Archive for the ‘Caldwell Fork Trail’ Category

Chimney Tops Trail Closures / Other Trail Alerts

Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Managers for the Great Smoky Mountains posted an alert on their website stating that the Chimney Tops Trail is tentatively scheduled to be closed for trail rehabilitation on Mondays through Thursdays, from April 30 thru October 18, 2012.


They also posted these trail alerts:

• Caldwell Fork Trail - several footbridges along the trail are damaged. Hikers wishing to use the trail will need to ford the creek. The foot bridge located between the trailhead and the second junction with the Boogerman Trail is out and is scheduled for repair in May.

• Smokemont Loop Trail/Bradley Fork Trail - the foot bridge located at the junction of these trails is out and scheduled for repair in May.


And of course, these three trails remain closed:

• Beard Cane Trail closed due to tornado damage

• Hatcher Mountain Trail North of its intersection with Little Bottoms Trail closed due to tornado damage

• Gunter Fork Trail closed due to landslides

For more information on temporary road and trail closures, please click here.






Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

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Caution issued for Caldwell Fork Trail

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Park officials for the Great Smoky Mountains have issued a caution for the Caldwell Fork Trail in the Cataloochee area. The Park's website states that "several footbridges along the trail are damaged. Hikers wishing to use the trail will need to ford the creek."

The Caldwell Fork Trail is used by many people in combination with the Boogerman Trail to create a 7.4-mile loop hike.



Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

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Spring Break on the trail

Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Sixty-seven college students from the University of Virginia, Truman University, New York University, University of Colorado, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Warren Wilson College spent their spring break doing trail work in Great Smoky Mountains National Park as part of the Trails Forever program.

The students camped at different locations throughout the Park and spent their days digging out water bars on Low Gap Trail, making improvements to the trail tread on Noland Divide and Pine Oak Nature Trails, and building structures to improve muddy or dangerous areas on Newton Bald and Caldwell Fork Trails.

Trails Forever is a partnership between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Friends of the Smokies that provides funding for trail projects through a challenge grant from the Aslan Foundation in Knoxville.

For more information about the program or to volunteer in any of the upcoming Trails Forever workdays, contact Christine Hoyer at 828.497.1949 or email her at Christine_Hoyer@nps.gov.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.

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