Date: 12/29/2020 Name: Frady Branch Trail Loop Distance: 4.5 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 538 Type: Loop Notes: Well, my cell phone battery gave out before we finished the hike so I estimate the total hike at 5.1 miles. I rate this hike as easy to moderately strenuous. Easy first half of the hike, but […]
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Date: 12/08/2020 Name: Big Bend Falls and Round Top Loop Distance: 8.9 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1381 Type: Loop Notes: Another sunny, but cold day, later warming up a bit. We started our hike outside the Cherry Hill Recreation Area gate, but we later found a parking area just off SC Hwy 107 where
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Date: 12/01/2020 Name: Burrell's Ford – Foothills Trail – King Creek Falls Distance: 7.1 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 728 Type: Out & Back Notes: Nice hike on a very cold day, 34-46 degrees, with partly cloudy skies and occasional gusts. The trail appears to be heavily used with lots of exposed roots
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Date: 11/17/2020 Name: Pickens Nose, Albert Mtn. Fire Tower, Mooney Falls & Big Laurel Falls: Distance: 4.7 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 719 Type: Notes: See Below AllTrails Link: Pickens Nose, Albert Mtn. Fire Tower, Mooney Falls & Big Laurel Falls: Additional Search Terms: November
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Date: 11/17/2020 Name: Pickens Nose Trail Distance: 1.7 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 279 Type: Out & Back Notes: Clear but cold, mostly from the very windy and gusty conditions with temperatures 45-50 degrees. Trail is well used and shows it. Great views, however. Tough road driving in from the Coweeta Lab Road to the
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Date: 11/17/2020 Name: Albert Mountain Fire Tower Distance: 1.2 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 230 Type: Out & Back Notes: Well, we decided not to hike up the AT, but drove up the FS road and hiked in from the west to join the AT on the north side of Albert Mtn. This is an
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Date: 11/17/2020 Name: Mooney Falls Distance: 0.4 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 59 Type: Out & Back Notes: Easy hike with beautiful falls and lots of water flowing today. It warmed up, 50-55 degrees, clear skies and no winds. Some deadfall that needed removing, but still passable. AllTrails Link: Mooney Falls Additional Search Terms: November
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Date: 11/17/2020 Name: Big Laurel Falls Distance: 1.4 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 151 Type: Out & Back Notes: A short, but very enjoyable hike with beautiful water flowing beside most of the trail. The trail is well used and without any significant climbing. The falls are really nice and would be a great wading
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Date: 11/03/2020 Name: Bartram Trail Warwoman Dell to Pinnacle Knob Distance: 9.3 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,824 Type: Out & Back Notes: Beautiful day for a hike with clear skies and starting temperatures of 43 degrees and breezy on Pinnacle Knob and 65 degrees on return to Warwoman Dell. Except for a few deadfall
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Date: 10/27/2020 Name: Kimsey Creek Trail Distance: 6.2 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 696 Type: Out & Back Notes: So-so trail with lots of rocks, roots and water, but this is hiking in the mountains, so it is expected sometimes. Kimsey Creek, however, is really a very pretty and pristine creek and worth the hike.
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