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Program of hikes for 1930/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • May 25 GREENBRIER PINNACLE A trip to Greenbrier Pinnacle is always interesting—but in May it is just an ideal hike. Flowers there will be in great profusion. And there is no more thrilling view to be had anywhere in the Great Smokies. In driving to Greenbrier we will go via Richardson's, using the new pike which has just been built from the Sevierville-Newport highway into Emert's Cove. This will enable us to miss that awful "Hickum's Hill" which we would encounter between Gatlinburg and Greenbrier. The trail around the left of the Pinnacle and up the "Catstair Cliffs" is an interesting one. And when we top-out on the Pinnacle we are treated to the choicest single view in the Smokies—looking across the beautiful Greenbrier Cove to Mt. Le Conte and Brushy. Go southeast 200 or 300 yards from the Pinnacle and climb a tree and there is an uninterrupted view of Mt. Guyot and Mt. Luma- daha. All around to the south, east and north there are charming panoramas. A special plea is made for our new members, and the old ones who have never climbed the Pinnacle, to make this hike. Leave Saunders System at 7 A. M. Round trip hiking distance about 6 miles. Elevation about 3500 feet. Cost of transportation approximately $2.40 each. Take canteen, candle lantern and food f°r one meal. Leaders: Geo. F. Barber (Phone 2— 2'03) and H. C. Amick (Phone 2—4640). fune 8 RICH MOUNTAIN The trip to Rich Mountain is one of those medium-length hikes that appeals alike to those who like the hard trips and those who can't make, or don't like, the long ones. The drive up the Little River gorge via Walland and Sunshine is always interesting. Then, as we climb that serpentine road up the side of Rich 33
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