This Monday we chose the AT from New Found Gap; crowded with many folks here for the fall colors, to Jump Off, and back to the Sweat Heifer Trail where we dropped down this beautiful path experiencing numerous cascading waterfalls, some bigger than others, but all very pleasing to the senses. A few years previous we had come up Sweat Heifer from Kephart Prong and this was a much more difficult direction to travel as there is a serious elevation gain of approximately 2300' from the Kephart Prong Shelter to the AT (3.7mls).
The walk down Sweat Heifer was peaceful and we encountered no one until
the shelter at Kephart Prong. Sweat Heifer is a great trail to
incorporate into a day hike or could also be involved in an overnight
roue as well and one I would recommend for solitude from the people on
that portion of he AT, it's two easy access points, the waterfalls and
streams along it, and the availability of the Kephart Prong shelter on
the lower end of the route. Among other things. Peace
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