Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/25/18
10:00 am - 11:00 pm
Category(ies)
List of Attendees
- Rony K
- Peter de Lastic
- Deborah Saulino
- lin xie
- Jaekeun Park
- Paula Hunt
- KE LI
- Jing Lu
Date: Saturday Aug 25th 2018
Carpool Time: 10:00 AM at Intown Community Church
Cost: $16 ($10 for carpool driver and $6 for tube rental)
Hiking distance: 5.0 miles. 1400 feet climb.
Difficulty: D3-D4
Hike Leader: Rony
Age Limit: 4 years or older for Tubing but Age 12 and older for the Yonah hike
River Tubing at Chestatee River
River tubing: floating on a slow paced river in an inflated rubber tube.
The plan is to meet at Intown Community Church at 10:00 AM and go tubing on Chestatee River near Dahlonega GA for 1 to 1.5 hour. After tubing, we will spend some time at either Dahlonega GA
The Hike
We will start the hike around 5:00 pm. Sunset at Yonah will be about 8:00 pm so that will give us time to make the hike to the top. This is a moderate to strenuous hike.
Please note that if you do the sunset hike you will not be home until around 11:00 pm
Yonah Mountain is located near Helen GA. There is approximately a 1400 ft elevation gain in around 2.5 miles from foot of the mountain. As we near the top, we will veer off the main trail and hike along the side of the exposed rock face. We will spend some time on a rocky outcrop with an excellent view near the top of the mountain and then move around to another rocky outcrop on the west side to view the sunset. It does involve some steep sections and rocky terrain, and should prove to be moderate difficulty. This is a D3-D4 level hike.
Please note: we will be hiking down in the dark. You should bring a flashlight.
Please bring the following:
– Footwear that you don’t mind getting wet such as river shoes or closed sandals ( flipflops or open-toed sandals are not recommended)
– Small Towel
– Sunglasses / Hat
– Sunscreen
– Extra pair of dry clothes and footwear/socks
– Snacks / Packed Lunch
– Hiking Shoes / good Tennis Shoes
– Water (1.5 liters)
– Flashlight
– Cash for driver and tube rental
Recommended Items:
– Short stick (about 3’ in length) or your hiking pole – useful for pushing off the bank tubing
– Sports drink (like Gatorade or Powerade) – recommended not required
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