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mountain squid
12-13-2006, 13:41
Just in time for the barrage of '07 NOBO's...
A loft has been completed which increases occupancy level by 3 or 4 depending on the way hikers sleep. Originally, there was a "partial" loft that was not really intended for sleeping, though. (Bob says "Thanks, Touk!!;) )
See you on the trail,
mt squid
Follow this link for more info on the shelter:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=15280
awesome! i wanted to stay by mountaineer falls, but we were re-routed around it during a burn :(
Looks nice. When I stopped by, the roof had been on 2 days and there were no benches yet. Great place to stop out of the rain.
mountain squid
12-14-2006, 13:48
Speaking of the roof, out of the rafters we removed a nice, little dwelling of a small, furry shelter mate. The little bugger is probably busy rebuilding at the moment...
See you on the trail,
mt squid
What are the map coordinates (longitude-latitude)?
Don't have the slightest clue what the coordinates are but it is located a mile and a half north of Walnut Mountain Rd. Hope that helps.
mountain squid
12-14-2006, 20:48
Actually, I believe it is about 1.5 mi South of Walnut Mt Rd. I don't know the coordinates to the shelter, either. However, using Topo USA, the coordinates to Walnut Mt Rd, where the AT crosses are:
- N36 degrees 13.187 minutes
- W82 degrees 0.219 minutes
Not sure if that is the proper way to write the coordinates :-? ... but, anyway...
See you on the trail,
mt squid
It was north of Walnut Mt. road when we built it last May. Who moved it? :D
mountain squid
12-14-2006, 22:10
Each time I've been out there I seem to have hiked South on the AT from Walnut Mt Rd. See this link: http://www.tehcc.org/News2005to2006/news200607.html. Scroll down to 2006 Damascus Hard Core article.
But what do I know. Most of the times when I do trail maintenance with the group, I have no idea which direction I'm traveling on the trail :D (and I always carry the maps). At any rate, it is somewhere near Walnut Mt Rd...
See you on the trail,
mt squid
Kaptain Kangaroo
12-14-2006, 22:17
Well, I thought I hiked south to get to the shelter site the day we worked on it. But then I am from Australia & many things in the US seem back-to-front for us......... I mean you guys have Christmas in winter...how weird is that ;-)
Cheers,
kaptain kangaroo
I just went back and read the note Bob sent me before we started. It is in fact south of Walnut Mt. road! Damn, I hate when that happens! :o It looks like senility may not be as much fun as it's cracked up to be. Sorry 'bout that.
Can you describe the location from this map?
Footslogger
12-15-2006, 19:30
Can't give you the coordinates but I know that it sits between 9 - 10 miles north of Apple House Shelter (just before 19E). Reason I remember that was Bob Peoples telling me last year when we worked on the project that Mountaneer Falls was half way between Apple House and Moreland Gap shelters.
'Slogger
mountain squid
12-15-2006, 19:45
Well, as already "established", it is approx 1.5 mi S of Walnut Mt Rd. So follow the purple line (AT) until it is that far away from the road. It is probably near the "New Relocation" arrow but where the stream crosses...
See you on the trail,
mt squid
Just in time for the barrage of '07 NOBO's...
A loft has been completed which increases occupancy level by 3 or 4 depending on the way hikers sleep. Originally, there was a "partial" loft that was not really intended for sleeping, though. (Bob says "Thanks, Touk!!;) )
See you on the trail,
mt squid
Follow this link for more info on the shelter:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=15280
what state is mountaineer falls shelter in:cool: neo
Just in time for the barrage of '07 NOBO's...
A loft has been completed which increases occupancy level by 3 or 4 depending on the way hikers sleep. Originally, there was a "partial" loft that was not really intended for sleeping, though. (Bob says "Thanks, Touk!!;) )
See you on the trail,
mt squid
Follow this link for more info on the shelter:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=15280
never mind i see it is a new shelter thats is an AT relocation
thats has been made since i hiked that section in 2001:cool: neo
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1182&d=1166224287
mountain squid
12-16-2006, 18:55
Yeah, it's in TN. I suppose you figured that out though...
Your welcome, veteran. If you are planning to visit it sometime, be aware that the trailheads might not be the "safest" places to park a vehicle. However, I don't believe it is as bad as it used to be. A day-hike is "probably" okay, though.
See you on the trail,
mt squid
astrogirl
12-16-2006, 22:29
awesome! i wanted to stay by mountaineer falls, but we were re-routed around it during a burn :(
I stayed at the blue-blazed campsite near Mountaineer Falls in 2005, and there had been a very recent burn south of it.
Is the shelter on the same site as the campsite?
mountain squid
12-17-2006, 17:41
I don't know if it is on the same site or not. But if not, it's probably close...
See you on the trail,
mt squid
mountain squid
05-05-2007, 17:32
I heard about a chain saw carving that was at the shelter. So, I finally decided to brave the parking situation on Walnut Mt Rd and check it out. Sure enough. I have no idea who did it, but here are a couple of pictures. (Somehow Nice-Enuff and Torpedo jumped into one of the photos at the last secondhttp://www.freesmileys.org/emo/confused005.gif...)
See you on the trail (& at Trail Days),
mt squid
(Oh yeah, my truck was still in one piecehttp://www.freesmileys.org/emo/gen165.gif.)
Tennessee Viking
07-03-2007, 14:48
The shelter is not far from the camp site. Just cross Mountaineer Falls on the AT northbound, and the shelter will be on top of the hill on another blue blaze.
Rain Man
08-20-2007, 14:11
If I'm not mistaken, this new shelter is on a relocation of the AT. Correct?
My AT of that map doesn't have the relocation on it. Can anyone point me to some place online that does show the relocation?
Thanks in advance.
Rain:sunMan
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bessiebreeze
08-20-2007, 17:51
Rainman -
About the new Mountaineer shelter - In Wingfoot's 2007 book - he locates this shelter at 8.7 miles north of Highway 19E, and 1.5 miles south of Walnut Mtn. Rd. Also he says it is .2 miles north of the Mountaineer waterfalls.
I have not been there yet, but hope to do so this fall sometime. I have talked to a neighbor who has been there - she says its real nice. And I have read a journal from a thru hiker about it - he says the same.
If I'm not mistaken, this new shelter is on a relocation of the AT. Correct?
My AT of that map doesn't have the relocation on it. Can anyone point me to some place online that does show the relocation?
Thanks in advance.
Rain:sunMan
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http://www.tehcc.org/images/ElkRiver-relocation-map-01.jpg
Tennessee Viking
08-20-2007, 23:16
There is blue blaze campsite for shelter overflow about a quarter mile or so south of the shelter on a small climb on a hill. Then immediately past it is anbandoned forest road.
The shelter was completed in 2006, and is north of the falls on a small blue blaze that wraps back into Mountaineer Branch.
I was there back in March. And everything seemed ok and didnt see any recent burns. Cherokee Forest probably did a control burn to clear out the dead brush and trees. In that case any burn remains are gone.
Was your campsite in short distance of the falls?