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Date: 08/05/2021 Name: Blood Mountain & Freeman Loop Trails Distance: 6.1 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,594 Type: Out & Back Notes: A more challenging hike today with lots of large and small rocks and roots on a well used trail in generally good condition. Garmin reported this hike at 6.8 miles. Total time of […]

Date: 07/27/2021 Name: Bartram Trail-Earl's Ford to Dicks Creek Falls Distance: 5.5 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 735 Type: Out & Back Notes: This was an easy hike with the trail in good condition without many roots or rocks and well marked with the yellow Bartram Trail blazes. Access to the trailhead is good although

Date: 07/22/2021 Name: AT & Dockery Lake Trails from Woody Gap to Dockery Lake Distance: 7.1 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1050 Type: One Way Notes: We had a small group of four hikers today. The weather was good with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70's, but quite humid. Despite several days of

Date: 07/16/2021 Name: Opossum Creek Falls Trail Distance: 4.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 860 Type: Out & Back Notes: This description covers two hikes, one by Jeanne, Bruce, Vic, Christine and Ray on July 15th and the other by me on July 16th. I got on the trail by 8 AM to take advantage

Date: 07/06/2021 Name: Unicoi Gap to Andrews Cove via Cheese Factory Distance: 6.7 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,450 Type: One Way Notes: Turned out to be a nice day and a nice hike on our second one-way hike. The trail was in good condition considering its heavy use. Rocky and a steady

Date: 07/01/2021 Name: White Twister Trail and Stonewall Creek Falls Distance: 4.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 617 Type: Loop Notes: With the threat of afternoon thunderstorms, we decided to stay a bit closer to home and a lower chance of rain. This worked well and we enjoyed the trail which was in good condition

Date: 06/23/2021 Name: Spoonauger Falls + A Mile Distance: 2.2 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 174 Type: Out & Back Notes: A wet day, despite a rainless forecast. But, hey, we drove over an hour and were hoping the weather would improve so it was worth taking a chance. The trail is actually in fairly

Date: 06/15/2021 Name: Bartram Trail – Willis Knob Section Distance: 6.2 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 981 Type: Out & Back Notes: Good weather and a nice turnout of 15 hikers today. We accessed the Bartram Trail via the Willis Horse Trail where it crosses the southwest stretch of Willis Knob Rd. While

Date: 06/01/2021 Name: Unicoi Gap to Jacks Gap Distance: 7.2 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,883 Type: One Way Notes: This was another good hike and a bit more of a challenge for this group in both the elevation gained and the hiking over several sections of large rock-laden along the trail from Unicoi Gap

Date: 05/25/2021 Name: Bartram Trail / Scaly Mountain Trail Distance: 4.2 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,220 Type: Out & Back Notes: A very good day for a hike with mostly clear skies, moderate temperatures between 65-75°F and an occasional light breeze. The trail was in generally dry condition, but does show it is well