Bartram Trail to Scaly Mountain

With an early start, it was a "not too warm," sunny, summer day with 70-80°F temperatures. The almost continuous forest and rhododendron cover provided welcome shade. The trail was quite dry and in good condition considering its heavy use. In fact, the trail between 1.2 and 1.4 miles had been rerouted. There were significant improvements to avoid the typically wet and rutted path with several sets of wooden steps and a small section of gravel walkway. The views from Scaly Mountain were good, but muted by summer haze. Not unexpected, there were not a lot of wildflowers along our path. Overall, this was a nice, but moderately difficult hike due to the constant climb up Scaly Mountain. Today's Hikers: John Cape, Charles Hawkins, Jenny Bell, Jane Voss, Kim Johnson, Pam Hembree, Joan Carillo, Allyson Aldrich, Edwin Pruitt, Ken Kellerman & Cutie Pie, Angela Evans, Matt Henderson & Toby, Heather Wall, Jane Hawkins & Mike Bell