John led 4 Soddy Daisy TTA hikers on the Possum Creek segment of the CT. We thought we were going to Retro Hughes to start but John thought it might be too soggy on that end so we started at Heiss Mountain Road. There had been a lot of rain the past few days so the water levels in the creeks were high, making the waterfalls beautiful. The first one was just a little ways from the trailhead. Most of the bluff walls had waterfalls too. Big Possum Creek and Little Possum Creek were flowing fast and furious. Imodium Falls had more water than I've ever seen flowing. Surprised the kayakers were not on the creek today. Two of our hikers had not been on this segment of the trail and they both thought it was great, tough but great. We started out with beautiful blue skies and sunshine, ended with snow and ice pellets. Tammy wanted a pic of the snow falling and got so excited that she threw her poles down. Of course one pole slid right down the bank, she had to retrieve and got an extra climb uphill just in case all the other climbs weren't enough. Extra credit!
Out and back from Heiss Mt Rd to Imodium was 10.2 miles.
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