Laurel Gap Shelter - Does it exist?

[codpilot]

It's listed on the shelter list here - currently planning a section from Dicks creek to where ever I can get in 3 weeks.

I was looking on the map and even as an "off trail" shelter I can't find it. Any clues?

Thanks :D

[Appalachian Tater]

Here you go:

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/at/m.php?wpt=LaurelGap

http://www.griztrax.net/hiking/SmokyTrails/Shelter.html

[codpilot]

That adds new meaning to off trail! I wasn't looking quite that far away - oof. A well. Picking places to sleep is half the fun of planning:banana

Of course what's that saying about plans and the enemy? hehe

What do you think - 3 weeks of hiking from Dick's Creek to just past Apple House Shelter (Elk park or whatever you want to call it). Most days seem reasonable - some are a bit longer. Worst case I can hop off at Erwin. I'm just hoping that I don't get last years continual days of rain and fog. I hike for the views, and lets just say fog is not a prefered view.:mad:

[generoll]

Does anyone know about the current water situation at this shelter?

[Gray Blazer]

What's the name of the shelter just south of Camp Creek Bald?

[generoll]

This is the shelter on the BMT in the Smokies.

[Gray Blazer]

What's the name of the shelter just south of Camp Creek Bald?
That's Little Laurel Shelter and there's Laurel Fork shelter near Hampton, TN.