As you may or may not know, Western North Carolina and East Tennessee were visited by a malicious hurricane of evil intent last September that delivered massive flooding in certain sections of our Smoky Mountains. One of the areas hit worst was Big Creek, which harbors the approach to the Middle Fork of Gunter Fork off-trail hike scheduled for July 12th. With the bridge at Walnut Bottom washed out and the crossing of Big Creek appearing to be perilous, we are straining in forcing ourselves to exercise both prudence and caution in cancelling the Gunter Fork hike.

Nevertheless, we are substituting a relatively moderate hike up the ever-popular Thousand-Foot Scar off Trout Branch. Please note, the date for the Thousand-Foot Scar off-trail hike is Saturday, July 19.

Pre-registration with one of the leaders is required.

Leaders: Ken Wise | 865-310-7764 | kwise@utk.edu

Todd Long | 865-406-2421 | toddmlong@gmail.com