Wiles out of town Backpacking

Hello church family, we wanted to let you know that the Wiles will be out of town on their annual family backpacking trip until Saturday, December 4th.  The boys will be hiking 27 miles on the Appalachian Trail from the Low Gap Trailhead (Hwy 321) south to the Watuga Dam trailhead (Hwy 421). We hope to see you soon! 

To look at more info, you can see our .pdf itinerary here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x2E-InH93rHReLtjDBghpQ0pGNdSnzBH/view?usp=sharing

Low Gap Trailhead (Hwy421) to Laurel Branch Trailhead (Hwy321) = 27.1 miles

                 

LOCATION

AT Mileage from Start

Mileage Between

Day

Day Mileage

High Temp

Low Tepm

Elevation (ft)

Change

Water

US-421 – Low Gap, TN

0

0.0

Wed AM

 

60

44

3438

   

Double Springs Shelter

3.5

3.5

Wed PM

3.5

48

40

4060

622

0.9 mile after DS Shelter

TN91

6.5

3.0

       

3526

-534

0.8 after hwy 91

Iron Mountain Shelter

11.2

4.7

Thur PM

7.7

50

41

4137

611

1.4 before shelter & 0.2 after

Vandeventer Shelter

18

6.8

Fri PM

6.8

61

42

3491

-646

1.7 miles south

US-321 – Hampton, TN

27.1

9.1

Sat Exit

9.1

61

34

2069

-1422

 
   

27.1

             

Watersource info here:

http://www.wikitrail.org/features/view/at/25213/double-springs-shelter

               

From Home to Boots Off Hostel & Campground

   

233 miles

3 hrs 37 mins

         

From Boots Off Hostel to Low Gap Trailhead

   

30.5 miles

44 mins

         
                   

Other Info:

                 

TN-91 to Lowgap Trailhead

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/tennessee/appalachian-trail-tn-91-to-low-gap

               

 

 

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