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sansancc
02-03-2008, 18:37
I am wanting to do a weekend trip, 2 nights, starting at Max Patch. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Sansan

Jack Tarlin
02-03-2008, 18:40
Leave your car in Hot Springs. Have Dan from Bluff Mtn Outfitters shuttle you out to Max Patch Mountain. And then walk back to town. There are several nice shelters along the way, or better yet, there are plenty of nice places to camp.

ChinMusic
02-03-2008, 18:45
I just did that stretch in Novmeber. Wife dropped me off at Max Patch and we met up in Hot Springs. You will lose quite a bit of elevation going north but there are a couple ups in there too.

sansancc
02-03-2008, 18:56
How meny miles is it form Max Patch to Hot Springs?
How meny miles is it form Standing Bear Farm to Hot Springs

Jack Tarlin
02-03-2008, 19:02
Standing Bear to Hot Springs is just under 33 and a half miles.
Summit Max Patch to Hot Springs just under 20 miles, 19.8 I think.

10-K
02-03-2008, 20:29
I'm doing the section from Davenport Gap to Hot Springs this week - I'm allowing 3 days / 2 nights for the hike. It's easy to get a shuttle out of Hot Springs.

Thomas

Tennessee Viking
02-03-2008, 23:41
You might make it to Standing Bear Farm in a long day hike. Just have a climb up Snowbird then its all down hill. But Hot Springs might be the way to go. You have Walnut and Bluff Mtns to climb. So its a bit more of a weekend hike.

Watch out the roads up there are icy.