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trips - Mount Sterling Week-ender

Trip Info

Dates: 12/5 - 12/7/08
Trip Organizer: precision
Location: GSMNP

Number of Attendees: (view all)
5 yes
2 maybe

Tennessee
Tennessee Books
Tennessee Parks

 

Description


Meet at Big Creek Camp ground on Friday: Follow the Big Creek Trail to CS 36 or 37 (about 5 miles).

Saturday: Hike through Walnut Bottom to Mount Sterling Summit and then to CS 38 via the Swallow Fork Trail and The Mount Sterling Ridge Trail (about 5.5 miles).

Sunday: Hike out via the Baxter Creek Trail, returning to our vehicles at Big Creek (about 6 miles).

After the Mt. Sterling hike, I plan to bag some other peaks in the TN/N.C. area. You're welcome to come along for those too.

HISTORICAL WEATHER FOR Knoxville DECEMBER 06, 2007
Temperature: REAL AVERAGE
Mean Temperature 34 °F 43 °F
Max Temperature 40 °F 52 °F
Min Temperature 28 °F 34 °F

 

= Yes, = Maybe

Trip Attendees

precision Mocs123 OPIE
Spam rocksee crash bang
ChinMusic

 

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Thread Name # Messages # Views Last Post
Mt Sterling GSMNP in December205178:57 PM
11/11/08
created by: Mocs123 on 8/29/08

 

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