides the pura vida and the asheville airport shuttle. Harry (asheville airport) shuttled us all and was great. It was a cold weekend out on the trail but we enjoyed it. Can definitely see why so many people get lost, the trail has some very tricky portions with its lack of blazing. Definitely suggest the GAIA app with the GPS tracks - it saved us when we took a wrong turn at the Camp Daniel Boone - Cold Mountain turn off! Hope to return to the Art Loeb under less of a time constraint, and when its warmer again