Day 15: Davenport Gap Shelter to Groundhog Creek Shelter, 10.5 miles Day 16: Groundhog Creek Shelter to Deer Park Mountain Shelter, 23 miles Day 17: Deer Park Mountain Shelter to Hot Springs, 3.2 miles Day 18: 0 miles Total AT …
Author: cookingscraps
lucky days: days 13-14
Day 13: Mt. Collins Shelter to Pecks Corner Shelter, 14.6 miles Day 14: Pecks Corner Shelter to Davenport Gap Shelter, 19.6 miles Total AT mikes hiked: 236.7 Day 13 started off a bit rocky; although it didn’t rain over night, …
AT high point: days 10-12
Day 10: Locust Cove Gap to Fontana Dam, 17 miles Day 11: Fontana Dam to Spence Field Shelter, 18.5 miles Day 12: Spence Field Shelter to Mt. Collins Shelter, 19.6 miles Total AT miles hiked: 202.8 We slept comfortably in …
mountains for days: days 8-9
Day 8: Winding Stair Gap to Wesser Bald, 20.8 miles Day 9: Wesser Bald to Locust Cove Gap, 17.1 miles Total AT miles hiked: 147.4 We took BJ up on her offer to drive us back to the trailhead from …
into North Carolina: days 5-7
Day 5: Mile 66.8 to Standing Indian Mountain, 20.7 miles Day 6: Standing Indian Mountain to US 64, 22 miles Day 7: zero day in Franklin, NC Total AT miles hiked: 109.5 The wind kept waking me up throughout the …
following the white blaze: day 3-4
Day 3: Slaughter Creek Campsite to Chattahoochee Gap, 19.6 miles Day 4: Chattahoochee Gap to a vista on Powell Mountain, 18.9 miles We survived the thunderstorms that raged overnight, keeping relatively dry. It was the heaviest most sustained rain I’ve …