Weekend Gem-Flats and Fodderstack Loop
Now imagine if you will a quiet Smoky Mountains. Well, on the other side of Fontana Lake you will find all the great things that make the Smokies memorable like balds, epic river valleys and big trees without all the hoopla. Welcome to the Citico, Joyce Kilmer, Bald River and Snowbird areas of Appalachia. Quiet […]
Weekend Gem-B. Heron+Triple Arch Loop
Ahhh yes, Big South Fork is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite wilderness spots. I’ve hiked over 160 miles of this area and with each passing trip find myself more entranced with it’s hidden beauty. From the arches, rock shelters and houses sprinkled around semingly ever turn to the power of the River […]
One Day Wilderness: Needles Eye
If there is one thing I have learned about hikers in the south, it’s that they are very protective of their wilderness areas. That being said, I don’t feel that special places like this are for the elite few who know there whereabouts exclusively because over time the forests swallow them up. They are meant […]