Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/09/17
10:30 am - 10:30 pm
Category(ies)
List of Attendees
- Miriam Kilimo
- Rony K
- sky song
- Tian Li
- Macky Dia
- Peter de Lastic
- Meilin Tao
- KE LI
Date: Saturday Sep 9th 2017
Carpool Time: 10:30 AM at Intown Community Church
Cost: $15 or $18 ($10 for carpool driver and $5 or $ 8 for tube rental)
Hiking distance: 5.0 miles. 1400 feet climb.
Difficulty: D3-D4
Hike Leader: Rony
Age Limit: Any age for Tubing but age 10 and older for the Hike
River Tubing and Visit to Helen, GA
River tubing: floating on a slow paced river in an inflated rubber tube.
The plan is to meet at Intown Community Church at 10:30 AM and go tubing near Helen GA for 1 to 1.5 hour. After that, we spend time sightseeing and visiting the picturesque Bavarian-style (German) alpine town of Helen,GA
The Hike
We will start the hike around 5:00 pm. Sunset at Yonah will be about 7:45 pm so that will give us time to make the hike to the top.
Please note that if you do the sunset hike you will not be home until around 11:00 pm
Yonah Mountain is located near Helen GA. There is approximately a 1400 ft elevation gain in around 2.5 miles from foot of the mountain. As we near the top, we will veer off the main trail and hike along the side of the exposed rock face. We will spend some time on a rocky outcrop with an excellent view near the top of the mountain and then move around to another rocky outcrop on the west side to view the sunset. It does involve some steep sections and rocky terrain, and should prove to be moderate difficulty. This is a D3-D4 level hike.
Please note we will be coming down in the dark. You should bring a flashlight.
Please bring the followings:
– Footwear that you don’t mind getting wet such as river shoes or closed sandals ( flipflops or open-toed sandals are not recommended)
– Towel
– Sunglasses / Hat
– Sunscreen
– Extra pair of dry clothes and footwear/socks
– Snacks / Packed Lunch
– Hiking Shoes / good Tennis Shoes
– Water (1.5 liters)
– Flashlight
– Cash for driver and tube rental
Recommended Items:
– Short stick (about 3’ in length) or your hiking pole – useful for pushing off the bank tubing
– Sports drink (like Gatorade or Powerade) – recommended not required
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