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Program of hikes for 1930/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • Mountain we are treated to one of the three or four finest highway views to be found in eastern Tennessee. As we look back across Tuckaleechee Cove and over the bordering mountains, we are richly repaid for the whole trip. But the best is yet to come. We pai-k our cars at Rich Gap and start one of our most interesting hikes. The trail is quite steep most of the way, but it is not rough. After a trek of i about half a mile we reach the ridge-crest overlooking Tuckaleechee Cove and get even a better view than we did from the highway. Another mile, or a little more, which leads across three orj four peaks of the ridge, and we get a good outlook across Cove Mountain to Mt. LeConte— ! king of Smoky Mountains peaks. After covering a distance of approximately three miles, the ridge which we have been following meets the Cades Cove branch of Rich Mountain, and it is here that we have a two-way feast. Dutch Roth will, by that time, be inquiring "When do we eat?"—and he will find many who will be ready to join him, then and there. But we will also feast our eyes on one of the most spectacular panoramas in all the Great Smokies. On one side, to the south, we look out across beautiful Cades Cove and see Gregory Bald and Thunderhead. Turning to the left, we see Siler's Bald, Clingman's Dome, and Mt. LeConte. To the north, across Tuckaleechee Cove, we see the Chilhowee Mountains—northern foothill range of the Great Smokies. Isn't this enough to see from one spot ? In returning, it is well to go westward along the Cades Cove ridge instead of going back over the same route. It makes very little difference just where you leave the ridge-crest. Many of last year's party found this to be an interesting route. They turned right after following the ridge about half a mile, and soon came to the beginning of a small stream. One advantage of returning by this route is that we will see more flowers along the ravine than we saw along the dry 34
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