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Date: 08/26/2020 Name: AT – Woody Gap to Intersection of Dockery Lake Trail Distance: 6.4 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,348 Type: One Way Notes: Another nice, 6.4 mile hike with partly cloudy skies and temperatures mostly in lower 70's. Not a terribly difficult hike with one climb over Big Cedar Mtn. Typical AT trail […]

Date: 08/18/2020 Name: White Twister Trail and Stonewall Falls Distance: 4.7 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 600 Type: Loop Notes: Actual distance was 5.4 miles. Easy hike with trail in good condition except for a few washouts. No long climbs. Nice overhead cover to keep the sun off you and temperatures down. Some late summer

Date: 08/12/2020 Name: AT – Hogpen Gap to Sheep Rock Top Distance: 7.9 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,558 Type: Out & Back Notes: This was an enjoyable hike on a section of the AT that this group does not usually hike. While not a lot of scenic views, the trail had lots of color

Date: 08/04/2020 Name: Smithgall Woods-Laurel Ridge & Ash Creek Loop Distance: 6.6 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 912 Type: 2-Loops Notes: Great day for a hike today with sunny skies, starting temperatures around 65 degrees ending at the mid-80's. We reached the start of the Ash Creek Loop after a short walk down the Tsalaki

Date: 07/28/2020 Name: Smithgall Woods-Martin's Mine Distance: 6.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 535 Type: Out & Back Notes: Smithgall Woods is a very nice state park, but most of the "hiking" is actually walking along the Tsalaki Trail, a mostly paved road down the center of the park off which shorter traditional woodland trails

Date: 07/21/2020 Name: Helen to Unicoi State Park Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 659 Type: Out & Back Notes: It's a nice hike, not very difficult and the trail is in generally good condition. Some folks like to start their hike from the Unicoi Lodge after having breakfast, but we started from the

Date: 07/14/2020 Name: Bartram Trail – Warwoman Dell to Big Rock Distance: 5.9 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1588 Type: Out & Back Notes: Nice hike today with clear skies, lower humidity and temperatures between 76 & 82 degrees. No rain in the past 5 days which made the trail dry. The trail in in

Date: 06/29/2020 Name: Black Rock Mtn St Park – James Edmonds Loop Distance: 6.6 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1955 Type: 2-Loops Notes: This is variation on the James Edmonds Trail by starting at the parking lot at Black Rock Lake which eliminates the steep descent and climb at the beginning of the trail if

Date: 06/25/2020 Name: Ladyslipper Trail Distance: 8.1 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1432 Type: Loop Notes: The trail is not well blazed, nor maintained. Without Ray Lovett's experience on this trail we would have had a difficult time keeping on the path as it follows a number of old logging roads and has multiple intersections

Date: 06/16/2020 Name: Bartram Trail – Hickory Knoll Rd to The Pinnacle Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1646 Type: Out & Back Notes: The Bartram Trail is fairly good condition and easy on the feet with a fairly constant climb to the rock overlook south of the actual peak of The Pinnacle. Good