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Handbook/ 1932/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • canteens and Sunday lunch. If any wish to camp out, equipment for camping such as blankets, shelter and food for 3 meals should be taken. Leave Dixie System at 1 P. M. Hiking distance 14 to 16 miles. Elevation Hughes Ridge 5400 feet. Leaders: DR. H. M. JENNISON (2-5646) MARSHALL WILSON (2-2103) // April 17th MT. KEPHART AND THE JUMP OFF Do you want to enjoy a relatively easy hike, at the end of which you can see what is one of the most spectacular views in the Great Smokies? Such is the Mt. Kephart and Jump-Off trip. It is only 3.4 miles from the highway at New Found Gap, along the crest of the Tennessee-North Carolina State to the Jump-Off, that precipatous.and awe-inspiring point on the Tennessee side of Mt. Kephart. On Mt. Kephart, as on Mt. LeConte, no view is to be had from the highest point. The Jump-Off is to Kephart what Myrtle Point is to LeConte, only the view from the Jump-Off is even more awe-inspiring. The east side of this cliff drops vertically for approximately 500 feet, then almost vertically for another 1000 ft. The Chimneys and Greenbriar Pinnacle are the only points that compare with it in affording that tingling sensation up and down your spinal column. The trail along the State line gives many interesting views, including a few choice ones of towering Mt. LeConte, just across Huggins Hell, to the north. While interesting enough to satisfy the most exacting hiker, this hike is a good one, too, for the beginner. On this trip it will be our pleasure to have with us members of the Horace Kephart Hiking Club, of Bryson City, and the Carolina Appalichian Trail Club, of Asheville. This will add greatly to the enjoyment 25
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