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Well guys. I am back at it again. This time I am hiking the Pinhoti Trail. I create video guides or virtual hikes of the trails I hike. The video focus almost exclusively on the trail. What you will see and where. There are trail locations and mile markers for most of the videos. I ended the trail at Bull's Gap.
In this section, I started on top of Flagg Mountain Tower Saturday. I got the view from the tower and head down the dirt road to the trailhead. It is about 1.2 miles on the dirt road from tower to trailhead.
For mile markers I relied on the Pinhoti Trail Alliance e-guide found here: http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/al-pocket-guides..html
Here is Pinhoti Trail - Section 1 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3WnuBa_OqQ
Hope you guys enjoy. Park 2 should be out by the end of the weekend.
Excellent now subscribed, Thanks for sharing.
Looks great. Just subscribed. Thanks, and great hiking.
Drybones
02-03-2016, 10:11
Those cabins are really nice.
Happy you guys liked it. Next section will be Adams Gap to Bull's. Let me know what I need to see. If there is something cool off trail or anything I need to put in the video for that section. I don't know when I will do this section, but hopefully this month.
Drybones, the cabins look cool. Wish I had checked them out.
Section 1 - Part 2: Flagg Mountain to Bull's Gap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-cATgYXFM
Section 1 - Part 2: Flagg Mountain to Bull's Gap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-cATgYXFM
Good timing on showing the Section 2 re-route. I had just read about this the other day.
pinhoti trail / section 2.
Update 2~3~16
The northern half of the Section 2 Road Walk has been re~routed.
The Blue Blazes on the power poles for the old route have been removed.
The Blue Blazes for the new route have been added to power poles.
These changes will show up in the Trail Guides as soon as I get my lazy butt down there to re~measure :)
-Solo
Old route vs new route: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=z3eaDpf_7IKU.kzY9puYm6fWs
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160207/d6df478c7ccd49965b06dbac2b0a0419.jpg
Good timing on showing the Section 2 re-route. I had just read about this the other day.
pinhoti trail / section 2.
Update 2~3~16
The northern half of the Section 2 Road Walk has been re~routed.
The Blue Blazes on the power poles for the old route have been removed.
The Blue Blazes for the new route have been added to power poles.
These changes will show up in the Trail Guides as soon as I get my lazy butt down there to re~measure :)
-Solo
Old route vs new route: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=z3eaDpf_7IKU.kzY9puYm6fWs
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160207/d6df478c7ccd49965b06dbac2b0a0419.jpg
Matt, the old route vs new route map link is one I created after I walked about 1 mile past Old Rockhouse road (the re-route) and then heard from the Coosa Hiker Hostel that there was a re-route. As a purist and for the purpose of documenting the road walk, I turned around. I wish I had known before I headed out, but what can you do.
The re-route is substantially shorter, but I have gotten different figures. I put it in google maps and it seemed to be 1.7 miles shorter, but I have heard others say it is 2.8 miles shorter.
I really enjoyed the re-route. Lake Joy made for a pretty cool stopping point for a snack and a nice view.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 1 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn4RYBQ5fkI
I am hopeful that I can get out and hike the next section soon.
globetruck
02-14-2016, 23:20
One of my favorite trails!
One of my favorite trails!
I am enjoying it so far, but the rock garden can ... well you know. I rolled an ankle on a wet rock there. Made the 6-7 miles a nightmare.
Anyways, got back from my last section.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 2 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWwc2w_ya0
Pinhoti Trail - Section 2 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb_2KK5Hlcc
Pinhoti Trail - Section 3 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlAE1e2jeuo
Pinhoti Trail - Section 3 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHT8_nyCcxo
Pinhoti Trail - Section 3 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpzTl6Y3NMY
Pinhoti Trail - Section 3 - Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCbRFr0u0YE
I've already hiked my fourth section. Making Section 4 videos over the next couple of days.
keep up the good videos
Thank you. I wish I had a better camera and some camera skills, but I make due with what I got.
I couldn't hike the Pinhoti this weekend, but I did manage to make the video from my last hike:
Pinhoti Trail - Section 4 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhbIiAA1aM
The other parts to come later this week.
If anyone has done North FS 500 to Jackson Chapel recently, how did you find the trail?
I am been checking out your videos to see which section we want to do, We haven't been out for a long time so we will probably take a few days/nights to do what you do over a weekend. Any recommendations?
Secondmouse
04-25-2016, 14:39
when were you at Lower Shoals? I was there end of Feb. I agree, that shelter is a neat little place to hang out...
swisscross
04-25-2016, 15:35
when were you at Lower Shoals? I was there end of Feb. I agree, that shelter is a neat little place to hang out...
