Fwd: Re: [at-l] Smokies Loop

[dewman68@hotmail.com (Bryan Fakes)]

>From: Orange Bug <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
>To: Bryan Fakes <dewman68@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Smokies Loop
>Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:42:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I've done the AT portion and part way down the hill from Spence Field
>Shelter. I supported a high school track team that did go down Eagle
>Creek and across the Lakeshore trail in late March '00. They thought it
>was a blast, but the water could be pretty slippery and rough footing.
>It could be an easy 3.5 day section or a challenging 2 to 2.5 day walk.
>There are obvious places to stay along the AT, and backcountry
>campsites along the other trails. I don't have my map on me, but
>talking with the Rangers I understand it is a highly popular and
>reccommended section. There are other possible loops involving Cades
>Cove to the Fire Tower and back around, but not all the way down to the
>Dam.
>
>Bill...
>
>--- Bryan Fakes <dewman68@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey OB, tell me more about the loop beginning/ending at Fontana Dam.
> > You
> > mentioned going up to Spence Field Shelter and coming back via the
> > AT.  Have
> > you done this loop before?  How many miles was itand how many days
> > did you
> > take for the trip?  Were there good tent sites on the trail going up
> > to
> > Spence Field?
> >
> > I hiked in the Smokies last summer, and got off the AT (going south)
> > just
> > before Spence Field Shelter onto Bote Mountain Trail and went down to
> > Cades
> > Cove.  Your trip sounds like a great way for me to catch the section
> > I
> > missed on the AT, maybe next spring.
> >
> > Bryan
> >
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