It's hard to believe its been four years since I posted here. Did my spring walk through on Wednesday this week. The shelter is in good condition, three of the bear cables are fully operational and the 4th is functional. A new picnic table went in a year ago, the moldering privy is in good shape and the spring is clear and cold, as is the one at the camp spot 0.4 north. My entire section is looking good, except as to follow, and the view from the top of Big Bald is still fabulous.
We had a wet summer last year and the trail descending off the shoulder of the bald into the woods was a sloppy mess. I cleaned out the water bars and hope that will help some. After the late snow in 2010 I added some blazes to try and help keep folks on the trail through this stretch.
Saw 6 thru hikers on Wednesday. Three of them had started March 2 and so were on their first month anniversary. All were glad to finally have a day without walking in snow and were looking forward to getting to Erwin.