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Date: 04/15/2025 Name: Appalachian Trail – WilsonLick Ranger Station to Wayah Bald Distance: 6.2 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,483 Type: Out & Back Notes: It started as a sunny, but fairly cold, 47F, windy morning, but ended sunny and mild. Trail conditions were quite good, but still had the usual rocks and roots of […]

Date: 04/08/2025 Name: Opossum Creek Falls Trail Distance: 5.1 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 860 Type: Out & Back Notes: We had another mild, sunny day, on our hike on this familiar trail. We were fortunate to see a fair, not spectacular, number of wildflowers. However the recent rains made for a very

Date: 04/01/2025 Name: Sosebee Cove & Coosa Backcountry Trails Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 860 Type: Out & Back Notes: Great weather for a hike, but not the best day for wildflowers. This hike should have been scheduled two weeks later, mid-April, to see many more wildflowers in bloom, especially at

Date: 03/25/2025 Name: Glassy Mtn Trail – Glassy Mtn Rd to Davis Gap Rd Distance: 4.3 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 807 Type: One Way Notes: Overall, the weather, shuttle, trail conditions and west to east direction we hike worked out quite well. This was a moderately difficult hike based on the initial

Date: 03/18/2025 Name: Oconee Station and Station Cove Falls Trails Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 715 Type: Out & Back with Loop Notes: It was a beautiful early spring day with sunny skies and warm temperatures. This was an easy hike with just one 1-mile moderately inclined hill on the Palmetto/Oconee Connector Trail.

Date: 03/11/2025 Name: Logan Turnpike & Whitley Gap Shelter Trails Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,388 Type: One Way with Two Out & Backs Notes: We hiked two dissimilar trails in one day connected by the Appalachian Trail. The first hike up, along, and down Wildcat Mountain from Hogpen Gap was fairly easy.

Date: 03/04/2025 Name: Unicoi Eagle & Bike Trails Distance: 7.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 896 Type: Loop Notes: It was a great day outdoors with an early visit to a Bald Eagle's nest high in a pine tree overlooking the west side of Unicoi Lake guided by Doris Richardson. While the view of the

Date: 02/25/2025 Name: AT-Dick's Creek Gap to Whiteoak Stomp Distance: 7.0 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,791 Type: Out & Back Notes: The weather was great with sunny skies and warm, late-winter temperatures. The Georgia Appalachian Trail Club continues to maintain this trail in excellent condition, but it still has plenty of rocks and roots

Date: 02/18/2025 Name: Tamassee Knob Trail Distance: 6.5 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 892 Type: Out & Back Notes: Great hiking weather today with cool temperatures, partially cloudy skies and no wind. The trail was in excellent shape with just a few minor blowdowns. The trail is also well marked with good north

Date: 02/04/2025 Name: Stoneplace & High Bluff Trails Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 594 Type: Loop Notes: A beautiful and warm winter day with sunny skies and temperatures reaching 74°F. The trails were in good condition with just one large and a few smaller blowdowns that were easily passable. Our first, the Stoneplace