🌜Iron Mountain Shelter

A sunny and honesty hot day of hiking around perimeter of Watauga Lake. The three of us (Trickshot, Little Foot, and me) ate breakfast at the hostel and hit the trails as soon your laundry was ready. We got wind of a hiker challenge (more on that later) and wanted to set ourselves up for that for the next morning… so we cut the day a little early at the shelter on Iron Mountain.

Highlights of the day… lake views and walking over the Watauga Dam. Generous trail magic and hospitality from the Hunter Baptist Church AT Ministry (anything you can imagine- even veggie burgers 🥰)… and yeah, did I mention it was kind of hot and sweaty.

I decided to sleep in my hammock and that worked well for me. Cool temps and no bugs overnight.

16 miles of hot and hilly hiking…
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