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Backpacking | |||||
| The Basics: | |||||
| Event Type: |  | Backpacking | | ||
| Event Location: | | Gregory Bald Backpacking | | ||
| Date(s) & Time: | | Sat, Mar 24 2007 9:00 am >> N/A | | ||
| Registration Opens: | | Mon, Jan 1 2007 12:00 am | | ||
| Registration Cut Off: | | Wed, Mar 21 2007 11:59 pm | | ||
| Event Duration: | | per itinerary | | ||
| Difficulty Rating: | | D5: Difficult | | ||
| Trip Leader(s): | | Don Norton (Chicken Feathers) Email Trip Leader(s)
You must be logged in to get the Trip Leader contact information. | | ||
| Member Cost: | | None | |||
| Participant Info: | |||||
| Who's Invited: | | Members Only, 21 And Older Only | | ||
| Maximum Group Size: | | 6 | |||
| Minimum Group Size: | | 4 | |||
| Number Registered So Far: | | 7 / 0 (To see who's signed up, log in to the Member Area) | |||
| Are Dogs Permitted: | | No | |||
| Itinerary: | |||||
| Strenuous, 16 miles Follow Twentymile Trail .5 miles turn right 3 miles to Long Hungry Ridge Trail around Rye Patch to Gregory Bald Trail climb up Gregory Bald and what a view on the Bald from there we will descend 1 mile to campsite 13 Sheep Pen Gap and camp for the evening. We will watch the sunset from Gregory Bald and Sunday morning we will watch sunrise from Gregory Bald later we will return to campsite pack up and hit the trail for Wolf Ridge Trail which is 5 miles Wolf Ridge Trail runs into Twentymile Trail turn right .5 miles to parking lot | |||||
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| How to Get There: | |||||
| Event Directions: | | Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee 10:00 a.m. - Behind Twentymile Ranger Station in parking lot Take I-575 North will become Hwy 515 go thru Blue Ridge to Morganton and Hwy 60 turn left go about 2 miles take Hwy 60 spur, at North Carolina Line turn on to US 129/19, at Topton, Hwy 129 turn left follow for about 27 miles thru Robbinsville to Hwy 28 turn right at Deals Gap to Twentymile Ranger Station. | | ||
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Are Dogs Permitted? No. Will this event occur rain or shine? Yes, be ready for what ever Mother Nature throws our way! NOTE: Please be considerate of others. If you sign-up and cannot attend, please e-mail the trip leader, so others that may be on a waiting list may attend. E-mail the trip leader to be put on a waiting list if the trip is at the max number of attendees. * We encourage all members to follow our Etiquette Guidelines while participating in AOC events. | |||||
| Cost Includes: | | Give carpool driver gas money $6-$7-$8 | |||
Cancellation/Partial Attendance: Please review the AOC cancellation policy. | |||||
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