Date: 03/19/2024 Name: Appalachian Trail – Woody Gap to Gooch Gap Distance: 7.2 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,270 Type: Out & Back Notes: A really cold day with strong winds blowing through Woody Gap . . . burr! Fortunately the winds dropped off when we began our hike on the southeast side of the […]
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Date: 03/12/2024 Name: Station Cove Falls Trail Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 725 Type: Out & Back Notes: A nice pre-spring hike with a little bit of history, a beautiful waterfall and lots of early wildflowers. The trail was mostly dry and in fair condition. After briefly visiting the Oconee Station
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Date: 03/12/2024 Name: Oconee Bells Trail at Devils Fork State Park Distance: 1.3 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 164 Type: Loop Notes: With a cool start this morning quickly warming up to near 40°F we completed a short loop hike to see the Oconee Bells wildflowers. We did see a number of them in bloom
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Date: 03/05/2024 Name: Eastatoe Passage and Raven Rock Trail Distance: 7.4 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,473 Type: One-way Notes: AllTrails Link: Eastatoe Passage and Raven Rock Trail Additional Search Terms: March
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Date: 02/13/2024 Name: Victoria Bryant State Park Trails Distance: 6.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 771 Type: Loop Notes: Victoria Bryant State Park has a very nice network of hiking trails. The Perimeter Trail Loop, The Broad River Loop, Victoria’s Path Nature Trail along with connector and access trails. All together around 10 miles to
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Date: 02/20/2024 Name: Warwoman Dell to Pinnacle Knob Distance: 9.5 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,850 Type: Out & Back Notes: Twenty-six total hikers with 10 hiking to the top of Pinnacle Knob. AllTrails Link: Warwoman Dell to Pinnacle Knob Additional Search Terms: February
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Date: 02/06/2024 Name: Bartram Trail – Earl's Ford to Dick's Creek Falls Distance: 5.5 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 705 Type: Out & Back Notes: The hike to Dicks Creek Falls was a success with the river and the falls rushing as the water level was high. We had 20 hikers today. AllTrails
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Date: 01/30/2024 Name: Hidden Falls & Long Mountain Fire Tower Distance: 5.7 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 659 Type: Out & Back Notes: The hike to hidden falls was a great hike. We had 16 hikers and a beautiful day. We hiked down to hidden falls and back to the intersection with the
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Date: 01/16/2024 Name: West Three Forks Trail from John Teague Gap Distance: 3.6 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 915 Type: Out & Back Notes: After hiking the Holcomb Creek Falls Trail, we took off again on this wonderful winter hike with cool temperatures and partly cloudy skies. These trails were also in good
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Date: 01/16/2024 Name: Holcomb Creek Falls Trail Distance: 2.1 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 502 Type: Loop Notes: Wow! What a great hike to see some beautiful waterfalls with lots of noisy, rushing water just a few days after significant rains. The trail was in mostly good condition, having only a few passable blowdowns. This
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