johnmnichols - Dec 31, 2007 6:36 pm Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2005
Welcome to the AT
Great introduction to the AT. Always fun watching beginning throughhikers with overloaded packs being overly surprised with how much up and down the Georgia AT section has.
I "climbed" Springer (up from FS 42) on a section hike in November 2002. It was cold! Hiked on to Hawk Mountain.
eric-griz - Nov 18, 2007 9:03 pm Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2000
Approach Trail
The start of my epic thru-hike journey.
Wade Baker - Oct 27, 2007 2:58 am Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2001
50 Miles
Bagged Springer on the way to the SP.
catullus - Sep 18, 2007 1:46 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2007
start of georgia AT
Hiked from Springer to Dick's Creek Gap over four days with my father.
atavist - Jul 21, 2007 7:43 am Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2000
AT: section 1
hiked up from Amicalola Falls. The first night we got nailed by an ice storm. The old slumberjack couldn't cut it. fmao. Five days later I hiked out at Dicks Creek Gap, some 70 miles was my longest hike to date.
Aeldrin - Dec 11, 2006 12:40 am Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2006
Route climbed: AT approach trail
A nice jaunt up the mountain, and a perfect day for it as well. The sky wasn't too overcast, and the weather was nice and cool.
e-doc - Dec 3, 2006 11:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2002
long walk
Not much of a peak, but its the beginning of the long walk. Nice plaque.
Xtreme532 - Aug 14, 2006 8:50 pm Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2005
Classic
Great time with my friend on the AT, met some neat Thru-hikers..one who did the whole AT in Keen sandals!! He was post holing in 3ft of snow in the smokies, he did have gore-tex socks...haha.
shortstuff - Jul 24, 2006 4:26 pm Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006
AT Approach Trail
Did the approach trail and about a mile down the AT and back out in a day! Long great hike and met some wonderful thru hikers at the start of their journey.
chilkoot - May 22, 2006 3:18 am Date Climbed: Mar 15, 1998
AT Approach Trail
A nice, easy trail to kick off my AT Odyssey. Cool weather and overcast skies made for ideal hiking conditions.
tarol - May 18, 2006 5:27 pm Date Climbed: May 4, 2006
Did the first 16 miles of the AT
Stayed at the Springer Mountain Shelter on the night of May 3rd and then hiked to the top of Springer Mountain on the morning of May 4th. This was the start of a BP trip I did with 8 other women hiking the first 16 miles of the Appalachian Trail. We met several people starting their thru-hike and I enjoyed the many wildflowers in route to the top :)
Joseph Claghorn - May 12, 2006 12:36 am Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2005
More driving than hiking
I decided one saturday morning to scout out the beginning of the Appalachian trail on a whim, thinking this mountain would be a little more accessible than it was. I drove around for hours and ended up putting my powerless Civic on a few dirt roads that it couldn't handle. I finally found an easy way up on Forest road 42, and hiked the one mile to the summit. I didn't realize that most people got up this mountain on the official AT approach trail from Amilcola falls State park until later.
KevinEldon - Feb 16, 2006 10:34 pm Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
Night climb with an unhappy ending
Started climbing from Amicalola Falls State Park at about 4:30-5:00 PM. I was out of shape, had eaten a Reuben for lunch and had a few too many beers. I Was hiking to decompress after a very rough few days at work. I ended up hiking the last few miles of the trail with my headlamp and flashlight. When I did summit, reaching the beginnign of the AT, I made a quick dinner, at it, and proceeded to vomit all over the top of Springer. I hiked back down to the Black Gap shelter to sleep, and walk out the next morning. The trail is easy enough to follow, although there there can be some overgrown sections.
Route Climbed: AT approach from Amicalola Falls Date Climbed: June 1999
My wife and I made a few trial runs from the Amicalola Lodge in preperation to hike the AT through Georgia. We were shuttled to North Carolina Just above the Georgia state line in July 1999 and hiked South on the AT. It was a very dry year in1999 and many of the water sources were dry. I was glad to get to Springer because we were pretty beat up from our time on the AT and we were looking forward to the night at the Lodge.
Route Climbed: East Ridge trail Date Climbed: July 1975
My first experience on the Appalachian Trail. Amazing I made it as far as I did. My brother and I hiked in old Army jungle boots and used cheap external packs we bought at a discount store. We ate canned food and carried jars of peanut butter that we slathered over melba toast (it not get stale). We were young and in great shape. An easy day was twenty miles and we had plenty of time to goof off. Great memories. I wish my brother was still around to reminisce.
Route Climbed: AT approach trail Date Climbed: March 5, 2005
Goodness gracious, it was COLD that night! (How cold was it?) So cold we were in the bunkie just after sunset. After listening to the wind imitating a runaway freight train all night, we woke up to a thick film of frost on the tent and icicles dripping from trailside seeps.
johnmnichols - Dec 31, 2007 6:36 pm Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2005
Welcome to the ATGreat introduction to the AT. Always fun watching beginning throughhikers with overloaded packs being overly surprised with how much up and down the Georgia AT section has.
gabem - May 23, 2008 5:24 pm
Re: Welcome to the ATI'm guilty but I'm glad I could provide some amusement to someone haha.
