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Date: 01/07/2025 Name: Sassafras Circle Trail at Tugaloo State Park Distance: 4.3 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 381 Type: Loop Notes: This was a nice way to start the year with an easy hike at Tugaloo State Park. The weather was as forecast with sunny skies and cool winter temperatures between 34 °F and 44 […]

Date: 12/27/2024 Name: Tabor Falls Distance: 2.41 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 308 Type: Out & Back Notes: It was a cool, but cloudy day for a brief hike just after Christmas. This is a trail and falls we have not been to before. As noted by other hikers, the first section of

Date: 12/03/2024 Name: Bartram Trail – SC Hwy 28 to beyond Adline Ford Distance: 7.1 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 499 Type: Out & Back Notes: It wasn't as cold as forecasted with sunny skies and most temperatures in the lower 40's with no wind. Thanks again to the many volunteers that cleared the Bartram

Date: 11/26/2024 Name: Sourwood Trail at Lake Russell Distance: 4.2 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 390 Type: Loop Notes: It was a good day for a hike with mild, 60 degree temperatures and mostly sunny skies. Despite some mixed postings by USFS about the trails being open or closed and the gate to Nancytown Picnic

Date: 11/12/2024 Name: Chicopee Backcountry Loop Trail Distance: 7.3 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 902 Type: Loop Notes: This hike is actually a combination of the Backcountry, Bridge Loop and Lake Loop trails. We could not beat this location and weather today for a "great hike." With mild, 50 to 65 degree temperatures

Date: 10/29/2024 Name: Standing Indian Mountain via Deep Gap Distance: 5.6 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,175 Type: Out & Back Notes: We were a bit late for much fall color, but it was still a good hike with ideal cool and clear weather. FS71 to Deep Gap was clear and in very good condition.

Date: 10/22/2024 Name: Coosa Bald & North Coosa Backcountry Loop Trail Distance: 8.5 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,867 Type: One-Way Notes: Today, we had continuing mild and sunny weather with early signs of fall. However, the extended dryness and near freezing weather in this area left quite a few leaves over a mostly unobstructed,

Date: 10/15/2024 Name: Panther Falls and Angel Falls Trail Distance: 2.5 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 436 Type: Out & Back Notes: This was our second hike on a cool fall day. This hike is short, but moderately difficult from the fairly steep final climb to each fall. The trail is well used, but not

Date: 10/15/2024 Name: Hemlock Falls and Moccasin Creek Wildlife Trails Distance: 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 358 Type: Loop with Out & Back Notes: What a wonderful day for a hike with the coolest start, 41°F, since spring. We began and later finished our hike with the Moccasin Creek Wildlife Trail, but no wildlife.

Date: 10/08/2024 Name: Springhouse & Tennessee Rock Trails Distance: 3.6 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 719 Type: Loop Notes: After Hurricane Helene passed nearby and we skipped a week to allow the trails to be checked out and cleared, it looks like many of us were anxious to get out on the trail.