Cherokee Hiking Club
2349 Varnell Road, Cleveland, TN 37311

Farr Gap to Chilhowee Beach
Saturday, July 18, 2009

Brief Description:   The hike is about an 8 hour hike, depending on route, and counting time at the lake but not counting drive time. Now (Tuesday evening) Saturday’s forecast is for clear skies with temperatures in the low 80s at the lake's altitude. Between Farr Gap and the lake, the hike will pass through an area that the Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition wants added to the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness.  Jeff Hunter, of the Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition, will be along. You may want to bring a swimsuit, towel, lunch, liquids, & flip-flops. (Both beaches are gravelly, their size depending on lake level).  I will be taking 4L of water for my own use, half of it frozen.

        Leader:  Rick Foster, (423) 442-2849   

        Length: unsure, but many miles

        Difficulty: I rate the hike as difficult, meant for people who routinely hike for a whole day.

Directions to the Trailhead: MEET at 8:20 AM Saturday July 18 at the Cherohala Welcome Center, Tellico Plains, the 3rd building to the left when heading east on the Cherohala Skyway (TN Hwy 165).  Tellico Plains is about 2 hours from Chattanooga, 15 minutes from Madisonville. We LEAVE at 8:30 AM

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