NEGH 2023 Hikes

07/25/2023 – Coosa Backcountry and Bear Hair Gap Trails

Date: 07/25/2023 Name: Coosa Backcountry and Bear Hair Gap Trails Distance: 6.7 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,371 Type: Out and Back with Loop Notes: Another great day for a hike with sunny and warm temperatures, 67 degrees to 77 degrees, but humid conditions that made it seem much hotter. The shady conditions under the […]

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07/18/2023 – High Shoals Falls and Unicoi Lake Trails

Date: 07/18/2023 Name: High Shoals Falls and Unicoi Lake Trails Distance: 5.4 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 768 Type: Out and Back then Loop Notes: Another summer day with sunny skies and temperatures between 75 degrees&85 degrees. We did have high cover over the trails so it wasn't unbearably hot. We visited both the Blue

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06/27/2023 – Bartram Trail-Warwoman Ford to Dicks Creek Falls

Date: 06/27/2023 Name: Bartram Trail-Warwoman Ford to Dicks Creek Falls Distance: 5.7 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 751 Type: Out and Back Notes: It was a warm and humid summer morning, but the high tree canopy provided cooling shade along most of the trail. This trail was in excellent condition with only one blowdown that

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06/13/2023 – Chunky Gal Trail from Deep GapUpper Falls Via Panther Creek Trail

Date: 06/13/2023 Name: Chunky Gal Trail from Deep GapUpper Falls Via Panther Creek Trail Distance: 7.1 Difficulty: Moderate to Strenuous Total Climbing Elevation: 1,539 Type: One Way Notes: It was a really beautiful and unusually cool, 52 to 65 degree day for mid-June. We chose to start from Deep Gap to hike the entire trail

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05/30/2023 – Stonewall Falls Mountain Bike Trail Loop near Tiger, GA

Date: 05/30/2023 Name: Stonewall Falls Mountain Bike Trail Loop near Tiger, GA Distance: 4.7 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 568 Type: Loop Notes: This was an easy, shorter hike on a very nice trail that was comfortable on the feet because of the mostly pine needle surface. While designated a mountain bike trail, there was

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05/16/2023 – Foothills/Chattooga River Trail to Pigpen Falls and Licklog Falls and Beyond near Mountain Rest, SC

Date: 05/16/2023 Name: Foothills/Chattooga River Trail to Pigpen Falls and Licklog Falls and Beyond near Mountain Rest, SC Distance: 6.5 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 883 Type: Out and Back Notes: We continued to have good weather today. This was a new hike for this group by approaching Licklog and Pigpen Falls from the east.

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