Trip report
6 Mile AT Hike - Jones Meadow to Allen Gap.
Hiking/Walk DATE: 08/27/2019 - 08/27/2019
Trip/Event Location: Hot Springs, NC
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Trip Leader(s): dnaturist
Max # People: 8
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
This hike will begin at its highest point at Jones Meadow (4700 ft) and descends all of the way to Allen Gap at (2234 ft). The views are wonderful from the top of Jones Meadow. This 6 mile descent
...The meeting place the morning of the hike will be at the Smokey Mountain Diner in Hot Springs, North Carolina. The address for the Smokey Mountain Diner is 70 Lance Avenue, Hot Springs, NC 28743. The telephone number for the diner is (828) 622-7571.
We will be leaving the Smokey Mountain Diner for the trailheads at 8:30 AM sharp. Please plan on arriving eariler for breakfast and directions.
Trip Report/Photos
Two of us did this hike.
We challenged the rain gods again on this hike and won. There were heavy rains in the early morning which stopped just before we hit the trail. We started the hike in a cloud and did not come out of the cloud until the 4 mile mark as we reached the Little Laurel shelter. But the high winds made it feel like rain as it knocked all of the water from the trees.
The first 4 miles of the hike were rooty and very rocky. The trail improved after the early stretch.. At the shelter we came upon a sign that let us know we had 4.9 miles left in our hike. I thought it should be only two more miles. There must have been a trail re-route sometime after my book was written. So we did 8.9 miles instead of 6 miles for this adventure on the AT. We spent 3 hours and 47 minutes on the trail for this hike.
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