Weekly Trials and Tribulations of the Scenic City Chapter of the TTA
Weekly Trials. Tribulations and Photos experienced while hiking
West Side of Gahuti Loop
After driving to the Chatsworth area and looping around a bit we found the parking area. We sent one car to the end of the trail so it could shuttle the hikers back to the beginning when the hike was over. There were 15 of us on this absolutely beautiful day. The sky was mostly clear with temps in the 60's. I would rate this three hour hike as moderate as there were lots of roots and a little climbing. The distance of this hike was 3.9 miles with a max. hiking speed of 4.3 mph and an average speed of 2.1 mph. At he end of 3 miles there was a small lake which we decided to hike around which added about 1 mile to our distance. Following the hike we had a great home cooked meal at the Village Cafe in Chatsworth. What a great day! If you would like to see some pictures of this hike as well as a map and altitude chart, click here. If you are trying to view the pictures on the TTA website and having trouble please go directly to the website at www.sdctta.blogspot.com. The prefered browser is Google Chrome.
Retro Hughes to Rock Creek 3.9.19
The hike from Retro Hughes to Rock Creek Bridge turned out to be a really good hike, despite the rainy weather. It was scheduled as a combined hike with the Soddy Daisy and Eastern Tennessee branches of the TTA. However, the stormy weather caused the Eastern Branch to cancel the joint hike. The Soddy Daisy hikers, which consisted of Tom and Larry made the trek and as I indicated, it was a good hike despite the rain.
We departed the Retro Hughes Trailhead around 9:30am under raining and cool conditions. The trail was sloppy but navigable. The recent rains made for several tricky creek crossing where we got our boots wet but neither of us got anything beyond our boots wet. We made the hour and a half trek to the Rock Creek Bridge in approximately an hour and a half, arriving shortly after ll:00am. We had our snacks and departed on the return climb out of the gorge. The return trip was uneventful except for getting off trail when we missed the turn blaze. The rain had pretty much stopped on the return and we arrived at the trailhead shortly after l:00pm. The hike was approximately 5.5 miles and I would rate it moderately strenuous due to the climb out.
If you would like to see some very nice and wet pictures including maps, click here.
If you are trying to view the pictures through the TTA website and have difficulties, please go directly to the Blog at www.sdctta.blogspot.com
We departed the Retro Hughes Trailhead around 9:30am under raining and cool conditions. The trail was sloppy but navigable. The recent rains made for several tricky creek crossing where we got our boots wet but neither of us got anything beyond our boots wet. We made the hour and a half trek to the Rock Creek Bridge in approximately an hour and a half, arriving shortly after ll:00am. We had our snacks and departed on the return climb out of the gorge. The return trip was uneventful except for getting off trail when we missed the turn blaze. The rain had pretty much stopped on the return and we arrived at the trailhead shortly after l:00pm. The hike was approximately 5.5 miles and I would rate it moderately strenuous due to the climb out.
If you would like to see some very nice and wet pictures including maps, click here.
If you are trying to view the pictures through the TTA website and have difficulties, please go directly to the Blog at www.sdctta.blogspot.com
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