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Blissful
02-24-2012, 11:53
Any of those water outfitters have canisters for sale?

I plan to take a bigger one that should last me until the Hike Inn before the SMokies (maybe). Just wondering if there were other options besides a long hitch to an outfitter (which I don't plan to do if possible).

SGT Rock
02-24-2012, 12:14
There are not a lot of resupply options for canisters. Before going into the Smokies you could call the Hike Inn folks from the Deals Gap motorcycle lodge to get over and stay at the Hike Inn and get a stop at Fontana Village for a canister. You could also send yourself a mail drop with a canister as long as it goes ground (I think) to somewhere like Green Cove Motel which is about as close to resupplying in the middle of the trip as you can get. If you get as far as Smokemont on your first canister it is possible to take Cherokee Transit over to Gatlinburg to resupply which has lots of options for getting a canister.