Charlies Bunion (6,122 feet elevation) offers spectacular views of the mountains to the north, Mt. Kephart and the Jump Off to the west, and Mount Guyot towards the east. Due to the extremely steep drop offs you'll definitely want to watch you're footing in this area.
We started off at Newfound Gap.
This trail is part of the Appalachian Trail or simply the AT, is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. It is approximately 2,184 miles long. Along the way, the trail passes through the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
The Appalachian Trail is famous for its many hikers, some of whom, called thru-hikers, attempt to hike it in its entirety in a single season.
1.7 miles down...
Jennifer Pharr Davis set the unofficial record for the fastest hike of the entire Appalachian Trail. It took her exactly 46 days, 11 hours, and 20 minutes since she left Mount Katahdin in Maine on June 16 2011, that's about 47 miles a day, or nearly two marathons. Eeeek!
This is the Icewater Spring Shelter for those attempting the AT or at least part of it. Not my kind of place, but we passed a big group of what looked like college students that had stayed the night there.
Ahhh, finally! Charlies Bunion...
A great spot to have lunch!
Just amazing!
No comments:
Post a Comment