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Date Hiked: 5/5/90
Length: 9.0 miles
Type: backtrack
Difficulty: 3
Scenery: 2
Blaze: white painted diamonds and metal diamonds
Main Features: partial views across Chattooga River valley
Animals: woodpecker, deer, toad, garter snake, snails, lizards
Location: Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia
Park in the parking area on the Georgia side of the bridge where highway 76 crosses the Chattooga River.
Major Altitude Changes
Ascend 400 feet from parking area to ridge at about 4.0 miles
Descend 300 feet to bridge at 4.2 miles
Total Ascent (round trip): 700 feet
Miles
0.0 the trail starts between two boulders at the opposite end of the parking area from the river
0.1 bear left at fork
0.5 stream crossing
0.7 bridge, then turn right
1.4 bridge
1.6 gain ridge top
1.7 sharp descent to the left
1.8 bridge
1.9 bridge
2.5 remains of old road bridge on the right
cross dirt road
2.7 gain ridge top
2.9 merge into old road
3.8 bridge
3.9 bridge
4.2 bridge
cross trail
4.3 cross trail
cross trail, then turn down and right
cross campsite
4.5 bridge
backtrack
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