Big Awesome Hike @ East Palisades (Beginners Welcome) - Mon, Aug 28 2017

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Big Awesome Hike @ East Palisades (Beginners Welcome)


The Basics:
Event Type:Hike
Event Location: East Palisades - Indian Trail Entrance   Hike: Big Awesome Hike @ East Palisades (Beginners Welcome)  National Weather Service Forecast
Date(s) & Time:Mon, Aug 28 2017  9:30 am >> Mon, Aug 28 2017 11:30 am
Registration Opens: Wed, Aug 23 2017 3:00 pm
Registration Cut Off: Mon, Aug 28 2017 7:00 am
Event Duration:2 Hours
Difficulty Rating:D2: Easy to Moderate
Distance:4 Miles
Pace:Moderate
Trip Leader(s):
Trena
Joyce T.
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Member Cost:None

Participant Info:
Who's Invited: Members Only, 21 And Older Only
Maximum Group Size:20
Minimum Group Size:3
Number Registered So Far: 12 / 0 (To see who's signed up, log in to the Member Area)
Are Dogs Permitted: Yes

Itinerary:

We will be meeting at the Indian Trail entrance NOT Whitewater Creek.  Again, Indian Trail.

From the parking area, the trail enters the woods beside an information board, steadily descending to the southwest toward the river floodplain.  A short distance ahead, note the fading ruins of buildings to the right of the trail, evidence of long vanished homes slowly being reclaimed by nature.  This unit of the Chattahoochee River offers a taste of rugged beauty from high, heavily wooded ridges above the water to sandy, lushly carpeted floodplains lines with ferns and willows.

We will be going up the Big Awesome Hill (BAH) as well as out to the bamboo forest.  Don't let this challenge scare you off, we'll go at a slow pace up the climb. If you haven't been to East Palisades or even if you have, come enjoy it with us!  Afterwards we'll enjoy some popsicles to cool off!


Required Items to Bring:

Water.

Good hiking shoes or boots.

Recommended Items to Bring:
Use our Event Checklists to make sure you have everything you need.

Snack.


How to Get There:
Event Directions:

From I -285 Eastbound - Take exit 22, Northside Drive, New Northside Drive, Powers Ferry Road. - Right on Northside Drive. - Travel 1.1 miles to Indian Trail (on right) and turn right. - Indian Trail to the park entrance (0.4 miles). - Take gravel park entrace road 0,3 miles to parking lot.

From I-285 Westbound - Take exit 22, Northside Drive, New Northside Drive, Powers Ferry Road. - Straight to second traffic light. - Left on Northside Drive - Travel 1.1 miles to Indian Trail (on right) and turn right. - Indian Trail to the park entrance (0.4 miles). - Take gravel park entrace road 0,3 miles to parking lot.

From I-75 - Exit onto I-285 Eastbound - Follow directions for "From I- 285 Eastbound." http://www.nps.gov/chat/planyourvisit/indiantrail.htm


Notes:

Parking fee of $3 for daily pass or a Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Annual Pass for $35 is necessary.  Please place pass on dashboard or rear view mirror of your vehicle.


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