Month: November 2019

Bob Bald Loop – Cherokee & Nantahala National Forests

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https://youtu.be/v5WCmTgwUY8 This is a loop up to Bob Bald, located in Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina and descending through Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee. Bob Bald is adjacent to Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in North Carolina and Citico Creek Wilderness in Tennessee. My bear bag video using two cords and a ring (2CR method) referenced in this video can be seen here: https://youtu.be/T9L4ORK62oM.
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Southern Appalachian Wildflowers

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https://youtu.be/pVd8XE393yA The following are pictures of wildflowers I’ve taken over the last ten years in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Using the book “Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians,” I believe the names are correct, but I’m certainly no expert. If you believe some of the names are incorrect, please feel free to comment with your opinion. https://youtu.be/pVd8XE393yA
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Citco Creek Wilderness: NF Citico – Brush Mtn Loop

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This video is a two night backpacking trip in Citico Creek Wilderness, which is in the South District of Cherokee National Forest in east Tennessee. Citico Creek Wilderness consist of 16,226 acres and adjoins the 17,394 acre Joyce Kilmer – Slickrock Wilderness. The trip begins at the South Fork Citico Creek Trail Head (#105) then takes the North Fork Citico Creek Trail (#98) to Cold Spring Gap Trail (#149). Next I take the rarely used Brush Mountain Trail (#97) back down to South Fork Citico Creek Trail.
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Appalachian Trail – SOBO From VA Rt. 615 to Atkins, VA

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https://youtu.be/LEnDkm7rJE4 This is a backpacking trip along the Appalachian Trail from Virginia State Route 615 southbound to Atkins, Virginia in October 2015. This section of the AT runs through Jefferson National Forest in southwest Virginia. https://youtu.be/LEnDkm7rJE4
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Slickrock Ck – Yellowhammer Gap Loop, Joyce Kilmer Slickrock Wilderness

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https://youtu.be/rdmJZZ4nhYQ This is a 3 night solo backpacking trip in Joyce Kilmer – Slickrock Wilderness, which is a 17,000 acre wilderness in Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina and Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee. https://youtu.be/rdmJZZ4nhYQ
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Five Great Backpacking Trips From The 1990’s

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https://youtu.be/94wGDY5QYoI This video is a compilation of five backpacking trips in the 1990’s with my friend Johnny Molloy, an out door writer with over 60 books published on hiking, camping and paddling. The first trip in August 1995 was to Glacier National Park in Montana. The second trip was to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina in December 1997. In August of 1998 the third trip was in Weminuche Wilderness in Colorado. Middle Prong Wilderness and Shining Rock Wilderness was the location of the fourth trip in December 1998. And the fifth trip was to Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area in Virginia in December 1999. https://youtu.be/94wGDY5QYoI
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Birchfield Camp Lake, Cherokee National Forest

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https://youtu.be/5ntSmpLA0ys This is a two night backpacking trip to Birchfield Camp Lake in the Cherokee National Forest, North District. Birchfield Camp Lake is near the north corner of the new Rocky Fork Tennessee State Park. https://youtu.be/5ntSmpLA0ys
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Rock Creek Loop – Big South Fork NRRA

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https://youtu.be/fIly-0Bjd18 This is a one night backpacking trip on the Rock Creek Loop Trail in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, which consist of 125,000 acres on the Cumberland Plateau spanning the Tennessee and Kentucky state lines
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Scab Creek Loop – Bridger Wilderness, Wind River Range

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https://youtu.be/DenYKsMNAdc This is a five day backpacking trip in the southern section of Bridger Wilderness, which consists of 428,000 acres in the Bridger Teton National Forest in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. The trip begins at the Scab Creek Trail Head, then up Lowline Trail to Little Divide Lake and then turning north on Scab Creek Trail to South Fork Boulder Creek. Next I continue on Scab Creek Trail to Trail 109, which mostly doesn’t exist, so I have to bushwack over to Monroe Lake. At Monroe Lake I take Lowline Trail back to the trail head.
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New Fork Lakes – Doubletop Mountain Loop, Wind River Range

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https://youtu.be/V_fY1sNz5l8 This is a seven day backpacking trip in the northern section Bridger Wilderness, which consists of 428,000 acres in the Bridger Teton National Forest in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. The trip begins at the New Fork Lakes Trail Head then up the New Fork Trail to Palmer Lake Trail. At Palmer Lake I go east on Doubletop Mountain Trail to Summit Lake then briefly on the Highline Trail to Pine Creek Canyon Trail. At Gottfried Lake I take Heart Lake Trail back to Palmer Lake Trail. Just before Palmer Lake it’s southwest on Doubletop Mountain Trail back to New Fork Trail. https://youtu.be/V_fY1sNz5l8
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