Love ending a days hiking at the Lower Shoals shelter.
Was there late December of last year.
Arrived at the shelter at 2:30 or so.
Stayed the evening.
About 9:30 some guy walks up and scared the crap out of me.
The only person I saw for 4 days of hiking. Blissful.
I was there April 15. I had started at South FS 500 and made the 8 miles in a little 2 1/2 hrs. I had a great night in the shelter. I didn't get hang out though.
As a weekend warrior, I basically get to camp, set up, try to go to sleep. In the morning, I get up as early as I can (never before sunlight) and start hiking to do the miles I need to do.
Has anyone hiked north of FS 500 to JAckson Chapel recently. Intel would be very helpful.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 4 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbmYwY8KM9k
Pinhoti Trail - Section 4 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfD4vPBURcA
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfD4vPBURcA)
Couldn't go hiking this weekend either. Section 5 will get my into GA. Maybe next weekend.
Secondmouse
05-01-2016, 15:55
Pinhoti Trail - Section 4 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfD4vPBURcA
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfD4vPBURcA)
Couldn't go hiking this weekend either. Section 5 will get my into GA. Maybe next weekend.
thanks for this.
where are you getting your mileages from, do you have a guide? I use the Pinhoti Trail alliance guide --
http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/al-pocket-guides..html
thanks for this.
where are you getting your mileages from, do you have a guide? I use the Pinhoti Trail alliance guide --
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http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/al-pocket-guides..html
I use it as well. I created a word document for my hikes based on the Pinhoti Trail Alliance Guide. My miles don't exactly match up because there was a re-route that shaved 1.7 miles by my math off the trail. So all the trail mileage is off by 1.7 miles from the PTA guide.
Well guys. I was intending to do a 29 mile day hike from North FS 500 to Jackson Chapel Rd. I quit after 10 miles due to heat and not being fully recovered from a stomach bug. I was able to get video for the 10 miles, but I think I will wait until I get to Jackson Chapel trailhead to make and publish the video. Sorry.
don't worry about it. It is to dang hot to be out there now IMO
don't worry about it. It is to dang hot to be out there now IMO
I was hoping to finish the AL Pinhoti that weekend. I am not sure when I will get back out there now. I know I can't this weekend. I may not be able to next weekend. Hopefully soon, I don't want to leave too much hiking to the fall. There are other trails I would like to do again.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 5 - North FS 500 to Maxwell Gap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cx5LWyRrRU
I was hoping to do 29 miles. All I could muster in this heat was 10 miles, but it ended up being an ok video.
plexusbritt
06-16-2016, 10:55
[emoji45] was supposed to be out there this weekend. We changed plans though. Can't wait to get out there!
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Enjoyed your latest video. Great section through there. You made the right choice bailing out when you did, esp (I'm assuming) solo.
Enjoyed your latest video. Great section through there. You made the right choice bailing out when you did, esp (I'm assuming) solo.
Yea. I was solo. Almost all of my hikes on the Pinhoti have been solo.
Hopefully I get to get back out there and redeem myself sooner rather than later.
Just an update. Some good news and bad news. Let's end with the good news so let's start with the bad news.
The bad news: I recently injured my knees pretty badly while doing a long distance run. It's been 4 days with little improvement. I am hopeful it will heal itself with rest. If in a week it doesn't, I will have choice but to go get it checked out. Hoping for the best, but I am really depressed about it. I am not too hopeful. Walking is painful; hiking would be impossible. This puts all my hiking plans on hold.
The goods news: I bought a garmin fenix 3 hr recently. It creates elevation profiles. It won't be perfect by any means, but it will at least give us an indication of an elevation profile for the trail. I will be taking it with me on all future hikes and I will try to show the elevation profile on all future sections.
Matt65 I think posted an elevation profile for the AL pinhoti. Maybe I can make one for the GA pinhoti.
Assuming my knee heals within a week or two, I will hopefully be able to get back out there in August for at least 1-2 sections. If I get back to normal, I hope to do 2 sections a month from August to whenever I finish the trail.
Another section in the books! I finally crossed into GA.
Maxwell Gap to Jackson Chapel Trailhead. I did it as a 19 mile day hike.
Here is part 1 of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNeQG8RttWg
Part 2 will come out either later this week or next weekend.
Also, I bought a garmin fenix 3 hr gps. Working on incorporating the data into my videos. I have some of it in this video.
