Yonah Mountain Sunset Hike

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/12/24
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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List of Attendees

  • Peter de Lastic
  • Rony K
  • Soundharya Kumaresan
  • Komal komal
  • KC Kom
  • Yash Khairnar
  • Yuko Iwamizu
  • Jorge Vences
  • Scarlett Duan
  • Mingyang Wei
  • Ravi Kumar Sinha
  • Akanshya Meher
  • Rohit Marathe
  • Kausthub Kodamagulla
  • Irshad Ahmed


THE HIKE IS FULL

Date: Saturday Oct 12 2024
Carpool Time: 12:00 PM at Intown Community Church
Cost: $10 carpool
Hiking distance: 5.0 miles. 1400 feet elevation climb.
Difficulty level: D3-D4 (Moderate to Strenuous)
Hike Leader: Rony

Visiting alpine town of Helen, GA / Lunch (1:30 pm)
We will visit beautiful alpine town of Helen, GA. Helen is a mountain town in northeast Georgia. It’s known for its vineyards and Bavarian-style buildings. A bustling alpine village set against a scenic backdrop of mountains, forests and river banks, you’ll feel as though you’ve been transported to the cobblestone streets of Germany as colorful shops dot the landscape. We will have lunch here. You can buy lunch in Helen or bring your own from home.

The Hike
We will meet back at the parking lot in Helen at 3:30 pm and drive to the hike location. We will start the hike around 4:00 pm. Sunset at Yonah will be about 6:50 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 this hike you will not be home until around 10:00 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:

– Light jacket or sweater (for the evening)
– Sunglasses / Hat
– Snacks / Packed Lunch
– Hiking Shoes / good Tennis Shoes
– Water (1.5 liters)
– small Flashlight

Recommended Items:
– Sports drink (like Gatorade or Powerade) – recommended, but not required
– Hiking poles

Bookings

Sorry.This event is fully booked. Email us to be put on a waitlist

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