A warm day on the trail at last
Left NOC around 9am and made it to Stecoah Gap (13.6 miles) by 4.30pm for ride to the Hike Inn at Fontana. Pretty good time but tough hiking. Met southbound hiker "Early Bird". Conversation went something like this:
EB: Hi where are you headed?
MH: Maine. How 'bout you?
EB: Georgia.
MH: Well you are almost there.
EB: Yep. There are a couple of others going Northbound that I passed but they are way up there the other side of Hot Springs.
MH: Thanks.
EB: Well I better get going. Gotta get to Georgia.
MH: Yep. Bye!
Mr Happy plans on slack packing tomorrow. (that's hiker speak for getting a ride back to the trail to the point from whence you left it and hiking without your pack to the place from whence you spent the night where your pack will be waiting for you. Kinda - there are variations.) Maybe Mr Happy can explain it better when he reads this. Tomorrow he plans to once again spend the night at the Hike Inn in Fontana and will hike tomorrow"slack packing" some 15.5 miles. Then the SMOKIES! That's as in "mountains" just in case you were wondering.
posted by Michael @ 6:29 PM
3 Comments:
Glad to hear the sun is finally shining some warmth on Senor Felice!
weather conditions in Smokies - check the temps at the different elevations. When entering the Smokies, Mr Happy will cross (prolly on Feb 9) the Fontana Dam, elev. 1,700 ft, and climb to Clingman's Dome at over 6600 ft and then on to Newfound Gap (US441) and finally reaching the end of the Smokies (approx. 73 hiking miles).
For reference, the AT crosses I-40 a few miles after leaving the GSMNP. The above locations & more trail info can the found here: http://www.aldha.org/companyn/ga-tn06.pdf
Btw, here is a suggested AT resupply PDF covering Springer Mtn to Damascus, VA. Enjoy.
oops, wrong link to resupply pdf in previous comment, the Springer to Damascus resupply PDF is here.
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