steady123
10-11-2017, 16:23
All,
I want to hike from the Amicolola Falls visitor center to Springer and then to Neels Gap. I am familiar with Springer Northbound. I have not hiked from the visitor center to Springer. The folks at the visitor center tell me that the stairway route is under construction. They suggest I go through the famous arch at the center and head onto East Ridge Trail. East Ridge Trail gets me at the top of the falls where I hook up with the Springer Mountain trail (Blue Blaze?). Springer Mountain Trail appears to end at High Shoals Rd. Do you have to walk High Shoals Rd until you connect with Nimbewill Gap Rd, then Amicola Park Rd to the connect back with the Approach Trail to Springer and the begining of the AT????
Does the approach trail go uninterrupted to Springer across High Shoals Rd? I can not track it crossing the road on online maps or Google.
Who has walked this (1,000s?)? I had assumed a well marked continuous blue blaze up to Springer..
Thanks
Steady123
PS. I originally wanted my trail name to be Wrongway or Clueless. Hikers who named me were a kind lot.
I want to hike from the Amicolola Falls visitor center to Springer and then to Neels Gap. I am familiar with Springer Northbound. I have not hiked from the visitor center to Springer. The folks at the visitor center tell me that the stairway route is under construction. They suggest I go through the famous arch at the center and head onto East Ridge Trail. East Ridge Trail gets me at the top of the falls where I hook up with the Springer Mountain trail (Blue Blaze?). Springer Mountain Trail appears to end at High Shoals Rd. Do you have to walk High Shoals Rd until you connect with Nimbewill Gap Rd, then Amicola Park Rd to the connect back with the Approach Trail to Springer and the begining of the AT????
Does the approach trail go uninterrupted to Springer across High Shoals Rd? I can not track it crossing the road on online maps or Google.
Who has walked this (1,000s?)? I had assumed a well marked continuous blue blaze up to Springer..
Thanks
Steady123
PS. I originally wanted my trail name to be Wrongway or Clueless. Hikers who named me were a kind lot.