The Compulsive Hiker

I hiked a bit of this western end of section 2 as part of the whole Shores Lake/White Rock loop last fall.  Today I started at the Ragtown Road (FR1509) trail head and went west to the spur for the Shores Lake trail near mile 20.1, and back (maps 2 & 3).

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I hiked the OHT from Dockery’s Gap to the east side of Lake Fort Smith today (map 1).  The starting temperature was 25F and there was still a couple inches of snow on the ground so it definitely felt like winter. Continue reading →

I hiked roughly the eastern half of OHT section 1 today – from Dockery’s Gap to the western Shore’s Lake spur (map 2).  The other mile or so east of that point (plus the western end of section 2) was hiked last year as part of the whole Shore’s Lake Loop.  I was alone with no shuttle so I had to hike back too, making it a 15 mile day – the longest I’ve done in quite a while.

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I hiked the 29.5 mile OHT section from Ozone to Lick Branch trail heads this weekend with a couple other guys.  They both had long drives so after dropping a car Thursday afternoon at Lick Branch we hiked in from the Ozone trail head to just past Boomer Branch creek before setting-up camp near mile 81.5 as it got dark.

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