Trip report
Bartram Trail - AT Hike
Hiking/Walk DATE: 05/14/2018 - 05/14/2018
Trip/Event Location: Robbinsville, NC
US
Trip Leader(s): dnaturist
Max # People: 8
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level: Moderate to Strenuous
The hike will begin on the Batram Trail at the Winding Stairs parking lot on Hwy 19, We will travel north on the Bartram Trail to Cheoah Bald. This section of the hike will be about 5 miles and will
...We shall meet in the morning at the Mc Donalds in Robbinsville, NC. The address for the Mc Donalds is 374 Rodney Orr Bypass in Robbinsville, NC, 28771.
We will be leaving the Mc Donalds for the trailheads at 9:00 AM sharp. Please arrive there eariler.
Trip Report/Photos
The was a strenuous hike that was all up hill during the first half of the hike, which was on the Bartram Trail, to Cheoah Bald. This northern terminus of the Batram Trail stands at 5062 ft.
The Bartram Trail section of the hike was beautiful, with many different eco systems. Birch, hemloch and tulip trees. The mountain laural were in bloom on this trail and the rhododendron were beginning to bud. Fern covered valleys and mountain flower covered valleys.
This section had many stream crossing, but we managed to keep dry feet.
The second half of the hike was on the AT and took us to Stecoah Gap. It was mostly downhill, but still had many hard uphil climbs. The AT was much more rocky than the Bartram Trail was.
We were on the trail 8 hours.
The featured photo is the view from Stecoah Gap, at the end of our hike.
There are 7 photos in Album (Note: Move mouse pointer over larger pic and click on NEXT for better viewing)
What Members Are Saying About This Trip/Event
- Landscape photos come in upside down or sideways. - dnaturist
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dnaturist
May 19, 2018 at 2:57 PM
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