The Sinks

I hiked with the JC Hikers yesterday in the Great Smokey Mountains. We walked on the Curry Mountain Trail, Meigs Mountain, and Meigs Creek Trails. The temperature when we started was in the mid-teens and got up into the thirties by the afternoon.


This bear print was spotted in the snow beside the Curry Mountain Trail.



Intersection of Curry Mountain Trail and Meigs Mountain Trail


A short side trail off the Meigs Mountain Trail leads to an old family cemetary.



One of two legible headstones in the cemetary. I believe it reads...Born Oct 23 1866 Died Jan 12 1909.


We saw many dead or dying hemlocks like this one.

One of the fallen hemlock branches with evidence of Wooly Adelgid infestation.



Sunlight on the ice-encrusted rocks in Meigs Creek.


Cascade on Meigs Creek.


Ice on Meigs Creek.


Every stone in the stream had an icy ring.



Waterfall on Meigs Creek.