Water Report Watauga Lake to Damascus

[SmokyMtn Hiker]

I am leaving from Watauga Lake Tuesday 9/21 and heading to Damascus, has anyone been through this section recently that can give a good report on the water sources? Thanks

[Tennessee Viking]

Contact Bob Peoples at Kincora or Mtn Squid for current info. But from my experience, it is usually dry during the summer time. The last report I heard was Double Springs was running ok.

[SmokyMtn Hiker]

I just return yesterday, 9/24 from this section hike and thought I would give a water source update. Watauga Lake shelter-dry, Vandeventer shelter-flowing good it's just a long way down to it, Iron Mtn shelter-I didn't look but 2 guys at the shelter said they had just filled up, campsite 2 miles north of TN 91-not good, Double Spring shelter-good, Low Gap/Hwy 421-good, Double Spring Gap-good, Abingdon Gap shelter-good just long way down to it and as of the several blue blazed trails in between I didn't check out-sorry. The weather eport shows good chance of rain moving in tomorrow, 9/26 so hopefully things will improve.

[Tennessee Viking]

Iron Mtn Shelter's spring is right on trail just south of the shelter.

[SmokyMtn Hiker]

Iron Mtn Shelter's spring is right on trail just south of the shelter.

I seen the the sign and blue blaze and someone had wrote on the marker to go 30 yards for reliable source but that could have been done months ago.