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Handbook/ 1932/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • Great Smokies stretching out before you—Thunderhead, Siler's Bald, Clingman's Dome, Mt. LeConte, and others. Looking to the southwest you see beautiful Santeetlah lake. Probably the most interesting feature of Gregory is the fact that for some unknown reason the top is covered with heavy sod such as you would find on a rich meadow. This has led many people to believe that they were above the timber line. However, in the distance one can see forest-covered LeConte 1600 feet above Gregory, which disproves this theory. This would not be considered a short hike but the trail is good, the view is excellent and the top of Gregory itself is really worth seeing. Leave Dixie System at 7 A. M.; go thru Maryville to the State line above Calderwood. The hike starts at this point and follows the State line across Parson's Bald and on to the top of Gregory. The round trip is less than 12 miles. Elevation 4948 feet. Bring canteen and lunch. Leaders: WALTER BERRY (3-9912) PARKE L. BROWN (3-2966) // September 3rd - 4th - 5th MT. CHAPMAN AND MT. GUYOT With the building of highways and easier trails in other sections of the Great Smoky Mountains National Fark, many of our hikers are turning more and more to the wilderness area above Greenbrier. Mt. Chapman, recently so named as a living tribute to Col. Da- rid C. Chapman, chairman of the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Commission, is the outstanding peak in this area. This, and the neighboring peak, Mt. Guyot, is the destination for our 1932 Labor Day hike. On Saturday afternoon we shall drive via Sevierville and Pittman Center to Greenbrier, from which point we start hiking. We follow along the left fork of the kast Prong of Little Pigeon River, passing thru mag- 47
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