Smokemont Trail Loop - Member Hike

Hike Name: Smokemont Trail Loop
Country: United States
State: North Carolina
Nearby Town: Cherokee
Rating: 4 stars
Directions: From Cherokee, NC: Take Newfound Gap Road (US 441) North 6 miles. Turn right at campground sign. From Gatlinburg, TN: Take Newfound Gap Road (US 441) South 27 miles. Turn left at campground sign.
Total Hike Distance: 6.00 miles
Hike Difficulty: Moderate
Permit Required: No
Hike Type: Roundtrip, Loop Hike
Hike Starts/Ends: Smokemont Campground
Trails Used: Hiking
Backcountry Campsites: No
Backcountry Water Sources: Streams
Management: National Park Service
Contact Information: Mailing Address:
Smokemont Campground
c/o Oconaluftee Ranger Station
60 Enloe Floyd Bottoms Road
Cherokee, NC 28719

Phone: 828-497-9270
Best Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Users: Hikers
Road Conditions: Maintained Gravel or Dirt Roads
Hike Summary: Moderately strenuous hike climbs and circles Smokemont Mountain. Elevation gain is 1200' in 2.5 miles.

Hiker:

hikingdiva


6,900 points


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Trip Reports

  Date Rating Duration Hiker
Smokemont Trail Loop - May 25, 2007 May 25, 2007 4 stars 2 days hikingdiva

Comments

One reply on “Smokemont Trail Loop - Member Hike”

Footbridge over Bradley creek is listed as being out of service. As of today, it is broken in the middle with the break in the creek, at today’s water level passable. Cable is loose but still serviceable. Consider walking the trail counter-clockwise. That way you can turn around if the footbridge is not passable. Clockwise if the footbridge is not passable you wil have a wet ford, a scramble back down your side of the creek or a hike back over the mountain the way you came.

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