Hike when the gnats are gone. A killing frost will do the trick.
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Hike when the gnats are gone. A killing frost will do the trick.
God save the Queen.
I have met a few folks here and hiked with them....no internet "stars" or experts. Just good people who like to have a good time. The know it all's stay on line and render unwanted advice.
I don't want to meet any of you.
October is festival season in North Ga. and the campground can fill up with tourists...(and thier kids and dogs) Burts Pumpkin Farm is just down the highway and draws big crowds in Oct. Dawsonville...
Allow seven to nine days. Get water when you come up on it. Charge cell phone @ Neel Gap...aka Mountain Crossing store. Cell phones work sometimes on the high ridges ( don't know how well because...
Blood Mountain cabins and general store.
It was something about sleeping in shelters with your dog , while carrying a firearm.
I gave it a try and never ever got a comfortable night's sleep. Turned over on my side once a went right through the bug screen and onto the ground sometime around dawn. Pulled my bag out a got a few...
A bigger and better one would have done trillions of dollars worth of improvements to Washington DC.
If you want some real results.....Montel Williams is the man!
When the marriage vows are taken and that first child is born.......well, it ain't all about you.
Thanks J.......I thought my life sux until I read all of this! I'm 53 and have wanted to hike the trail since I was a teenager. Married young and have 4 adult children now. Because of the recent...
There are a few options to this day hike. Hike South on the AT from Neel Gap. Either take the blue blazed Freeman Trail to Bird Gap and turn North on the At and hike up and over Blood Mt back to Neel...
There are no acts of nature (you have not heard the GW crowd on this thread) landsides are caused by GW also.;)
This road was closed to thru traffic after Blood Mt became a wilderness area.....I don't know what year this wilderness designation occured.
I don't want to hear global warming BS, evil corporations, CEO pay, and most especially any songs of praise for a community organizer.
I think you will be OK camping anywhere in that section. Let me know when you'll be up there. I would like to come by and visit your camp. There have been no turkeys down on the Turnpike this season,...
Just below Cowrock is the Logan Turnpike trail. The trail leads from Tesnatee Gap into Kellum Valley. Kellum Valley is a farming community with chicken houses and other livestock and is great...
Len Foote Inn at Amicalola Falls was damaged. The Woody Gap area was hit. Damaged homes and plenty of downed trees just south of Neel Gap.
I did the Ga section at the tender age of 15. First time long distance hike and first time being alone. I was a bit "afraid" at first but soon found out there was nothing to worry about. The...
Should'nt you be working on that hiking book? Chicken and Stars is my can of choice.
Sunday morning Dec. 12.....Blood Mt covered in ice.....Snow to follow....22 degrees @ 10:30 AM:sun
Black Diamond trekkers.
Why do you think hunters did this?:confused: