Map of the Tremont to Derrick Knob shelter route
Tremont to Derrick Knob shelter elevation profile (outbound direction only shown - reverse for inbound elevation) As shown here, this walk is a slow steady climb with no real bad steep sections.
May 30, 2009 17.2 walk to the Appalachian Trail via Middle Prong and Greenbrier Ridge Trails
Middle Prong Trail - cascade at the trailhead bridge
Getting ready for a long day's walk
Middle Prong Trail - Lynn Camp Prong
Middle Prong Trail - The first part of the walk is a wide roadbed
Middle Prong Trail - High rock walls on the right side of the trail
Middle Prong Trail - Morning messages from above
Middle Prong Trail
Middle Prong Trail - One of the cascades on Lynn Camp Prong
Middle Prong Trail - God speaking
Middle Prong Trail - A four-level cascade on Lynn Camp Prong
Middle Prong Trail - Boulders beside the creek
Middle Prong Trail - a small pleasant crossing just before the Panther Creek Trail intersection
Middle Prong Trail - at the Panther Creek intersection
Middle Prong Trail - a small rail segment artifact from the logging days
Middle Prong Trail - A bridged crossing
At the Lynn Camp Prong/Greenbrier Ridge/Middle Prong Trail intersection
Mellinger Death Ridge on Greenbrier Ridge Trail
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - Indian Flats Prong
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - Dead hemlocks
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - still has wildflowers blooming as I ascend
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - This little guy seemed sad telling me that his tree had died
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - a ridge view through the dead hemlocks
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - vines climbing high in the trees
Greenbrier Ridge Trail
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - Devastated hemlocks, victims of the hemlock wooley adelgid
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - My one and only sighting of blooming Catawba rhododendren
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - Catawba rhododendren
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - The hog bog near the false gap
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - Ridgelines appearing as I climb higher
Appalachian Trail - At the intersection with Greenbrier Ridge Trail at Sams Gap
Appalachain Trail - A steep but thankfully short huff over to Derrick Knob shelter
Appalachain Trail - Near Derrick Knob shelter
Appalachain Trail - Derrick Knob shelter on Big Chestnut Bald
Appalachain Trail - The water source sign at Derrick Knob shelter
Appalachain Trail - Derrick Knob shelter pack hangers
Appalachain Trail - Derrick Knob shelter - Nice tree to take a nap by
Appalachain Trail - Blackberry bushes on Big Chestnut Bald
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - Ridge views on the return trip
Greenbrier Ridge Trail - A typical switchback on this trail
Middle Prong Trail - Big boulders
Middle Prong Trail - horses wait for their riders at the intersection with Panther Creek Trail
Middle Prong Trail - At this point I almost asked for a ride
Middle Prong Trail - A high rock wall
Middle Prong Trail - Completion of 17.2 miles!
Newfound Gap Road - morning views
Newfound Gap Road - BEAR!!
Blue Ridge Parkway - Friday night front passing through
