Date: 01/26/2021 Name: Hidden Falls Trail Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 604 Type: Out & Back Notes: A foggy, but actually warm winter day at 55-65℉. The trail is in good condition considering it is well used, and the heavy rains the night before. It is well marked with yellow "HF" blazes. Directions […]
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Date: 01/19/2021 Name: Jackrabbit Mtn Central & Highpoint Loops Distance: 5.6 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 453 Type: 3 Loops Notes: Another great day for a hike with cloudy skies, no wind and temperatures in the upper 30's to lower 40's. The trail is in excellent condition considering it is also used for trail bikes.
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Date: 01/12/2021 Name: Yonah Preserve – Creek Trail, Sequoyah's Return and Cherokee Trail Distance: 6.2 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 453 Type: Loop Notes: Nice hike today. Started out foggy but quickly cleared to sunny skies and temperatures between 37℉ to 50℉. The trail was a bit wet and muddy in places, but not bad
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Date: 01/05/2021 Name: Latham Cemetery-Pear Orchard Loop Distance: 5.2 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 551 Type: Loop Notes: A good day to hike with mostly clear skies, light winds and temperatures in the 40's. This is an easy hike with no really steep hills to climb. The trails were in generally good condition, but wet
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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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