North Chickamauga

This hike consisted of 11 hikers.  On our Saturday hike we started from the upper trailhead on the North Chickamauga segment near Grant Road traveling towards the Montlake Road trailhead. We began by going off trail and following the orange tape on the trees instead of taking the logging road to the trail intersection. They definitely ran out of tape before we came to the trail intersection back on the road but it was fun. There were three young ladies that had traveled from the Nashville Chapter to hike with us as well as another young lady from Flintstone, Georgia which made the hike that much more enjoyable. The trail was challenging at times, due to quite a few trees down between trail heads, the Cooper Creek crossing, ice on the trail in sections and the cable crossing at the water falls was exciting to say the least. This was my first time on this trail and I noticed that most of it was not built to CTC standards - lol. All in all it was a great hike and I believe one of the ladies put it best when she said that they wouldn't have any trouble going to sleep that evening!  The hike would be considered moderate and was about 8 miles in length.  If you would like to see a few pictures click on the North Chickamauga tab above.  Thanks to Larry for the description of this hike.