Trip report
Benton MacKaye Trail - 9.6 Miles
Hiking/Walk DATE: 07/27/2018 - 07/27/2018
Trip/Event Location: Robbinsville, 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: Strenuous
This one way, 9.6 mile hike from north to south on the Benton MacKaye is considered strenuous. We will leave Fontana Village Lodge and head west towards Tapoco Lodge at the juntion on US 129, the
...We will be meeting in the morning at 8:00 AM at the McDonald's in Robbinsville, NC. The address for the McDonald's is: 374 Rodney Orr Bypass, Robbinsville, NC, 28771.
Note: We will be leaving the McDoanld's at 8:30 AM sharp for the trailheads.
Trip Report/Photos
This was a very strenuous hike on a trail that had not been maintained this year. It turned into an 11 mile + hike due to the conditions.. Blazes were often not visible due to the overgrowth of shrubs.
The clearings were all overgrown with blackberry bushes and other thorny vines. We all got cut up pretty good. We had to do a lot of bushwacking. The lead hiker got real close to a timber rattler as he was pushing through the overgrowth. Bushes were so high, the blazes were not visible.
All in all, this was an unexpected adventure. The trail was maintained for only one mile on each end of the hike (near the resorts)
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