Today, we hiked the West side of Lookout Mountain. We started on the Lower Truck Trail for about .45 miles to the old Blue Beaver Trail. This trail climbs .73 miles to the Skyuka trail with a few rocks which can be easily avoided. Here we turned right on a very nice footpath for 2.6 miles on a mostly gentle downslope to Skyuka Springs. After a stop here to enjoy the springs, we returned by way of the Lower Truck Trail , a very flat and easy walk along Lookout Creek. The distance of this hike turned out to be 6.44 miles and I would rate it as moderate. The only moderate part was a 1.3 mile climb at the beginning. There were 17 happy hikers on this hike and after the hike we sort of split up and went to different eateries in St. Elmo. My group ate at the Purple Daisy which was very good.
If you would like to see some pictures, click here. Note that at the end of the pictures is a map of where we hiked and a graph showing how steep the initial climb was. Hope you like it as it took me hours to figure out how to do it!!
Weekly Trials and Tribulations of the Scenic City Chapter of the TTA
Weekly Trials. Tribulations and Photos experienced while hiking
Heiss Mtn. 3.10.18
Soddy Daisy hikers Tom, Steve, and John hiked this strenuous trail segment. The hike was supposed to be at Fall Creek Falls today but, due to the rainy weather we we changed the hike to a local trail. It turned out to be wet (sprinkles) for about the first hour of the hike.
Due to wet trail and rock surfaces on our way out to the Little Possum bridge we were extra careful about where we stepped.
I would rate this hike as strenuous, especially the return leg from the Little Creek Bridge.
If you would like to see some excellent pictures, click here.
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