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🌲 Gentle River Walk & Cabin Visit 2.5miles or 5 miles 🌲

Recovering, restarting, or just starting? Perfect. This hike was made for sore knees, rusty legs, and anyone who’s been saying “I’ll get back out there… soon.” Well, soon is now. Let’s ease into the Smokies together!

🗓 When & Where

Saturday, October 4
Meet at Cades Cove Campground Parking Lot at 9:00am to carpool. (Yes, it’s early. Yes, coffee is recommended. Yes, we’ll all survive.) Look for the Blue Subaru Outback and Pink Hiking Poles.

We'll be driving to the Abrams Falls Trailhead Parking Lot.

🌟 Hike Options

🥾Option 1 (Easy/Moderate – 2.5 miles total)

Start with a 0.8 mile out-and-back (1.6 total) right along Abrams Creek. It’s the flattest, friendliest part of the Abrams Falls Trail, basically nature’s welcome mat.

Then wander over to the historic Elijah Oliver Cabin, which is about as close as you’ll get to time-travel without building a DeLorean.

🥾Option 2 (Flexible – choose 5 miles or 2.5 miles)

  • Begin with Option 1 on the 0.8 mile creek walk.
  • At the turn-around, you get to decide:
  1. Keep cruising on the full Abrams Falls Trail (5 miles round trip, with a waterfall reward),
    or
  2. Skip the extra hills and join Option 1 to the cabin.

🤝 Volunteer Co-Leaders Wanted

Want to be a hero without wearing spandex? Help co-lead one of the options! It’s always nice to have support at different paces/distances so everyone feels encouraged and included. (Co-leader especially needed for O2.)

🥾 What to Bring

  • Water and snacks (we won’t judge if your “snacks” look suspiciously like cookies)
  • Sturdy shoes or trail runners
  • Layers or extras in your pack - it’s fall in the Smokies, which means Mother Nature is indecisive

Carpooling is encouraged (because parking is limited, traffic is crazy, and let’s be honest, road-tripping together is half the fun)

Pace will be gentle and conversational. If you can laugh, you can hike this one.

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Event Leader(s): Bev Chattin - 900 Miler

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