A couple of years ago I was camped at campsite #49 at the end of Cabin Flats Trail. I pretty much had the place to myself except for one other guy camped at the other end. At some point or another we introduced ourselves and he invited me to have a seat around his fire. Seeing as how I didn't have a fire I took him up on his kind offer. We talked about the park and what trails we had hiked. I told him of my up and coming thru-hike and also my secondary goal of hiking all 900 odd miles of trails in the Smokies.
He then brought up the various "manways" throughout the park and described 2 or 3 of them. Apart from that interesting bit of info my host was also recently divorced and was still ranting and lamenting(as the recently divorced are wont to do) and so I retired to the more tranquil confines of my tent.
When I returned home I began researching the manways and really only found anything on the Porter's Creek manway. I incorporated the manway into a 3 day hike that I did with three friends Labor Day 07. It was quite the adventure.
Looking at my map of the Smokies I can see the logical progression from the end of Ramsey Cascades right up the drainage to Mount Guyot. Is it really that simple? Somehow I doubt it.