New Year's Day Hike - A view to a Kill & a ford

Gruntled New Year

2 Hikes, 1 day, 1 place The Chattooga

Ellicott's">Ellicott's Rock Trail:
Length 3.5 miles
Hike Difficulty: Difficult
The trail follows an old roadbed is about 3.5 miles in. Take this trail through a rich pine forest and past several intersecting trails. To reach Ellicott Rock we will ford (walk thru the river probably barefoot or in crocs) the river.

Bad Creek Trail
Length 3.0 miles
Hike Difficulty Moderate
This is a well laid and marked 3 mile trail connecting the Chattooga trail to Bull Pen Road. Following an old logging road we will gradually ascend over a series of switchbacks to return to Bull Pen Road.

There is a short shuttle involved in this hike.
It is a full day event, it maybe be quicker, just plan for a full day

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If the water is too high to safely ford the river we will return to our starting point, and then the hike will be 7.0 miles with just a difficult rating.
You should bring with you Crocs, Water Shoes or even Sandals to ford the river.
You should also bring a towel to dry off with after the fording.
To test for a safe fording Mike will test the waters first
Bring a working Flashlight as the days are short, and you want to be prepared.
A headlamp is highly recommended.

ALWAYS BRING WATER AND SOMETHING TO EAT.

Gas Expense: Seneca 6.00 (Rough Estimate)

If you want to carpool from sites North of Seneca Please leave a comment with your RSVP to see if anyone else is coming from your area.

We hope to leave the Walmart parking area by 9:00 am so that we can be hiking by 10:30 allowing us to be out of the woods in the early afternoon, before dark

No Dogs are allowed on our Hikes !

DISCLAIMER: PARTICIPATION IN THE UPSTATE HIKING AND ADVENTURE GROUP ("THE GROUP") IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. THE GROUP PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN HIKES RANGING IN DIFFICULTY FROM EASY TO DIFFICULT AND HIGHLY RIGOROUS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE HOW FAR AND HARD YOU CAN HIKE WITHOUT ADVERTENTLY OR INADVERTENTLY CAUSING INJURY TO YOURSELF OR OTHERS. THERE ARE ALSO INHERENT RISKS IN TRAVELING TO AND FROM ANY TWO POINTS, INCLUDING TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE HIKES AND OUTINGS FOLLOWING THE HIKES. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OBSERVE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES DURING ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES CONCERNING THE GROUP. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS THAT COULD ARISE FROM HIKING AND/OR ANY OTHER GROUP RELATED ACTIVITIES. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY AND ALL SUCH CLAIMS AGAINST EACH AND EVERY OTHER MEMBER IN THE GROUP, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE GROUP ORGANIZER(S).