Sixteen hikers met on a cool pleasant Tuesday morning
to either car pool ih or gather at South Cumberland State Park, Foster Falls
trailhead. Although Foster Falls, at the
beginning of the hike was bone dry, we traveled the Fiery Gizzard trail five
miles out and back (to and from) the Small Wilds campground. Rocky bluffs and boulders to start quickly turned
into a nice walk in the woods with a few really great overlooks into rugged
canyons of the Savage Gulf Natural Area.
Aside from a brief break at the halfway point campground, we kept up a steady
pace while the weather began to heat up.
A 4-5 foot long whopper of a Tennessee Timber Rattlesnake was not
thrilled by our 16 guests trespassing into his domain. But aside from a threatening “rattle” all was
good for a little excitement. All in all
– a great hike today with good fellowship amongst the Scenic City Hikers. This hike took just about three hours and was
rated as easy.
If you would like to see some pictures taken during
this hike as well as a couple of maps, click here.
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