Blood Mountain Shelter rehab

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Gosh, I want to agree with you Max, but its close enough and well-known enough to be a weekend "hangout" instead of a real shelter. I mean, that's sort of why it is what it is now, not only because its old.

[Dances with Mice]

.... The comment by someone that hikers can always sleep in the smelly hostel at Neels Gap is, well, unfortunate. ...

Done.

Was it also, well, unfortunate, that in the same post someone, whoever he was, also mentioned the shelter a few miles south of the BM shelter and the hardened campground built by the GATC overlooking a quiet cove in the gap immediately south of Blood Mtn?

But I don't know why I'm even bothering to ask since you're done and all.

[Graywolf]

When I firstsaw the title of this thread, I thought it meant they were going to build a Blood Mountain Hiker Rehab center.. You know, a Rehab for hiikers..

[Chappy]

i absolutly gaurentee they switch to helo and can the pack animals.its a wild dream of a cheapster trying to save a buck that never will work to carry the sizes of wood needed thru that brush.not happening. end of story. can you say sakorski ?

How do you think the original building materials got up there?

[Chappy]

Gosh, I want to agree with you Max, but its close enough and well-known enough to be a weekend "hangout" instead of a real shelter. I mean, that's sort of why it is what it is now, not only because its old.

Bingo! Right again, my friend......weekend hangout.

[Chappy]

Helos would be the most efficient way.... what do they have to do with wilderness restrictions I wonder. Way more LNT than pack animals....

No helos in a wilderness area. The fire several years ago received no exemption to the rules.

[mweinstone]

How do you think the original building materials got up there?

duh,...they choped trees on site. the ridge beam never went up a trail.

[mweinstone]

and blood mt shelter was not a hangout for anything. shelters much closer to roads are. never one that remote,duh.who told you it was a hangout? gross. even party animals like a clean stall.

[Chappy]

and blood mt shelter was not a hangout for anything. shelters much closer to roads are. never one that remote,duh.who told you it was a hangout? gross. even party animals like a clean stall.

Ever been around there on a weekend in the summer?

[JumpInTheLake]

I'm glad that it's being saved. It's the first A.T. shelter I ever saw.

[Newb]

From the GATC today:

"As you are probably aware GATC in collaboration with the Chattahoochee National Forest is going to rehab the Blood Mountain Shelter. Working with the USFS we are developing specifications to issue to potential bidders. The competitive bidding will commence in April. If you know of anyone who may be interested in bidding please have them contact [the GATC].

"There are two important factors that bidders should consider and will be spelled out in the specifications:

" 1. The historic nature of the structure requires use of “in-kind” materials duplicating what was originally used by the CCC. As part of this effort the USFS will be applying for listing the shelter on the National Register of Historic Sites.

" 2. The shelter is located in Wilderness designated forest which mandates no mechanized tools or equipment on site and all equipment, tools, materials, etc. will be transported to and from the site utilizing pack animals. A separate contract will cover the pack animals."

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I may bid to be one of the pack animals. Would that make my trail name "Jack ass"?

[Hoofit]

Slept there early last March one cold windy night ,all alone, except for the mice ...fell on balck ice on the way up at dusk.
What a start to the trail!
I gotta admit ,it was a little scary, half expected an axe murderer to come in and chop me into little pieces!!
Was I glad to see daylight the next morning!
Pretty spooky night all round!!

[mweinstone]

i will never sleep or feel comfortable in that building. its a wet dark freak

[mweinstone]

that, and chestnut knob shelter. never ever for a million bacon.

[Rain Man]

that, and chestnut knob shelter. never ever for a million bacon.

Slept in Chestnut Knob Shelter last Fall, like a baby. And I don't mean waking up crying every hour! LOL

To be honest, I was cowboy camping in the thick grass at the shelter, till it started raining.

Great shelter! Just needs water more handy, perhaps.

RainMan

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Campsites on the way to shelter were trashed two weeks ago. I got disgusted and just turned back to find a clean spot further on for lunch.

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Whoops. Sorry. Wrong shelter for post.

[mgeiger]

Its a special place for me, having hiked up there my first time on the AT in 86. I've spent one night in there during a wind storm 20 years ago when we could not get our tent set up due to conditions. It needs preserved.

[Pixelgator]

I agree with max patch. Why is it that in the USA we always want to tear down our past and build new?

[Miami Joe]

Oh Im kind of fond of it myself. My great grandfather helped build not only that but Walasi as well! Not to mention he was the winter caretaker at Walasi for a few years too.

That's way cool!