The+Smokemont+Jaunt+to+Mt.+Le+Conte


 * What:** A late fall adventure run in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the summit of one of the southeast’s highest mountain peaks.


 * Where:** We’ll start in the Smokemont Campground at the Bradley Fork Trailhead and ascend the Bradley Fork and Chasteen Creek drainages to Hughes Ridge. We’ll follow Hughes Ridge to the North Carolina/Tennessee border along the spine of the Great Smoky Mountains and the Appalachian Trail. We’ll follow the Appalachian Trail southbound to the Boulevard Trail, which we’ll ascend to the summit of Mt. Le Conte. We’ll then turnaround and retrace our steps to the Sluice Gap Trail back to Bradley Fork and on to Smokemont Campground for a 39 mile mountain adventure run.

__Route From Smokemont Campground (Cumulative Mileage in Parentheses)__ Bradley Fork Trail to Chasteen Creek Trail: 1.2 Chasteen Creek Trail to Hughes Ridge Trail: 4.4 (5.6) Hughes Ridge Trail to Appalachian Trail: 4.7 (10.3) Appalachian Trail to Boulevard Trail: 7.7 (18.0) Boulevard Trail up to Mt. Le Conte: 5.3 (23.3) Mt. Le Conte to Myrtle Point Trail: 0.2 (23.5) Out-and-Back to Myrtle Point: 0.4 (23.9) Myrtle Point Trail to Appalachian Trail: 5.1 (29.0) Appalachian Trail to Sluice Gap Trail: 1.7 (30.7) Sluice Gap Trail to Cabin Flats Trail: 4.2 (34.9) Cabin Flats Trail to Bradley Fork Trail: 0.3 (35.2) Bradley Fork Trail to Smokemont Campground: 4.0 (39.2)

Springs: 10.1 (10.1), 7.6 (17.7), 11.6 (29.3), 9.9 to finish (39.2)
 * Aid:** None. This run will be completely unsupported.


 * Vertical Gain:** 11,600'


 * When**: 7:00 am

Like all runs on the WNC wiki space this is a low key no fee gathering of like-minded self sufficient mountain adventure runners. Please come prepared to spend 9-12?? hours running remote mountain trails in potential sub-freezing temperatures.

Please post to the discussion board if you are interested and where you’ll be coming from so that we can arrange carpooling etc…





I made this bedrock geologic map for my own interest, but thought I'd share if anyone else was interested...hopefully you can download it.