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030813 Rich Mountain & Cerulean Knob hike, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
My friend, Priscilla, decided to take a hike in the Smokies and found 4 others to join her. We started at the back end of Rich Mountain and climbed 2.3 miles to the trail junction with Indian Grave Gap. At this point, we took a left (East) and went up to Cerulean Knob, for a beautiful view. Starting out, the trail and slopes were covered in light snow. The farther up we hiked, the deeper became the snow - it was wonderful! The hike down showed less, and less, snow and, finally, no snow at all and much warmer. The last few photos are from Priscilla.
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010_horse_looks_lonely
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023_through_the_looking_glass snow-filled log
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044 Kimber on trail
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049_trail the higher we climbed, the deeper the snow
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050 lunch at campsite #5
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010_horse_looks_lonely
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011_group_luvin_each_other
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016_serious_icicle_on_log
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023_through_the_looking_glass
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024_across_the_valley
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027_work_of_industrious_bird
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031_icicles_on_log
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034_icicles_on_fallen_branch
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035_icicles_on_fallen_branch_in_stream
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041_rabbit_tracks
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044 Kimber on trail
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047_rabbit_tracks
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048_into_the_sun
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050 lunch at campsite #5
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