22 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Sección 1.1 - Great Smoky Mountains - De Cosby Knob Shelter a Green Corner Road, TN
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.86 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,736 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 5,443 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,089 ft
- TrailRank
- 70
- Min elevation
- 1,342 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 6 hours 34 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1674
- Uploaded
- October 19, 2016
- Recorded
- October 2016
near Crestmont, North Carolina (United States)
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stage 22
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 21 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.2 - Great Smoky Mountains - From Pecks Corner Shelter to Cosby Knob Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 23 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - TENNESSEE - Section 16.2 - From Standing Bear Hostel -Green Corner Road, TN, to Groundhog Creek 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.
Today's stage starts from the Cosby Knob Shelter , ending at the second intersection of the AT with Green Corner Road, a short distance from the Standing Bear Hostel, already outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and corresponds to section 1.1 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 17.1 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 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.
Cosby Knob Shelter
In this last stage in the Great Smoky Mountains, the Appalachian Trail passes, among other outstanding places, through Mount Cammerer (1,502 m.) , where an old forest watchtower has been installed, reconditioned as a lookout, with panoramic views. from the eastern Smoky Mountains, Cocke County and the Blue Ridge Mountains, but to access this place you must take a detour from the trail, for 900 m.
Mount Cammerer (1,502 m.). Forest watch turret converted into a lookout, with sweeping views of the Eastern Smokies, Cocke County and the Blue Ridge Mountains
From there, the rest of the journey of the day is a continuous and gradual descent to the Davenport Gap (618 m.) , where we already leave the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and we enter the lands of the immense Cherokee National Forest (more than 2,600 square kilometers of extension).
Davenport Gap. Intersection with Mount Sterling Road
The stage concludes at the second intersection of the AT with Green Corner Road, a couple of kilometers after crossing the Pigeon River over a bridge.
Bridge over the Pigeon River
There is the Standing Bear Hostel , an obligatory point of passage, refreshment and rest, for most of the hikers who travel the Appalachian Trail.
Standing Bear Hostel
PPI Index: 77 HKG
Total distance: 18.76 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 468.34 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 1368.6 m
Maximum height: 1527.76 m
Minimum height: 417.43 m
Total time: 6:34:41 h
Moving time: 5:30:35 h
Stopped time: 1:04:06 h
Total average speed: 2.85 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.4 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 21 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - NORTH CAROLINA - Section 1.2 - Great Smoky Mountains - From Pecks Corner Shelter to Cosby Knob Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 23 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - TENNESSEE - Section 16.2 - From Standing Bear Hostel -Green Corner Road, TN, to Groundhog Creek 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.
Today's stage starts from the Cosby Knob Shelter , ending at the second intersection of the AT with Green Corner Road, a short distance from the Standing Bear Hostel, already outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and corresponds to section 1.1 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 17.1 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 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.
Cosby Knob Shelter
In this last stage in the Great Smoky Mountains, the Appalachian Trail passes, among other outstanding places, through Mount Cammerer (1,502 m.) , where an old forest watchtower has been installed, reconditioned as a lookout, with panoramic views. from the eastern Smoky Mountains, Cocke County and the Blue Ridge Mountains, but to access this place you must take a detour from the trail, for 900 m.
Mount Cammerer (1,502 m.). Forest watch turret converted into a lookout, with sweeping views of the Eastern Smokies, Cocke County and the Blue Ridge Mountains
From there, the rest of the journey of the day is a continuous and gradual descent to the Davenport Gap (618 m.) , where we already leave the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and we enter the lands of the immense Cherokee National Forest (more than 2,600 square kilometers of extension).
Davenport Gap. Intersection with Mount Sterling Road
The stage concludes at the second intersection of the AT with Green Corner Road, a couple of kilometers after crossing the Pigeon River over a bridge.
Bridge over the Pigeon River
There is the Standing Bear Hostel , an obligatory point of passage, refreshment and rest, for most of the hikers who travel the Appalachian Trail.
Standing Bear Hostel
PPI Index: 77 HKG
Total distance: 18.76 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 468.34 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 1368.6 m
Maximum height: 1527.76 m
Minimum height: 417.43 m
Total time: 6:34:41 h
Moving time: 5:30:35 h
Stopped time: 1:04:06 h
Total average speed: 2.85 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.4 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
Waypoints
Mountain hut
Intersection
4,302 ft
Low Gap (1.272 m.) Cruce con Low Gap Trail
Low Gap (1.272 m.) Cruce con Low Gap Trail
Panorama
4,896 ft
Bonita vista desde un llano cerca de la cima
Bonita vista desde un llano cerca de la cima
Photo
4,852 ft
Sendero labrado en la roca, rodeando Sunup Knob (1.534 m.)
Sendero labrado en la roca, rodeando Sunup Knob (1.534 m.)
Summit
4,937 ft
Mount Cammerer (1.502 m.). Torreta de vigilancia forestal reacondicionada como mirador, con magníficas vistas panorámicas
Mount Cammerer (1,502 m.). Forest watch turret converted into a lookout, with sweeping views of the Eastern Smokies, Cocke County and the Blue Ridge Mountains
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Photo
3,656 ft
Bajada constante y gradual hacia Davenport Gap
Bajada constante y gradual hacia Davenport Gap
Intersection
2,157 ft
Davenport Gap. Intersección con la Mount Sterling Road
Davenport Gap. Intersección con la Mount Sterling Road
Intersection
1,371 ft
Tobes Creek. Riachuelo, cascadita y cruce
Tobes Creek. Riachuelo, cascadita y cruce
River
Intersection
1,433 ft
Cruce de la autopista Interstate 40 (I-40), bajo puente
Cruce de la autopista Interstate 40 (I-40), bajo puente
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