Husband and I have a few days to spend and were thinking about starting at Davenport Gap and sleeping in that shelter that first night (we'll be driving down that afternoon, and he'll be getting off a night shift so it'll have to be a light day). Then we were going to head SB to Tricorner Knob for the second night. We'd then take the final day down Balsam Mtn Trail over to the Benton-MacKaye Trail NB to end at Big Creek.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Things to look out for? Will that middle day's elevation gain be absolutely horrible? Any comments would be appreciated - it's our first time in the north side of the park, and we're looking forward to it!