Blood Mountain Shelter (GA)

[Sierra Echo]

Thats great. What have you heard?

Theres been a 50K grant to restore it. That however has caused controversy over the roof. One side wants it to be restored with the same materials and the other side wants to make it better.

[max patch]

Theres been a 50K grant to restore it. That however has caused controversy over the roof. One side wants it to be restored with the same materials and the other side wants to make it better.

I'm glad that the historic old shelter is being restored.

But...$50,000!!!!

Your tax dollars at work.

[Sierra Echo]

I'm glad that the historic old shelter is being restored.

But...$50,000!!!!

Your tax dollars at work.

Its not a government grant! I forgot where it came from, but it wasn't that.

[MoodyBluer]

Just hiked thru there 10/13, glad to see and experience an historic shelter. It was clean, but did have the usual hiker graffitti.

Now the most disgusting part of the trail I've experienced is Wolf Laurel Top, there was toilet paper everywhere, crap visible, the hill side smelled like the worst privy I've ever been in. Sad.

I agree...every time I pass by this area it's like a minefield of TP...but it's always been this way ever since the late 70's when I first starting hiking by here on an annual basis (not excusing it, I'm just sayin'). I think it's because this area is approx halfway thru that section and nature calls a lot of the day hikers at that point in the trip...