mikebellhelo

Date: 06/18/2024 Name: Miller Trek Distance: 7.0 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,499 Type: Loop Notes: Another "great day for a hike" with warm, but not hot temperatures and occasionally a breeze around Rocky Knob. This is a nicely maintained path. However, there are numerous exposed rocks and roots too, especially along the first portion […]

Date: 06/11/2024 Name: Beech Creek Trail Distance: 5.6 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,857 Type: Out & Back Notes: Definitely a technically challenging, but fun hike. Despite the rocky and occasionally overgrown conditions and a steep initial climb, the trail is in fair condition. We did have to make 3 shallow water crossings,

Date: 06/04/2024 Name: Dead Man Branch & Trestle Loop Trails to Contentment Falls & Cave and Wells Viaduct Distance: 6.2 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 856 Type: Out & Back with Loop Notes: As a first hike on this trail, this turned out to be an adventure and fun . The weather was

Date: 05/28/2024 Name: Payne's Creek North Loop Trail Distance: 7.6 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 472 Type: Loop Notes: It was a warm and sunny hike on this multi-use trail on Lake Hartwell. We had an easy walk along this well maintained, mostly flat trail with continual shade from high tree cover. There were no

Date: 08/30/2022 Name: Bartram Trail – Bob Gap to Warwoman Dell Distance: 6.3 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,568 Type: One-Way Notes: This turned out to be a really interesting hike. We hiked a section of the Bartram Trail most of us had not done before. We visited both Rainy Mountain and Rainey

Date: 05/21/2024 Name: AT-Benton MacKaye Springer Mtn Loop Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,099 Type: Loop Notes: This hike has been on our upcoming list for a long time. However, it was not too difficult to get to the trailhead, just a long, slow drive on Forest Service Roads that are in fairly

Date: 05/07/2024 Name: White Twister Trail and Stonewall Falls Distance: 5.0 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 617 Type: Loop Notes: It was a warm and humid morning, but not raining, making it a "great day for a hike." This was a an easy hike with just a few short ups and downs. The trail was

Date: 04/23/2024 Name: Broad River Trail Distance: 8.8 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 741 Type: Out & Back Notes: This was very good hike now that the controlled burn was completed and most blowdowns have been cleared. It will be interesting to see if the trail becomes overgrown this summer. The weather was

Date: 04/16/2024 Name: Chimney Rock Trail to Big Scaly Mountain Distance: 8.0 Difficulty: Strenuous Total Climbing Elevation: 2247 Type: Out & Back Notes: It was a "great day for a hike," but it was challenging with little trail maintenance. The first 3.2 miles of the hike was on a mostly overgrown, fairly steep and rocky