Backpacking the Great Smoky Mountains - Part 3

Backpacking the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Twenty Mile Trail Loop

In this episode, I cover day two of my backcountry camping adventure in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On this backpacking trip, I met up with Andy from Metro on the Move, Brad from As the Crow Flies Hiking, and Taylor from Southern Hike. We hiked in from campsite #92 up to the AT and stopped at the Shuckstack Fire Tower to enjoy the spectacular views. We then hiked 3 miles down the Appalachian Trail to the Gregory Bald Trail and split off in search of the bald. We took a break at Gregory Bald before making our way down the other side to Campsite #13. It was a 10+ mile day and the weather was amazing...

You can find the route we took here: https://shorturl.at/djC15

Look for the other episodes of our trip...

You can find their videos here:
Metro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvvynt_flIg&t=15s
Crow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFRHYjWtJ5g&t=82s
Taylor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45doH36BOEw&t=1s

Find My Friends' Channels at
#MetroOnTheMove - https://www.youtube.com/@MetroOnTheMove
#AsTheCrowFliesHiking - https://www.youtube.com/@ASTHECROWFLIESHIKING
#SouthernHike - https://www.youtube.com/@SouthernHike
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