Trip report
Bartram Trail Hike - Wayah Bald to Wallace Branch Trailhead
Hiking/Walk DATE: 06/22/2018 - 06/22/2018
Trip/Event Location: Franklin, 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: Moderate
This 10.9 hike on the Bartram Trail will be a north to south hike, and be mostly a down hill walk in the Nantahala National Forest. The high point of this hike will be the beginning at Wayah Bald (
...The meeting place for this event will be the Fraklin Burger King which is located at: 130 Westgate Plaza Rd., Franklin, NC. 28734.
We will be leaving the Burger King for the Trailheads at 8:30 AM sharp.
Trip Report/Photos
One other joined me on this hike.
This hike started at Wayah Bald with great views, at an elevation of 5342 feet. The first 0.8 Miles of this hike was down hill and ran concurrent with the AT before splitting off to the south. Shortly after leaving the AT the trail was not maintained and was overgrown for about one mile.
This trail had some great views throughout the hike. It had a lot of ups and downs, which lead to describing it as a roller coaster, for the first 8 miles of the hike.
We took a short side trip to Williams Pulpit, which had a great view.
The flame azalea was in bloom throughout the hike.
The last 2 miles of the hike was a long, gradual descent which brought us to the Wallace Branch Trailhead. Just before reaching the end of the hike we were blessed with a beautiful waterfall.
We were on the trail for 6 hours and 22 minutes.
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What Members Are Saying About This Trip/Event
- Well darn, I can't comment on this hike as I wimped out and did not do it - I did drop 1 member and 1 non-member off at the beginning trailhead after we dropped the recovery car at the terminating trailhead so hopefully one of them will do a trip report or comment - edfarthing
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edfarthing
Jun 22, 2018 at 4:22 PM
Comment: Well darn, I can't comment on this hike as I wimped out and did not do it - I did drop 1 member and 1 non-member off at the beginning trailhead after we dropped the recovery car at the terminating trailhead so hopefully one of them will do a trip report or comment |
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