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Sun, Feb 16 2014 - Dick’s Creek Gap to Addis Gap on the AT (View Original Event Details)

Trip Leader(s): Dorothea
Participants:Dorothea, LIM Verona (Laura M), Kevin, Nahid, Greg Walling, john everly

Write Up:

The roads were completely clear, so we were not prepared for the snow in the woods, lots and lots of it. We were lucky that someone had broken trail the previous day, which made walking infinitely easier. It nonetheless took us an hour longer than usual to reach the top of Kelly, so we ended up doing just 10 of the planned 11 miles. The woods were enchantingly beautiful. White on white everywhere. But by the afternoon it was melting under our feet, and on the way back at lower elevation we walked on bare ground. Ah, normal locomotion! We met three separate thru-hikers, tough souls. The one from Germany told us he spent the three days of the storm in Helen! Since almost everything was closed, he ate at Wendy’s.