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Program of hikes for 1930/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • can eat your lunch here if you prefer. Follow the cliffs going south till you come to Split Rock. Go thru this till you reach the top and then back along the cliffs to Fall creek. Or you can reverse the trip. Next drive over to Crab Orchard and be sure to see the old Inn. This was started in 1801 and was used by most of the early statesmen. It was about a day's drive from Kingston. If you care for more hiking climb to the top of Crab Orchard mountain. If the day is clear the river at Chattanooga can be seen with the aid of a glass. Leave Saunders System at 8 A. M. Hiking as little as you want—or as much. Cost of transportation approximately $2.75 each. Take Sunday dinner. Leaders: Bess Averv (Phone 2—4538) and Borton Butcher (Phone 2—1697). August 2-3 SILER'S BALD1 The sheer beauty of Siler's Bald and the beautiful wooded ridges leading up to the "bald" are all the more pronounced because of the fact that our trail passes thru so much of the cut and burned sections of what was formerly the Little River Lumber Company's property. There is very little of the former natural beauty remaining along the first part of the route. Giant briars, which line the trail, are not so attractive as would be the virgin hardwood forests that stood there a few years ago. No! but the attractions of the trip make it well worth while to endure the unpleasant part of it. Furthermore, anyone will naturally become more of a confirmed or enthusiastically active conservationist after seeing some of the results of "modem methods of cutting and removing timber. Who would not want a National Park to save the remaining virgin sections ? "While this is a very fine hike, it is a hard one. Another hike, an easy one-day trip, is scheduled for this same weekend. Take your choice. 44
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