Enterprise Sout 1.7.20

"FLASH"  THIS IS A SPECIAL REPORT DIRECT FROM THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS, BACKWOODS EDITION!!  The Soddy Daisy Chapter of the TTA was asked by park rangers to leave the trail and follow Poe Road back to the parking lot.  At first it was suspected that a clandestine photo session had taken place at the Boulder Field.  Thankfully that suspicion was in error and the suspected perp was cleared of any wrongdoing.  It turned out that there was a report of someone on one of the trails carrying a gun.  Of course the 10 hikers present eagerly offered to hunt down and capture the evil doer, but this offer was politely turned down by the rangers.  Therefore we decided, with a little urging from the ranger, to return to the parking lot via the paved road.
We had 13 hikers on the 4.2 mile hike on a cool but beautiful day.  Enterprise South always offers easy hiking.  After this adventurous hike a few of the hikers had lunch at the City Café.  If you would like to see a few pictures of the hike, including an altitude graph and map, click here.  If you are trying to view the pictures from the TTA website and having trouble, please go directly to the BLOG at www.sdctta.blogspot.com.  Google Chrome is the preferred browser.

New Years ….
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway.
The good fortune to run into the ones that I do,
And the eyesight to tell the difference.
Happy Gnu Year!

Heiss Mountain 1.4.20

This Saturday we were able to do our hike in between a couple of rainy days and just as a cold front arrived in our area. Five hikers participated in this strenuous hike. By the end of our 10.4 mile in-and-out hike on the Cumberland Trail from the Heiss Mountain Trailhead to Immodium Falls we had made 4 ascensions totaling a little over 2600 feet. As we finished our hike it was spitting sleet.

The trail we hiked is in a beautiful place. The hike gradually descends from the Heiss Mountain trailhead into the Possum Creek Gorge. A nice bridge is in place to cross the creek. From the bridge the trail climbs to the top of Hughes Ridge which overlooks the Little Possum Creek Gorge ( and also views of the Tennessee River to the east). The descent into the creek gorge is pretty steep and leads you to another nice bridge ( which our club helped to build about 10 years ago).

After a brief stop we made another ascension (and descent) to arrive at Imodium Falls ( a kayaker nickname for the Little Possum Creek falls). As you can see from some of our photos the creeks and waterfalls were really rolling due to all the rain from the previous couple of days. We lunched at the falls area and after looking around the area, we began our hike back to the trailhead.

If you would like to see a few pictures taken during this hike, including a map, please click here.

If you are trying to view the pictures through the TTA website and having trouble, please go directly to the BLOG at www.sdctta.blogspot.com.  Google Chrome is the preferred browser.