Half Day Hike

Tuesday, November 8 — Cloudland Canyon State Park: West Rim Loop Trail, 4.8 miles, moderate. This was once rated by Backpacker Magazine as one of the top 10 hikes in the United States! Our hike travels along the edge of the deep and impressive canyon, with lots of great overlooks, cool boulders, and even a yurt or two. For anyone interested in seeing the canyon from the other side, we’ll continue onto the ½ mile Overlook Trail, which includes arguably the best viewpoint in the park. For carpooling/caravanning, meet at the parking lot just after LaQuinta Inn, right (north) off I-24 Exit 175 at 8:30 am ET. https://bit.ly/3QITAD4  Please register with hike leader Carl Dumsday at (423) 842-5843. 

Tuesday, November 1 — Reflection Riding, a few miles, easy. We will have the pleasure of a narrated history hike led by Jim Ogden, the Civil War historian at the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, aka the Battlefield. Our feet-on-the-ground retracing of the first day of the Battle of Lookout Mountain will begin where the Union Army crossed Lookout Creek on November 23, 1863. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of hearing one of Jim Ogden’s narrated history hikes, you are in for a wonderful experience as well as a beautiful hike. (In a few months, Jim will take us on another narrated hike up the front side of Lookout Mountain to continue the story of the famous Battle Above the Clouds.) We’ll meet at the Reflection Riding parking lot, 400 Garden Road in Chattanooga, at 8:30 am ET. Please register with Trish Appleton at 423-240-3443 or appleton-p2@comcast.net.