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Handbook/ 1934/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • SEPTEMBER 1934 HIKE SUPERVISOR—GEO. F. BARBER SEPTEMBER 1-2-3 MOUNT STERLING It is not intended that this excursion to the northeast corner of the Smoky Mountains National Park be restricted to so-called hardy hikers; rather it has been planned as a weekend outing in which every member as well as visitor is urged to camp out for two days and two nights. Walnut Bottom, a wide open spot at the point where Swallow Fork joins Big Creek, is the camp site. We shall then make our daily excursions to the encircling ridge tops, aided by the network of trails constructed by the Park Service with the help of three adjoining C. C. C. camps. Sunday, Mt. Sterling, elevation 5,835 feet, will be ascended, some of us traversing the 7 miles of improved trail beginning at the Zeb Weaver camp at Crestmont on Big Creek, one mile from Mt. Sterling postoffice; others approaching the same peak from the direction of Mt. Sterling Gap, over 2% miles of this same Class A trail. All new territory with no need to traverse footsteps, simply decide whether you wish a short climb and the longer down grade or the long ascent and the short descent! The 60-foot steel fire tower on top Mt. Sterling affords a remarkable view to the south over the broken ranges of Catalooche Creek watershed and northward over Big Creek with its tributaries to the 39
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