TTA Savage Gulf Day Loop and Dunlap Coke Ovens

Today's hike with Anna of the TTA was the day loop at Savage Gulf SP. It was a beautiful day to be out hiking with friends. As an add on we hiked down to the base of the falls.

After the hike, Lora and I headed to Dunlap and hiked the Dunlap Coke Ovens. We hiked along the Creek trail to the base of the cliffs.

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Savage Gulf Hike - TTA

Lora and I joined Joan for a hike at Savage Gulf. We started at the ranger station and hiked toward the Dinky Line campsite. It was a beautiful day with temperature in the 20's. We could only hike until lunch do to family plans. Sara hiked out with us.

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Savage Gulf TTA

Joan and Sara led a great hike to Savage Falls and South Rim Trail in South Cumberland SP today. Weather was fabulous, finally felt like fall. Water was hike due to rain on the mountain the last two days.  Really beautiful. I didn't finish the hike, after a couple of hours I hiked back to the Ranger Station, met about twenty hikers along the way out, about twenty more in the parking lot getting ready to hike in. Saturday in the Park!

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Savage Gulf TTA

Another rainy weekend, but Joan didn't give up. I met her and Don Deakins at Savage Gulf Ranger Station. Calling for 3" by Sunday but we figured it couldn't come all at once, so we signed in at the new kiosk, and then on to Savage Falls which was really gushing.

The view along the South Rim trail were so pretty, we had expected them to be blocked by all the fog we drove thru to get here, but they were fairly clear. We stopped at 4 miles in, ate our lunch under hemlock cover, still in rain gear. The poncho I wore was great cover, except for my forearms, fleece jacket got soaked from forearms down. On the way out it rained. And then it rained harder in spells. The trail was full of water, nowhere to drain. My shoes were pretty wet by the time we got to the parking lot. I think Wayne made a good call cancelling the backpack we were going to do here this weekend. Might have needed our kayaks.

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