Six2 - Nov 28, 2007 1:41 am
Lazy, as usualI "climbed" Springer (up from FS 42) on a section hike in November 2002. It was cold! Hiked on to Hawk Mountain.
eric-griz - Nov 18, 2007 9:03 pm Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2000
Approach TrailThe start of my epic thru-hike journey.
Wade Baker - Oct 27, 2007 2:58 am Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2001
50 MilesBagged Springer on the way to the SP.
catullus - Sep 18, 2007 1:46 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2007
start of georgia ATHiked from Springer to Dick's Creek Gap over four days with my father.
atavist - Jul 21, 2007 7:43 am Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2000
AT: section 1hiked up from Amicalola Falls. The first night we got nailed by an ice storm. The old slumberjack couldn't cut it. fmao. Five days later I hiked out at Dicks Creek Gap, some 70 miles was my longest hike to date.
Aeldrin - Dec 11, 2006 12:40 am Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2006
Route climbed: AT approach trailA nice jaunt up the mountain, and a perfect day for it as well. The sky wasn't too overcast, and the weather was nice and cool.
e-doc - Dec 3, 2006 11:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2002
long walkNot much of a peak, but its the beginning of the long walk. Nice plaque.
Bam-Bam - Nov 17, 2006 5:21 am
Approch TrailRained whole time
Xtreme532 - Aug 14, 2006 8:50 pm Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2005
ClassicGreat time with my friend on the AT, met some neat Thru-hikers..one who did the whole AT in Keen sandals!! He was post holing in 3ft of snow in the smokies, he did have gore-tex socks...haha.
shortstuff - Jul 24, 2006 4:26 pm Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006
AT Approach TrailDid the approach trail and about a mile down the AT and back out in a day! Long great hike and met some wonderful thru hikers at the start of their journey.
chilkoot - May 22, 2006 3:18 am Date Climbed: Mar 15, 1998
AT Approach TrailA nice, easy trail to kick off my AT Odyssey. Cool weather and overcast skies made for ideal hiking conditions.
tarol - May 18, 2006 5:27 pm Date Climbed: May 4, 2006
Did the first 16 miles of the ATStayed at the Springer Mountain Shelter on the night of May 3rd and then hiked to the top of Springer Mountain on the morning of May 4th. This was the start of a BP trip I did with 8 other women hiking the first 16 miles of the Appalachian Trail. We met several people starting their thru-hike and I enjoyed the many wildflowers in route to the top :)
Joseph Claghorn - May 12, 2006 12:36 am Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2005
More driving than hikingI decided one saturday morning to scout out the beginning of the Appalachian trail on a whim, thinking this mountain would be a little more accessible than it was. I drove around for hours and ended up putting my powerless Civic on a few dirt roads that it couldn't handle. I finally found an easy way up on Forest road 42, and hiked the one mile to the summit. I didn't realize that most people got up this mountain on the official AT approach trail from Amilcola falls State park until later.
KevinEldon - Feb 16, 2006 10:34 pm Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
Night climb with an unhappy endingStarted climbing from Amicalola Falls State Park at about 4:30-5:00 PM. I was out of shape, had eaten a Reuben for lunch and had a few too many beers. I Was hiking to decompress after a very rough few days at work. I ended up hiking the last few miles of the trail with my headlamp and flashlight. When I did summit, reaching the beginnign of the AT, I made a quick dinner, at it, and proceeded to vomit all over the top of Springer. I hiked back down to the Black Gap shelter to sleep, and walk out the next morning. The trail is easy enough to follow, although there there can be some overgrown sections.
iamaclimber - Jan 20, 2006 10:57 am
Route Climbed: AT approach from Amicalola Falls Date Climbed: June 1999My wife and I made a few trial runs from the Amicalola Lodge in preperation to hike the AT through Georgia. We were shuttled to North Carolina Just above the Georgia state line in July 1999 and hiked South on the AT. It was a very dry year in1999 and many of the water sources were dry. I was glad to get to Springer because we were pretty beat up from our time on the AT and we were looking forward to the night at the Lodge.
Mike N - Nov 11, 2005 11:44 am
Route Climbed: AT approach from Amicalola Falls Date Climbed: April 2005Great day hike to the start of the AT
Duffer - Oct 7, 2005 10:53 pm
Route Climbed: East Ridge trail Date Climbed: July 1975My first experience on the Appalachian Trail. Amazing I made it as far as I did. My brother and I hiked in old Army jungle boots and used cheap external packs we bought at a discount store. We ate canned food and carried jars of peanut butter that we slathered over melba toast (it not get stale). We were young and in great shape. An easy day was twenty miles and we had plenty of time to goof off. Great memories. I wish my brother was still around to reminisce.
unclehud - Mar 6, 2005 7:27 pm
Route Climbed: AT approach trail Date Climbed: March 5, 2005Goodness gracious, it was COLD that night! (How cold was it?) So cold we were in the bunkie just after sunset. After listening to the wind imitating a runaway freight train all night, we woke up to a thick film of frost on the tent and icicles dripping from trailside seeps.