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Date: 07/16/2024 Name: Siler Bald Loop Distance: 5.0 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,266 Type: Loop Notes: We encountered better than expected hiking weather with mild, 71°F to 75°F temperatures, lower humidity and an occasional breeze, making for a pleasant hike. The overall hike is moderately strenuous due to the continual climb over the first […]

Date: 07/09/2024 Name: Chattooga River/ Foothills Trail South from Burrell's Ford Campground Distance: 6.7 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 768 Type: Out & Back Notes: The weather was the biggest challenge today with the very high humidity and no wind making the mild 67 °F to 82 °F temperatures seem much higher. Thank

Date: 08/23/2022 Name: Siler Bald Loop Distance: 5.0 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,280 Type: Loop Notes: A really nice day for a hike with pleasant weather and great views atop Siler Bald. The trail was in fair condition but showed its constant use on the first mile of the AT with lots of exposed

Date: 07/02/2024 Name: AT-Indian Grave Gap to Tray Mountain Distance: 6.4 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,647 Type: Out & Back Notes: We had great weather with unseasonably low, 63 °F to 70 °F, temperatures and a cooling breeze making the climb up to Tray Mtn. not too bad. Even the trail was not as

Date: 06/25/2024 Name: Ash Creek Trail Distance: 4.6 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 597 Type: Loop Notes: We lucked up with "not so hot" temperatures as forecast making this an enjoyable short hike on a trail with good shade covering. The trail was in generally good condition, sut there were several short steep hills to

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