the mountains ahead on the drive up...
driving through helen...
up the curvy road to the trailhead...
gearing up at unicoi gap...
group pic (1 of 4)...
hitting the trail...
up the steep 1100 foot climb to the top of blue mtn...
follow the white blaze...
karen, marshall, & angela...
up the rocky trail...
rocky mtn to the east across the gap...
view to the northeast...
definitely a wintery hike...temps in the 30s and few leaves on the trees at these elevations.....
a bit icy here and there...
scott, nicole, shaun, & gary....
angela, karen, cliff....
jeff, sunnie, jenn, kevin...
some campers just off the trail...
our destination brasstown bald in the distance...
lunch spot at chatt. gap....
headwaters of the chattahoochee river....or dripping icicles at least...
"is that it???"...
2 of 4....
blue blaze for the jacks knob trail....
scott, erik, nicole, shaun, jenn...
leaving the mark trail wilderiness...
3 of 4....
up the unrelenting steep trail between jacks gap and bb parking....
a little patchy snow near the top of wolfpen ridge....
finally emerging at the bb parking lot....
view to the west about an hour before sunset....
chris after taking some pics...
up the last stretch....bb trail to the top....
love the warm light from the sunset...
mount yonah in the distance...
lake hiawasee to the north...
scott, jenn, marshall...
view to the southeast...
i think that's tray mtn in the distance?....
gary takes advantage of the nice backdrop...
group pic 3.5 of 4...
4 of 4....
lights of hiawasee and into nc....
finally headed down to the trailhead...
elevation profile...
gps track.
