Had lunch there on 7-4-07.
Water source is .5 mile down trail, but acceptable quality.
Otherwise clean and bug free. Privy was okay.
Had lunch there on 7-4-07.
Water source is .5 mile down trail, but acceptable quality.
Otherwise clean and bug free. Privy was okay.
Stayed there two weeks ago. Brutal wind, straight into the shelter, blowing rain under the overhang. Kept up all night. We put a tarp and poncho over the opening, covered all the cracks between the floorboards we could. No mice . Probably smart enough to stay out of there on a night like that.
Sailor
Seeing the register tube on the side wall reminded me of the trail magic we got there Easter morning 2006 - someone was kind enough to leave some plastic easter eggs filled with jelly beans in a little velour pouch. It was pretty cool.
We had a lot of wind that night too, but no blowing rain. I was hammocking and after my tarp blew free of a stake the second time I got up and crashed in the shelter for the rest of the night.
Good times. A miserable night on the trail is still better than a day at the office.
Built for the view alone, is my guess.
Hung my hammock there at lunchtime in March of '06 when it was unseasonably warm. Something bit the bottom of my big toe and gave me quite a welt. Later I noticed a small critter that looked like a blackfly. They aren't supposed to be down there in Georgia, are they?
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
I think y'all are both talking about the same place. The old shelter site, downhill just south of Blue, is today a great campsite with water. I've stayed there several times. It's out of the wind and is a lot more comfortable place to tent than the area around the shelter. The shelter was moved, not torn down, years ago to give the area a chance to recover since it was getting bombed. And that worked, it's really nice now.
There is a small spring near the shelter site but it's probably dry now.
You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you.
Stayed at the tents sites just south of Blue Mt shelter then stopped in for bfast the next morning. The tent site is very nice and flat with lots of grass and leaves for cushioning if you are on the ground The wind was blowing 20mph and right into the shelter. No table to cook at and as if you could bc of the wind. Pretty view but shelters are too noisy with the snoring and mice. Nice place to take a break.
Wanting to see if a stop into Helen is feasible. Anyone know how far Helen is from Blue Mountain Shelter?
Thanks,
Sharon
2.2 miles to the road then 9 miles to town on the road
Stayed there 7-14-2010. Shelter was nice...Pretty clean. Privy in bad shape though...do not go there!!!! It is full to the TOP and flies are really bad... Water was pretty low, but we managed to get water.
Was at Blue Mountain Shelter today and it was generally clean, except for a large tarp that used to hang in the shelter opening that is now torn to pieces. Which got me to wondering, who brings these huge tarps to the shelter? There are 2 at this one. Surely the local trail club, with their LNT practices, is not adding tarps to shelters, are they?
This shelter does have several flat places to tent near it for those who prefer to tent closer to the shelter than the good tenting site that's a half mile south of the shelter.
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