Roan Mountain Hike June 15, 2015 Eleven hikers met up on Monday morning to carpool up to the Roan. We were hiking by 11am from Carver’s Gap, North on the Appalachian Trail. The Catawba Rhododendron had a few blooms still here and there, but mostly gone. A few of them were found during the hike…
Saturday, June 6, was a gorgeous day to be on trails and the FTC embraced the day with several celebration hikes. Our group of ten hiked on the Foothills Trail and the Chattooga Trail to make a loop from the Burrell’s Ford parking area visiting King Creek Falls, Spoonauger Falls, and the Winchester Cemetery. After…
April 11, 2015 We began and finished the 4 mile hike with 20 happy hikers. I wasn’t sure what kind of show that the wildflowers would put on because of never having hiked this trail in April before. But before we got out of the parking lot, there were delightful wildflowers like Fothergilla and Kidney-leaf…
Foothills Trail Family Hike Sat. March 28, 2015 from Whitewater Falls to Bad Creek We had a wintry start to this early spring hike. We all gathered in the Upper Whitewater Falls parking lot under clear blue, but cool skies. The rhododendron around the parking lot were drooping and rolled in the less than 32…
The major project of replacing the stairs and walkway on section A7-A8 Whitewater Falls to Bad Creek took many, many man hours but is now complete. Thank you to the volunteers who made this project a reality.
Last week a friend and I hike the Foothills Trail from Sassafras Mt. to the Rt. 281 crossing, approximately 38-39 miles. We commented several times on how well blazed and maintained we found the trails to be.e trail to be. We encountered three Duke Power contractors at the end of their maintenance area and…
April 12 was a wonderful day for the Foothills Trail Conference Spring Wildflower Hike lead by Dr. L L (Chick) Gaddy. The enthusiastic group could not help but stop every few feet going down from the Whitewater Falls parking lot to the river to admire and learn about the abundant flowers. After lunch by the…
I started my hike on Sunday February 16th from Oconee State Park. My wife dropped me, and my dog Spencer, off at 10:45am and after our goodbyes and a few pictures, we set off on our journey. I was meeting a friend Wednesday evening at the Bad Creek access area so we had planned to…
