Collins Gulf and Stagecoach Road Historic Trails - strenuous day hike

HIKE STATS:
Meeting Time: 7:30 AM
Meeting Place: Target - Hickory Hollow
Estimated Drive Time One Way: 2 hours
Hike Distance: 13.1 miles
Estimated Hike Time: 6 hours plus break time
Difficulty: Strenuous
Hike Leader: Siska with Team Green

Strenuous, 13.1 mile hike near Gruetli-Laager, TN.

The 9.9 mile Collins Gulf Trail and the 1.6 mile Stagecoach Road Historic Trail combine with a short 0.4 miles of the Connector Trail to make one of the most fascinating loop hikes in the South Cumberland, with numerous overlooks and waterfalls, including Suter Falls. This spreading waterfall, the cascading creek and the massive rock walls of the gorge around Suter Falls make this setting one of the true spectacles of the Southeast. The Stagecoach Road Historic Trail follows the old route of the Stagecoach Road that ran from McMinnville to Chattanooga. The old roadbed, with its rock walls and stone cribbing, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

We will be accessing the trail from the Gruetli-Laager Trailhead and hike the 0.6 miles to the Collins Gulf Trail. The total length of the hike will be 13.1 miles and it is rated strenuous, so don't forget to bring plenty of water, nutrition (snacks and lunch), rain gear and sturdy hiking shoes. The waterfalls will be concentrated either at the beginning or end of the loop depending which way we go and there will be very limited if any water sources in between.

Click here for trail map.

You are required to sign a release form for Team Green. Click here to download and print the release.

RSVP numbers are very limited on this hike. If you sign up and do not show, you'll be taking a slot from someone else and I'll be upset with you.

Joint event with Team Green. If the event is full from this meetup page, try the Team Green listing and email Siska to see if they have any slots open (http://teamgreenonlin....

WAIT LIST: If this event is at capacity and you'd like to be on the wait list, RSVP "No" and indicate in your RSVP comments you'd like to be added if a slot opens up.