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Appalachian Trail Backpacking Great Smoky National Park

Appalachian Trail Backpacking Great Smoky National Park. December 28 th – January 4 th 2014. GSMNP. UNESCO world heritage site Borders North Carolina to East and Tennessee to the West 36% old growth Forest Clingmans Dome is the highest point along AT AT runs from Maine to georgia.

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Appalachian Trail Backpacking Great Smoky National Park

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  1. Appalachian Trail BackpackingGreat Smoky National Park December 28th – January 4th 2014

  2. GSMNP • UNESCO world heritage site • Borders North Carolina to East and Tennessee to the West • 36% old growth Forest • Clingmans Dome is the highest point along AT • AT runs from Maine to georgia

  3. Day one • Departure: Saturday December 28th @ 10:00am • 6 hour drive to Park • Stop along the way to be determined • First Night: Staying at Van Buren State park in Ohio

  4. Day Two • Sunday December 29th arrive at GSMNP - One group to Kephart Shelter – one to the Fontana vollage • Camp over night, at Park • Slackline, eat, cards, relax

  5. Day 3 • North bound group will hike from Fontana Damn to Russell's field shelter (18km)

  6. Day 4 • North Bound group hiking from Russels Field shelter to Derick Knob (14km) Thunderhead Mountain

  7. Day 5 • North Bound hiking from derick Knob to Double spring gap (10.5 km) • Will be meeting over group at buckeye gap for lunch, to exchange keys and hang out for a few hours Buckeye gap

  8. Day 6 • North Bound Group hiking from Double Springs Gap to Mount Collins (10.5km)

  9. Day 7: • North Bound group Hiking from Mont Collins Shelter out all the way to the parking lot (18.36km)

  10. Day 8 • Departing from Tennessee all the way to Hamilton… ~12 hour drive

  11. Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdLgeIQmSA • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdEnjZYJJQw • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QONcQ4p7WA0

  12. How to go on this amazing trip • Must get the okay from the McMaster Outdoors club • Come talk with us during office hours • After you get theokay, you can register at the DBAC office • Pay in full • If you drop out before December 20th, you will receive half the cost back, unless we find a replacement, in which you will receive it fully back

  13. Continued • If you drop out after December 20th, no refund • Insurance • You must purchase your own travel insurance. We suggest Travel cuts Plan D • Need to show MOC proof of this by December 13th, and you must also have it on your person on date of departure • International • You must receive travel visas, or what is necessary to cross and return into the United States of America, and prove you have these items by December 13th

  14. Questions?

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