19 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Sección 2.1 - Great Smoky Mountains - Double Spring Gap Shelter a Newfound Gap
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.81 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,634 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3,474 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,660 ft
- TrailRank
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98
5
- Min elevation
- 105 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 6 hours 2 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1401
- Uploaded
- May 6, 2016
- Recorded
- May 2016
near Solola Valley, North Carolina (United States)
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Itinerary description
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Due to continuous GPS failures, on a very rainy day, the graph of the stage profile, altitude, unevenness and route layout do not correspond faithfully to those published, and at the time we could not correct them. Click here to download the corrected gpx file. The actual profile of the stage is as follows:
Actual profile of the stage
Stage 19
⇐ Link to previous stage: 18 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 2.2 - Great Smoky Mountains - Derrick Knob Shelter to Double Spring Gap
⇒ Link to the next stage: 20 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.3 - Great Smoky Mountains - Newfound Gap to Pecks Corner Shelter
⇒ Link to the complete itinerary in North Carolina: 257.5 km - Appalachian Trail in the State of North Carolina (complete itinerary)
Tour of the Appalachian Trail , as it passes through the states of North Carolina and Tennessee (United States), from south to north, through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park , which With its 2,108 square kilometers (a surface larger than that of the entire province of Guipúzcoa, and very similar to that of the entire province of Vizcaya, in Spain), it represents one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States, and was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco (1976) and a World Heritage Site (1983).
The Appalachian Trail runs through this great National Park, along about 115 km, between the Little Tennessee River, at Fontana Dam, and Davenport, being necessary to complete this route, from six to seven days of walking, with very few options for Departure for provisioning in towns close to the route.
To spend the night in the park it is mandatory to do so in the existing shelters, with prior reservation, obtaining in advance a permit issued by the National Park Service. Camping is only allowed for ¨thru hikers¨, also under prior permission and certain restrictions.
Start of the stage. Double Spring Gap Shelter. After a night of constant rain, the day also dawns rainy
Today's stage starts from the Double Spring Gap Shelter , ending at the Newfound Gap , and corresponds to section 2.1 of the trail, according to the official distribution of stages in Georgia and North Carolina, although it is also identified in the official guides as section 18.1 of North Carolina and Tennessee.
This duplicity is due to the difficulty in determining through which state the Appalachian Trail runs in this border area between the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, since most of the route through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park follows precisely the dividing line between both states, through the crest of the mountain range.
On this stage, the trail passes Clingmans Dome and its two neighboring peaks: Mount Buckley (1,999 m) to the west, and Mount Love (1,951 m) to the east.
Climb Mt Buckley
Clingmans Dome, at 2,025m, is the highest peak in the state of Tennessee, and also the highest on the entire Appalachian Trail. However, the path does not go through the mere top of the mountain, but rather takes a small detour to avoid the paved area that runs through this upper part, and from which you can access a gigantic concrete tower and viewpoint, with an excellent view. panoramic view.
As it was raining heavily, and visibility was nil, we decided not to waste time going up to the viewpoint, and we continued along the Appalachian Trail.
Buckley (6,582 feet). Intersection of the AT with a loop trail around Clingmans Dome
Throughout the area, Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) forests predominate, which unfortunately have suffered enormous mortality as a result of the plague of a small invasive insect, the woolly adelgid (Balsam woolly adelgid), whose devastating effect is clearly visible from any itinerary point.
Intersection of AT with Fork Ridge Trail
There was a lot of mud and puddles on the route, and between the rain, the puddles and the dripping from the low branches, we ended the day absolutely soaked, making it extremely difficult to take photos and operate the GPS touch screen, with the consequent failures in the recording of the route, which we could not correct before uploading it to the web.
bushy forest. AT junction with the Sugarland Mountain Trail and the turnoff to the Mount Collins Shelter
Luckily, with the collaboration of our colleague Arturo Ciorraga , we have now made the appropriate corrections, which can be consulted and downloaded here , and in the following compilation of stages .
PPI Index: 103 HKG
Total distance: 16.49 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 788.3 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 930.4 m
Maximum height: 2017.8 m
Minimum height: 1513.4 m
Total time: 6:02:46 h
Moving time: 5:18:46 h
Stopped time: 0:44:00 h
Total average speed: 2.73 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.1 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
Actual profile of the stage
Stage 19
⇐ Link to previous stage: 18 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 2.2 - Great Smoky Mountains - Derrick Knob Shelter to Double Spring Gap
⇒ Link to the next stage: 20 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.3 - Great Smoky Mountains - Newfound Gap to Pecks Corner Shelter
⇒ Link to the complete itinerary in North Carolina: 257.5 km - Appalachian Trail in the State of North Carolina (complete itinerary)
Tour of the Appalachian Trail , as it passes through the states of North Carolina and Tennessee (United States), from south to north, through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park , which With its 2,108 square kilometers (a surface larger than that of the entire province of Guipúzcoa, and very similar to that of the entire province of Vizcaya, in Spain), it represents one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States, and was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco (1976) and a World Heritage Site (1983).
