27 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - TENNESSEE - Sección 14.1 y 13.3 - De Spring Mountain Shelter a Allen Gap y Little Laurel Shelter
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.33 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,028 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 2,890 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,566 ft
- TrailRank
- 69
- Min elevation
- 2,083 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 5 hours 24 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1238
- Uploaded
- January 18, 2017
- Recorded
- January 2017
near Allenstand, North Carolina (United States)
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Stage 27
⇐ Link to previous stage: 26 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - TENNESSEE - Section 14.2 - From Hot Springs, North Carolina, to Rich Mountain and Spring Mountain Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 28 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - TENNESSEE - Section 13.2 - From Little Laurel Shelter to Camp Creek Bald and Flint Mountain Shelter
Tour of the Appalachian Trail , through the state of Tennessee (United States), from south to north.- Section 14.1 and 13.3 - From Spring Mountain Shelter to Allen Gap and Little Laurel Shelter.
It is a short and simple stage, without emotions or complications, marred once again by the presence of fog, especially in the early hours of the morning.
foggy morning
The small groves of rhododendrons that accompany part of the itinerary are very pleasant, and add their dose of greenery to a mountain that still shows its winter colours.
path between rhododendrons
At the end of the route, the Little Laurel Shelter , a shelter a little less inhospitable, more sheltered and better cared for than the one from the night before, and where we prepared a good bonfire, taking advantage of the fact that there was no wind; that we arrived early; and that we were able to collect firewood.
A good campfire in the Little Laurel Shelter
PPI Index: 65 HKG
Total distance: 13.51 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 616.84 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 591.64 m
Maximum height: 1078.79 m
Minimum height: 654.26 m
Total time: 5:24:37 h
Moving time: 4:24:39 h
Stopped time: 0:59:58 h
Total average speed: 2.5 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.06 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
⇐ Link to previous stage: 26 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - TENNESSEE - Section 14.2 - From Hot Springs, North Carolina, to Rich Mountain and Spring Mountain Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 28 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - TENNESSEE - Section 13.2 - From Little Laurel Shelter to Camp Creek Bald and Flint Mountain Shelter
Tour of the Appalachian Trail , through the state of Tennessee (United States), from south to north.- Section 14.1 and 13.3 - From Spring Mountain Shelter to Allen Gap and Little Laurel Shelter.
It is a short and simple stage, without emotions or complications, marred once again by the presence of fog, especially in the early hours of the morning.
foggy morning
The small groves of rhododendrons that accompany part of the itinerary are very pleasant, and add their dose of greenery to a mountain that still shows its winter colours.
path between rhododendrons
At the end of the route, the Little Laurel Shelter , a shelter a little less inhospitable, more sheltered and better cared for than the one from the night before, and where we prepared a good bonfire, taking advantage of the fact that there was no wind; that we arrived early; and that we were able to collect firewood.
A good campfire in the Little Laurel Shelter
PPI Index: 65 HKG
Total distance: 13.51 km
Desn. cumulative ascent: 616.84 m
Desn. cumulative descent: 591.64 m
Maximum height: 1078.79 m
Minimum height: 654.26 m
Total time: 5:24:37 h
Moving time: 4:24:39 h
Stopped time: 0:59:58 h
Total average speed: 2.5 km/h
Average moving speed: 3.06 km/h
IBP index. IBP index is an automatic assessment system that rates the difficulty of a route traveled
Waypoints
Wilderness hut
3,428 ft
Inicio de la etapa en el Spring Mountain Shelter
Inicio de la etapa en el Spring Mountain Shelter
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