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Handbook/ 1933/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • want to visit Myrtle Point in the morning to witness the sunrise and get a brief view over the Great Smokies, for which our Grandstand of the Smokies, as Myrtle Point is known, is ideal. If time allows we may then visit Cliff Top for some different views of the Smokies. After breakfast at the lodge we descend by way of Roarin' Fork. The spring, from where we start, forms the headwaters of this stream. From this point our hike will be one continuous thrill for five miles as we descend numerous cascades and cliffs, incomparable in magnificence and beauty. This hike being in April, we doubtless will encounter much snow and ice in this ravine hidden from the early spring sun. Finally we reach Brushy Mountain trail and follow it through Spruce Flats and across the base of Rocky Spur to our cars at Cherokee Orchard. Leave Dixie System at 12:30 p. m. Take food for three meals, wear warm, strong clothing. Cooking utensils and blankets are supplied at the lodge on Le Conte. The cost for staying all night on Le Conte is $1.50 and there is a charge of 50c for parking cars at the Orchard. Round trip hiking distance about 18 miles. Leaders: CARL BOGER (3-6108) HUGH M. WHITE (3-5362) APRIL 9 RAINBOW FALLS . This is a familiar spot that is always new and inspiring and this time our route to' it will be somewhat different since the Park authorities nave completed a beautiful new six-foot trail UP LeConte, winding thru majestic tall timbers, oy cool, refreshing streams, for something over j>miles until we reach our destination—where 'his stream we have watched tumbling over the rocks, makes a sudden plunge of 83 feet over 25
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