Stringer’s Ridge

Tuesday, October 3 — Stringer’s Ridge: Blue Trail plus additional loops, 3.3-4.5 miles, moderate, 508’ elevation gain. Stringer’s Ridge is a forested and rippled ridge separating Red Bank from downtown Chattanooga. We’ll circumnavigate it, wriggling […]

Bear Creek Backcountry Trail

Saturday, October 7 — Bear Creek Backcountry Trail, 9 miles, 1300’, moderate, lollipop. This trail in Cloudland Canyon GA takes us through the forest, across Bear Creek (perhaps a wet crossing), […]

Huckleberry Knob & Joyce Kilmer Forest

Tuesday, October 10 — Huckleberry Knob and Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, about 3 miles total, easy. Join us for a spectacular drive and a couple short hikes on the Cherohala […]

Racoon Mountain

Saturday, October 14 — High Wire 2 and High Wire 1 Trail, around 7 miles, around 1200’, moderate. Short shuttle required. These trails connect the top of Racoon Mountain to […]

Mabbitt Springs Trail

Tuesday, October 17 — Mabbitt Springs Trail, 4.9 miles, 500’ elevation gain, easy/moderate, out-and-back. This trail on Signal Mountain mostly follows Little Falling Water Creek to the top of Falling […]

Sewanee: Potter Ridge Trail

Tuesday, October 24 — Point Disappointment and Potter Ridge Trail to the picnic area, about 4 miles, about 800’-900’, moderate, out-and-back. This trail just outside of Sewanee takes us down […]

Mount Joy Trail

Saturday, October 28 — Mount Joy Trail, 8.1 miles, 826 feet elevation gain, moderate, out and back. Take a wonderful fall hike on this trail near Summerville Georgia. This is a popular […]

CANCELLED Woodcock Climbing Area

Tuesday, October 31 — Trails at Woodcock Climbing Area, around 3 miles, moderate, about 400’-500’, lollipop. This relatively new climbing area, not far from Dunlap, was developed by the Southeastern […]

Aetna Mountain Trails

Tuesday, October 31 — Aetna Mountain Green and Blue Loops, easy/moderate, about 3.5 miles, about 500’ el. gain. These are two relatively new trails on Aetna Mountain, which is next […]

Scenic City Quarterly Meeting

Thursday, November 2 — Scenic City Chapter Quarterly Meeting, Hixson Community Center, 5401 School Drive, Hixson TN 37343. Agenda pending.

CT: Signal Point to Suck Creek Road

Saturday, November 4 — Cumberland Trail: Signal Point to Suck Creek Road, strenuous, 8.4 miles. Multiple fine overlooks of the Tennessee River Gorge and other gorges, intriguing rock formations, and […]

Scenic City Fall Trip

November 7 to November 10 — Scenic City Chapter Fall trip. We are going to the Natural Bridge State Park and the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. These places are […]

polygon(703 1, 703 1, 695 1, 694 4, 676 5, 668 5, 664 5, 638 7, 638 7, 620 8, 608 8, 567 10, 567 10, 551 10, 551 10, 530 12, 525 13, 525 13, 505 13, 503 13, 460 13, 459 13, 444 13, 419 12, 419 12, 417 12, 406 13, 377 13, 361 13, 343 12, 343 12, 326 11, 313 13, 297 12, 272 12, 268 12, 268 12, 250 13, 225 13, 220 13, 207 13, 207 10, 194 9, 189 9, 191 28, 155 27, 153 27, 128 26, 126 26, 84 26, 78 26, 73 26, 68 26, 68 43, 60 58, 60 58, 51 77, 55 87, 52 87, 51 87, 49 88, 49 88, 48 88, 40 103, 35 125, 15 135, 20 141, 20 141, 20 142, 21 166, 21 166, 21 166, 20 168, 10 174, 2 176, 0 179, 0 180, 50 182, 56 182, 81 182, 94 183, 94 183, 109 183, 125 183, 128 183, 162 183, 164 183, 178 183, 196 182, 196 182, 227 183, 260 183, 261 183, 292 184, 296 184, 336 183, 336 183, 374 183, 396 183, 407 183, 416 183, 424 182, 448 181, 448 181, 462 181, 465 181, 465 181, 478 180, 503 180, 505 157, 512 152, 521 152, 525 150, 527 147, 532 129, 532 129, 533 130, 556 117, 556 117, 557 117, 558 118, 570 117, 571 117, 586 107, 590 103, 590 101, 590 101, 614 91, 618 76, 622 75, 630 69, 635 64, 637 63, 639 62, 640 62, 641 63, 641 63, 642 65, 642 65, 651 70, 657 60, 673 51, 673 51, 685 55, 696 38, 697 36, 698 34, 702 30, 707 28, 707 28, 707 27, 708 29, 710 30, 711 30, 711 30, 713 29, 713 24, 715 3, 718 1)