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Springer Mountain, AT |
Overpacked at the Start |
Benton MacKaye envisioned
the Appalachian Trail.
Springer Mountain begins the journey north. You usually carry too
much weight at the start. |
Springer Mountain, AT |
Falls on Springer Mountain, AT |
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View of Springer Mountain,AT, GA
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Flame Azalea, GA, AT |
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Gooch Gap Shelter, GA, AT |
Trillium, GA, AT |
The first
shelters can be crowded. Gooch Gap can be an exception. |
Suches Post Office, Mail Drop, GA, AT
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View, GA, AT |
Mail drops
provide supplies and encouragement from home. |
Asleep on a rock |
View, GA, AT |
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View, GA, AT |
Blood Mountain, GA, AT |
Blood Mountain
is one of the first mountains going north. |
Blood Mountain, GA, AT |
Resting, Blood Mountain , GA, AT
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Shelter, Blood Mountain |
Sign for Blood Mountain |
There is a
stone shelter at the top |
Neels Gap, GA, AT |
Neels Gap Building
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Neels Gap
is the only place on the trail where it goes through a building. |
View, GA, AT |
Snail on the Trail, GA, AT |
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Fungus on the Trail |
Crossing from Georgia to North Carolina
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Your go over
12 state boundaries. The Georgia-North Carolina one is the first.
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Tree, NC, AT |
View, NC, AT |
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View, NC, AT |
Standing Indian Mountain, NC, AT
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Standing Indian
Mountain is a long climb, but the views are great. |
Trail to Standing Indian Mountain
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Standing Indian Mountain |
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View from Standing Indian Mountain
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Sunset on Standing Indian Mountain
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Standing Indian Mountain, NC, AT
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AT Sign, NC, AT |
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View, NC, AT |
Lightweight Hikers, NC, AT |
You may meet
lightweight hikers, who carry 15 pounds or less on a three-day hike.
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Sunset, NC, AT |
Turtle on the Trail |
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Wayah Bald, NC, AT |
Wayah Bald, NC, AT |
Balds offer
gorgeous views.
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Fungus on the Trail, NC, AT |
Fontana Lake, NC, AT |
You pass over
Fontana Dam, which forms Fontana Lake. |
Fontana Lake, NC, AT |
View from Firetower, Great Smokies, AT
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Lots of views
in the Great Smokies. |
View from Firetower, Great Smokies, AT
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Entering the Great Smokies |
The Great
Smoky National Park is the first restricted area you enter. You need
a hiking permit to stay at the shelters. |
View from the Great Smokies |
Flowers, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
Fungus, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
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Fungus, Great Smokies, AT |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
Clingman's Dome, Great Smokies, AT
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Clingman’s
Dome Ican be reached by a short hike up from a parking lot. |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
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Destruction, Great Smokies, ATb |
Flowers, Great Smokies, AT |
The trees
are dying in the Great Smokies. |
View, Great Smokies, AT |
Walking the LIne, Great Smokies, AT
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The trail
is on the North Carolina / Tennesses line. At points, you can easy
tumble into either state.
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
Hiker, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
Prepared Trail, Great Smokies, AT
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
Fungus, Great Smokies, AT |
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Mushroom, Great Smokies, AT |
Flower, Great Smokies, AT |
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Max Patch, NC, AT |
Max Patch, NC, AT |
Max Patch
gives a 360 degree view. You need totake a panorama. |
Max Patch, NC, AT |
Max Patch, NC, AT |
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Max Patch, NC, AT |
View, NC, AT |
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View, NC, AT |
Flower, NC, AT |
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Roadway Crossing, NC,TN AT |
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Links
Appalachian Trail Conference
Appalachian Long Distance
Hikers Association (ALDHA)
Benton
MacKaye
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