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    They have been known to stroll across the shelters that are easily accesses from roads. I frequent the smokies, and have never had a problem. Last year they set aside 2 spots for thrus on a first-come first-serve basis. They consider a thru-hiker, any hiker that begins or ends 40-50 miles outside the park boundaries. Don't waswte your time with the shelters and enjoy the woods.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kytrailman View Post
    they set aside 2 spots for thrus on a first-come first-serve basis. They consider a thru-hiker, any hiker that begins or ends 40-50 miles outside the park boundaries.
    where is that officially written?

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    u dontneed reservations for most shelts. most of them arent used all that much when not in the thru hiker season


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    From CFR 36 Chapter 1:

    The use of tents at shelters is prohibited except by persons
    qualifying as
    thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail (by
    definition an Appalachian thru-hiker is a backpacker who is
    using the Appalachian Trail exclusively while in the park
    and whose trip begins and ends a minimum of fifty miles
    outside the park). Thru-hikers may pitch tents outside
    shelters only when all bunks are otherwise occupied.

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    Also, since it comes up every year about what the real rules are. Here is the link for all the various rules (shelters, dogs, hitchhiking, etc) in GSMNP:

    http://www.nps.gov/grsm/parkmgmt/upl...Compendium.pdf
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    BMT Thru-Hikers' Guide
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    NO SNIVELING

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