21 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Sección 1.2 - Great Smoky Mountains - De Pecks Corner Shelter a Cosby Knob Shelter
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 13.19 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,464 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3,179 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,398 ft
- TrailRank
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89
5
- Min elevation
- 4,652 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 7 hours 2 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1912
- Uploaded
- October 18, 2016
- Recorded
- October 2016
near Three Forks, North Carolina (United States)
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Stage 21
⇐ Link to previous stage: 20 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.3 - Great Smoky Mountains - Newfound Gap to Pecks Corner Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 22 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.1 - Great Smoky Mountains - From Cosby Knob Shelter to Green Corner Road, TN
⇒ 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.
Today's stage starts at the Pecks Corner Shelter , ending at the Cosby Knob Shelter , and corresponds to section 1.2 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 17.2 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 North Carolina and Tennessee, since most of the route through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park precisely follows the dividing line between both states, by the crest of the mountain range.
In this stage, the Appalachian Trail passes, among other outstanding places, through Mt. Sequoyah (6,069 feet) , and Mt. Champman (6,417 feet) .
PPI Index: 109 HKG
Total distance: 21.08 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 789.16 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 979.01 m
Maximum height: 1921.89 m
Minimum height: 1423.38 m
Total time: 7:02:56 h
Moving time: 6:17:24 h
Stopped time: 0:45:32 h
Total average speed: 2.99 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.35 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
⇐ Link to previous stage: 20 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.3 - Great Smoky Mountains - Newfound Gap to Pecks Corner Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 22 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.1 - Great Smoky Mountains - From Cosby Knob Shelter to Green Corner Road, TN
⇒ 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.
Today's stage starts at the Pecks Corner Shelter , ending at the Cosby Knob Shelter , and corresponds to section 1.2 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 17.2 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 North Carolina and Tennessee, since most of the route through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park precisely follows the dividing line between both states, by the crest of the mountain range.
In this stage, the Appalachian Trail passes, among other outstanding places, through Mt. Sequoyah (6,069 feet) , and Mt. Champman (6,417 feet) .
PPI Index: 109 HKG
Total distance: 21.08 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 789.16 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 979.01 m
Maximum height: 1921.89 m
Minimum height: 1423.38 m
Total time: 7:02:56 h
Moving time: 6:17:24 h
Stopped time: 0:45:32 h
Total average speed: 2.99 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.35 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
Waypoints
Wilderness hut
5,264 ft
Inicio de la etapa, en Peck´s Corner Shelter
Inicio de la etapa, en Peck´s Corner Shelter
Photo
5,885 ft
Subida gradual hacia la cima de Mount Sequoyah (1.830 m)
Subida gradual hacia la cima de Mount Sequoyah (1.830 m)
Summit
6,257 ft
Mt. Champman (1.950 m.). Una paradita cerca de la cima
Mt. Champman (1.950 m.). Una paradita cerca de la cima
Intersection
Mountain pass
6,061 ft
Deer Creek Gap (1.852 m.). Sendero y vistas a North Carolina
Deer Creek Gap (1.852 m.). Sendero y vistas a North Carolina
Photo
5,867 ft
Bosquecillo de rododendros e intersección con el Snake Den Ridge Trail
Rhododendron grove and intersection with the Snake Den Ridge Trail
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Panorama
4,785 ft
Vista en la bajada hacia Camel Gap (1.441 m.)
Vista en la bajada hacia Camel Gap (1.441 m.)
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Las Great Smoky Mountains tienen algo especial. Un recorrido extraordinario.