보낸사람: HarrisRi@aol.com
받는사람: bmtamembers10


Meet behind the Cherohala Skyway Visitor Center in Tellico Plains at 9AM to work out our drive to the work
site to minimize number of cars.

We will go to Waucheesi Bald and with gas-powered brushcutters, loppers, and the like, go down the
trail off the back side of the bald to the BMT at Six Mile Gap, then go south toward Tate Gap to clear
the trail of the heavy growth. This is a 1.8 mile stretch of trail which gets quickly overgrown in the
spring/summer. The approch trail to Six Mile Gap is about 0.4 miles long. So the total hiking distance
will be about 4.4 miles for those who end up going all the way to Tate Gap. We will hike back to our
cars at Waucheesi Bald at the end of the day, then return to Tellico Plains for supper at someplace there
(such as Nut-N-Fancy) for supper.

If you have never been to Waucheesi Bald, this is your chance to see a great 360 degree view of the
surrounding mountains. It is expected to be hot, but no rain on Saturday. So bring plenty of water and
lunch with you. There is no source of water on this segment of the trail except at Tate Gap itself.

Please contact me if you plan to come. We need gas powered brush cutters for this trip in particular.
This section was logged out this spring, so there will probably be no trees to cut off the trail. Just lots
of heavy brush per reports from thru-hikers.

Richard Harris
TN/'NC Maintenance Director
Benton MacKaye Trail Association
533 Shaw Mountain Road
Tellico Plains, TN 37385
423-253-6358 home
513-260-1184 cell
HarrisRi@aol.com
www.bmta.org