Enthusiast III
This trip was ALOT to say the very least. At first I would like to thank everyone who attended this weekend (@ziggy stardust @glade8r @Trevor Atchley @AlphaJD @Xterrastrial_Overland and a few others not on the forum). Had some hickups in the beginning due to getting a late start on Friday. Boojum Brewery was interesting, beer selection was alright. Have seen better spots. We arrived at camp Friday evening at the Winngray Campground in Waynesville. I cannot say enough good things about this place. Staff was very nice and helpful. The views were gorgeous. It is not a primitive camp spot but for where it is, it's gorgeous. We all had a good time Friday evening and woke up Saturday with high hopes of hitting the trail early and finding camp for Saturday evening.
We headed down to Cove Creek Rd off of Jonathan Creek Rd and headed northwest towrds the Cataloochee Group Camp and turned onto Forest Road 288. @Xterrastrial_Overland had a small mishap in a tight corner and ended up rolling his built Xterra off the edge. We all regrouped, made sure he was alright, and one of our folks stayed behind to wait for a wrecker and give him a lift home afterwards. The rest of the group continued to push to Hurricane Creek. After about 5 hours on Hurricane Creek trail and conducting some much needed trail maintenance along the way, we made our way to camp for the evening, at Round Mountain Campground. It is just across the border in TN. Max Patch was extremely busy with hundreds of cars parked along Max Patch Rd. Camp at Round Mountain was nice and quiet and secluded. Bathrooms are available but no running water or power.
@Xterrastrial_Overland we are all feeling for you right now and will continue to after what you experienced on Saturday. I would highly reccommend anyone looking to do Hurricane Creek to get to it soon before the trail is permanently closed due to trash and all around trail conditions are worsening due to erosion. There are multiple technical spots but with a good spotter you will be alright.
I will post several photos of the rigs together on here that I have. If anyone else who attended wants to post photos please feel free to do so.
I have attempted to add the GPX file of our track to the post
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We headed down to Cove Creek Rd off of Jonathan Creek Rd and headed northwest towrds the Cataloochee Group Camp and turned onto Forest Road 288. @Xterrastrial_Overland had a small mishap in a tight corner and ended up rolling his built Xterra off the edge. We all regrouped, made sure he was alright, and one of our folks stayed behind to wait for a wrecker and give him a lift home afterwards. The rest of the group continued to push to Hurricane Creek. After about 5 hours on Hurricane Creek trail and conducting some much needed trail maintenance along the way, we made our way to camp for the evening, at Round Mountain Campground. It is just across the border in TN. Max Patch was extremely busy with hundreds of cars parked along Max Patch Rd. Camp at Round Mountain was nice and quiet and secluded. Bathrooms are available but no running water or power.
@Xterrastrial_Overland we are all feeling for you right now and will continue to after what you experienced on Saturday. I would highly reccommend anyone looking to do Hurricane Creek to get to it soon before the trail is permanently closed due to trash and all around trail conditions are worsening due to erosion. There are multiple technical spots but with a good spotter you will be alright.
I will post several photos of the rigs together on here that I have. If anyone else who attended wants to post photos please feel free to do so.
I have attempted to add the GPX file of our track to the post
GPX viewer
