Wayah Shelter to Wesser Bald Shelter - Moderate
10.6 miles in 7 hours
At Tellico my breath was taken away with the beautiful wild azaleas in bloom in pink and red.We had seen lots of them sprinkled throughout the forest already, but here they were concentrated in one area and close to the trail.
10.6 miles in 7 hours
No storm last night as forcasted. That was an answer to prayer, we could just
see our tent washed down the hill with a gullywasher.
We climbed 3 or 4 steep inclines before reaching Cold Spring Shelter where we stopped for lunch and water. We met Nightwalker going back down the trail lickety split. He had forgotten to take his GPS equipment off "Pause" at their last stop. Uh oh! He had to retrace his path almost a mile and back.
Several men had reached the shelter before us. As usual, I immediately looked for the privy and noticed that, standing in front of the shelter, you could see directly into the privy to the seat. Well, I just said, "Turn your head, boys, cause I gotta go." And I went.
The mosquitos were very thick at this shelter. Out came the repellant again.
We climbed 3 or 4 steep inclines before reaching Cold Spring Shelter where we stopped for lunch and water. We met Nightwalker going back down the trail lickety split. He had forgotten to take his GPS equipment off "Pause" at their last stop. Uh oh! He had to retrace his path almost a mile and back.
Several men had reached the shelter before us. As usual, I immediately looked for the privy and noticed that, standing in front of the shelter, you could see directly into the privy to the seat. Well, I just said, "Turn your head, boys, cause I gotta go." And I went.
The mosquitos were very thick at this shelter. Out came the repellant again.
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| Burningtown Gap, Elevation 4236 |
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| View from Copper Ridge Bald Lookout, Elevation 5080' |
Copper
Ridge Bald Lookout was a pretty place for pictures so we took a few. From there, it was a lot of downhill hiking
to Tellico Gap.
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| Rocky Bald Lookout, Elevation 5030' |
At Tellico my breath was taken away with the beautiful wild azaleas in bloom in pink and red.We had seen lots of them sprinkled throughout the forest already, but here they were concentrated in one area and close to the trail.
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| Beautiful orange wild azaleas at Tellico Gap |
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| Beautiful pink wild azaleas at Tellico Gap |