The Appalachian Trail runs through this great National Park, along about 115 km, between the Little Tennessee River, at Fontana Dam, and Davenport, being necessary to complete this route, from six to seven days of walking, with very few options for Departure for provisioning in towns close to the route.
To spend the night in the park it is mandatory to do so in the existing shelters, with prior reservation, obtaining in advance a permit issued by the National Park Service. Camping is only allowed for ¨thru hikers¨, also under prior permission and certain restrictions.
Start of the stage. Double Spring Gap Shelter. After a night of constant rain, the day also dawns rainy
Today's stage starts from the Double Spring Gap Shelter , ending at the Newfound Gap , and corresponds to section 2.1 of the trail, according to the official distribution of stages in Georgia and North Carolina, although it is also identified in the official guides as section 18.1 of North Carolina and Tennessee.
This duplicity is due to the difficulty in determining through which state the Appalachian Trail runs in this border area between the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, since most of the route through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park follows precisely the dividing line between both states, through the crest of the mountain range.
On this stage, the trail passes Clingmans Dome and its two neighboring peaks: Mount Buckley (1,999 m) to the west, and Mount Love (1,951 m) to the east.
Climb Mt Buckley
Clingmans Dome, at 2,025m, is the highest peak in the state of Tennessee, and also the highest on the entire Appalachian Trail. However, the path does not go through the mere top of the mountain, but rather takes a small detour to avoid the paved area that runs through this upper part, and from which you can access a gigantic concrete tower and viewpoint, with an excellent view. panoramic view.
As it was raining heavily, and visibility was nil, we decided not to waste time going up to the viewpoint, and we continued along the Appalachian Trail.
Buckley (6,582 feet). Intersection of the AT with a loop trail around Clingmans Dome
Throughout the area, Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) forests predominate, which unfortunately have suffered enormous mortality as a result of the plague of a small invasive insect, the woolly adelgid (Balsam woolly adelgid), whose devastating effect is clearly visible from any itinerary point.
Intersection of AT with Fork Ridge Trail
There was a lot of mud and puddles on the route, and between the rain, the puddles and the dripping from the low branches, we ended the day absolutely soaked, making it extremely difficult to take photos and operate the GPS touch screen, with the consequent failures in the recording of the route, which we could not correct before uploading it to the web.
bushy forest. AT junction with the Sugarland Mountain Trail and the turnoff to the Mount Collins Shelter
Luckily, with the collaboration of our colleague Arturo Ciorraga , we have now made the appropriate corrections, which can be consulted and downloaded here , and in the following compilation of stages .
PPI Index: 103 HKG
Total distance: 16.49 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 788.3 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 930.4 m
Maximum height: 2017.8 m
Minimum height: 1513.4 m
Total time: 6:02:46 h
Moving time: 5:18:46 h
Stopped time: 0:44:00 h
Total average speed: 2.73 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.1 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
Waypoints
Wilderness hut
104 ft
Inicio de la etapa. Double Spring Gap Shelter. Tras una noche de lluvia constante, el día amanece también lluvioso
Start of the stage. Double Spring Gap Shelter. After a night of constant rain, the day dawns also rainy
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Intersection
5,793 ft
Intersección del AT con el Goshen Prong Trail
Intersección del AT con el Goshen Prong Trail
Photo
6,255 ft
Otra pequeña cima, en la subida al Mt. Buckley
Otra pequeña cima, en la subida al Mt. Buckley
Summit
6,503 ft
Mt Buckley (6.582 pies). Intersección del AT con un sendero circular que rodea el Clingmans Dome
Mt Buckley (6,582 feet). Intersection of the AT with a circular path that surrounds the Clingmans Dome
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Summit
6,608 ft
Punto más alto de todo el Appalachian Trail, junto a la cima del Clingmans Dome (6.643 pies). Desvío a torre de observación
Highest point of the entire Appalachian Trail, next to the top of the Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet). Deviation to observation tower
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Photo
5,856 ft
Subida rocosa al Mount Collins (6.168 pies)
Subida rocosa al Mount Collins (6.168 pies)
Photo
5,887 ft
Bosque tupido. Cruce del AT con el Sugarland Mountain Trail y con el desvío hacia el Mount Collins Shelter
Bushy forest. Crossing the AT with the Sugarland Mountain Trail and the detour to the Mount Collins Shelter
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Intersection
5,864 ft
Intersección del AT con el Fork Ridge Trail
Intersección del AT con el Fork Ridge Trail
Car park
Panorama
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Excelente !!! https://es.wikiloc.com/rutas-outdoor/19-appalachian-trail-north-carolina-seccion-2-1-great-smoky-mountains-double-spring-gap-shelter-a-n-13208485#wp-13208499/photo-8149565
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Muy bonitas las vistas desde el Clingmans Dome. Yo tuve la suerte de pillar un día bastante despejado.
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Una bonita etapa a través de un tupido bosque, con mucha lluvia y barro.