Monday, July 29, 2019

Mount Cammerer

Dudes! and Dudettes!, so "The Mysterious One", joined "Deep Dave" and I and we hiked the Low Gap trail out of the Cosby Campground up to the AT and on up to Mount Cammerer, and an elevation of 4920'.


We had spent the night in the tent camping area in the Cosby Campgrounds, our stay at Cosby was very peaceful and enjoyable.
This, and any other route to Cammerer, can be difficult given the amount of vertical footage one gains in a relatively short distance.
For example the Low Gap route we took gains approx. 1600' in elevation over the first 2.5 miles+, making for a continually strenuous hike, but doable, excluding any serious physical challenges. The roundtrip hiking distance along this route is over 10mls.
We had passed a couple with 3 kids all probably under 14 years of age, about halfway up Low Gap trail.
They were diligent and ended up joining us at the Low Gap, while we rested and readjusted before moving east/north on the AT towards "cammerer".
From Low Gap we went east towards Mt. Cammerer which, including the .6 ml. spur off the AT is 2.7mls, primarily uphill.
Once we returned along the same route we had hiked 11mls+ of the beautiful Appalachian Mtns. and were very grateful for the experience.

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