Elevation Profile From Maxwell Gap to Jackson Chapel Road Trailhead
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Pinhoti Trail - Section 6 - Part 2
Davis Mountain Shelter to Flagg Pole Mountain Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rWkPg_esws
AL-GA line to Jackson Chapel Trailhead. Elevation profile towards the end of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyPrfyZmPW8
Put together what I thought was the best of the AL Pinhoti Trail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh14igo-irI
Pinhoti Trail - Section 7 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW4ZPeLl-Iw
Jackson Chapel TH to High Point GA TH
This video has Jackson Chapel TH to Cave Springs TH.
Excellent. Looking forward to more of the Ga. section.
Excellent. Looking forward to more of the Ga. section.
Thanks. I will keep them coming. I hope to finish this trail this year.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 7 - Part 2
Cave Springs TH to Mountain End Lake on GA 1 Loop - Rome Bypass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJTbrGVNYdk
Pinhoti Trail - Section 7 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xW5OVrTM3k
I am a little behind on the videos. I already finished my eighth section on the Pinhoti Trail from High Point TH to East Armuchee Rd TH.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 8 - Part 1: High Point Trailhead to Communications Tower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJM4R_aaZUc
Pinhoti Trail - Section 8 - Part 2: Communication Towers to Narrow Picnic Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgEuYE-lMX8
Pinhoti Trail - Section 8 - Part 3: Narrows Picnic Road to East Armuchee Road Trailhead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeyRXT0ppow
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeyRXT0ppow)
I am very behind on my videos. Section 9 from East Armuchee Road TH to Snake Creek Gap has been hiked and the video is basically done.
Section 10 from Snake Creek Gap To Dennis Mill Trailhead Parking has been hiked, but I haven't even started the video.
Even at the pretty low quality of my videos, they take me a lot longer to make than I would like. I hope to have Section 9 up by the end of the week since it is mostly done already.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 9 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wIkOG9neFY
Pinhoti Trail - Section 9 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-9rXi-Fy4
East Armuchee Road TH to Snake Creek Gap TH
Pinhoti Trail - Section 10 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-anWNUT1Ls
Pinhoti Trail - Section 10 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_MaaadTgFI
This Section - Snake Creek Gap TH to Dennis Mill TH
These Videos - Snake Creek Gap TH to start of Dalton road walk
Pinhoti Trail - Section 10 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIXaWzfWYHQ
Dalton to Dennis Mill TH Road Walk
Making these videos has become a little more like work and a lot less like a hobby and/or labor of love. I haven't even touched the videos from the final section of the Pinhoti Trail.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 10 - Part 4 will be fairly short and is nearly done. It will be uploaded later this week.
I have no clue when I will make and post Pinhoti Trail - Section 11--the final section of the Pinhoti Trail for this video series.
Maybe I will get started on it this weekend.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 10 - Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6al3E7DKz7Q
I've started on the video for the final section of the Pinhoti Trail.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 11 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOY44en9N5o
Pinhoti Trail - Section 11 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9c3VDA2q44
The last part will finish the video series on the pinhoti trail. It should be out later this week.
The final section. It has been a hell of a journey.
Pinhoti Trail - Section 11 - The Final Part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXuXyOfUnVY
Tipi Walter
11-22-2016, 12:05
Your final section I know well as I used the Pinhoti at the northern terminus to connect the BMT to the Pinhoti which took me to Buddy Cove Gap whereupon I left the Pinhoti and used forest road 64 which took me to Three Forks Mt and the East Cowpen trail into the vast Cohutta wilderness, now a burnt crisp.
I was bothered by beaucoup bicyclists on the Georgia section of the Pinhoti. You have any encounters with the rolling pedal potatoes???
https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Cohutta/i-9L6qWGg/0/L/TRIP%20142%20087-L.jpg
As you show in your vid, here's the sign.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Cohutta/i-WcJsHPt/0/L/TRIP%20142%20092-L.jpg
I camped right below Buddy Cove directly by the Pinhoti trail on the logging cut. Btw, in normal times there's water down the hill to the left in this pic.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Cohutta/i-WDxk3s3/0/L/TRIP%20142%20104-L.jpg
It actually snowed on me and this is on the Pinhoti looking directly up the trail towards Buddy Cove Gap.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Cohutta/i-FjBK6LF/0/L/TRIP%20142%20106-L.jpg
Buddy Cove Gap and the place I get off the Pinhoti and climb to Three Forks Mt to enter the Cohutta wilderness.
I was bothered by beaucoup bicyclists on the Georgia section of the Pinhoti. You have any encounters with the rolling pedal potatoes???
Yeah, there were a whole lot of mountain bikers. It is a multi-purpose trail as far as I know. I didn't mind too much. It just came with the trail.