mikebellhelo

Yellow Mountain Trail – NC November 8, 2005 Today’s hike was on the Yellow Mountain Trail near Highlands, NC. We hiked from Buck Creek Rd. to the old Yellow Mountain fire tower. The terrain is rated difficult due to the fact that you go over three mountains both out and back. HIKERS – Ray Cowan, […]

Hog Pen Gap – Low Gap Shelter – A.T. – GA November 1, 2005 Today’s hike was on the Appalachian Trail starting at Hog Pen Gap and hiking to the Low Gap Shelter The terrain is rated moderately difficult with several significant climbs. HIKERS – John Bellamy, Ray Cowan, Jack Jacobi, Dick Metzgar, Wayne Miller,

Jones Gap – White Rock Mountain – Bartram Trail – NC October 25, 2005 Today’s hike was on the Bartram Trail starting at Jones Gap NC and hiking toward Fish Hawk Mountain and the side trails that lead to Jones Knob and Whiterock Mountain.. The terrain is rated moderate with lots of level walking along

Tesnatee Gap – Cow Rock – Wolf Laurel Top – Appalachian Trail – GA October 18, 2005 Today’s hike was on the Appalachian Trail starting at Tesnatee Gap and hiking to Cow Rock and the side trail at Cow Rock that leads to a large rock cliff vista, and back to the A.T. and on

Neels Gap to Wolf Laurel Top – Appalachian Trail – GA October 11, 2005 Today, we hiked from Byron Herbert Reese Park to Wolf Laurel Top and the Appalachian Trail. The terrain is moderately mountainous with outstanding views. . Our lunchtime destination was Wolf Laurel Top and the views are awesome as usual. . Hiking

Sawmill Gap to Wayah Bald, NC – Bartram and Appalachian Trails. October 4, 2005 Today, we hiked to Wayah Bald from Sawmill Gap on the Bartram Trail joining the Appalachian Trail a couple of miles from Wayah Bald. The terrain is rolling but mostly gentle and is mostly through hardwood forests with lots of Oak,

Stumphouse Tunnel – Issaqueena Falls – Yellow Branch Falls – King Creek Falls, SC September 27, 2005 Today, we hiked in three areas of Oconee County, SC. First, we visited historic Stumphouse Tunnel which was part of a planned railroad in the 1850’s. The tunnel was to carve through the solid granite of Stumphouse Mountain

Blood Mountain – Freeman Trail and A.T. – GA September 20, 2005 Today, we hiked from the Byron Herbert Reese parking lot near Neels Gap, GA to the Freeman Trail and on around to Bird Gap where we joined the Appalachian Trail and then on up to the the summit of Blood Mountain and back

Tray Mountain – A.T. – GA September 13, 2005 Today, we hiked from Andrews Cove Campground near Helen, GA on the connector trail up to the Appalachian Trail at Indian Grave Gap and then on up to the summit of Tray Mountain, which is the second highest peak on the Georgian portion of the A.T.

Black Balsam – Shining Rock, NC September 6, 2005 Today, Josh Rood and the staff from the Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center joined us for our annual trip to Shining Rock Mountain, NC. HIKERS – Don Alducin, Sharada Alducin, Jeff Anderson, Melissa Anderson, Bob Baxley, Ben Bell, Phil Brownrigg, Nathan Daniel, Jon Doxey, Chris Hartley,