[at-l] Blood Mountain Relo...

[agaudet at theworld.com (Arthur Gaudet)]

Hi Pittsburgh,
I remember Slaughter Gap pretty well from my trips in '97 and '98. The 
terrain looked bare but I thought it was the time of year and not so much 
from overuse. I found good water both times by descending to the Spring.

When northbound, where does the new section go and where does it tail off 
from the old trail, and then re-meet the old trail? Is there water access 
on the new route? Is the relo a temporary thing around a pretty historic 
spot? Was the re-route the only option for this section or were 
alternatives considered?  Sorry for all the questions; I'm just surprised 
to hear of this change to the trail.

RockDancer '97

On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:37 PM, Richard Mann 
[SMTP:yugrekih@yahoo.com] wrote:
| >From another list.
|
| Pittsburgh
|
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| >From the GATC emailing list
|
| We did it!!  Thanks to about 60(!!) amazing GATC trailworkers who
| turned out for a January worktrip despite some "iffy" weather, we were
| able to open the new section of A.T. above Slaughter Spring.  Both the
| A.T. and the Slaughter Creek trail coming up from Lake Winfield Scott
| now completely by-pass Slaughter Gap.  By opening this up prior to
| the spring thru-hiker rush, we hope to begin the process of allowing
| Slaughter Gap to revegetate.
|
| The new tent pad area along the relocated A.T. will provide an
| alternative to camping in Slaughter Gap.  As we left yesterday, a group
|
| of Scouts was in the process of setting up camp in the new area.
| Please help pass the word about these changes.
|
| A big THANKS to all the workers who helped make it possible to make
| the transition to the new trail system yesterday.  There was a LOT to
| do to make it all happen in a single day.