Mountaineer Falls Shelter
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Last Revised:
June 09, 2008
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 | Location: In Carter County, Tennessee, between Dennis Cove Road and U.S. 19E; elevation
approximately 3,200 feet. The shelter is about 200 feet off the A.T. on a blue-blazed
side trail.
In the Cherokee National Forest, Watauga Ranger District. |
| Construction: Three-sided with open front and wooden sleeping platform.
Wood framing and siding, metal roof. Built in 2006 by TEHCC and
Hard Core. |
| Sleeps: fourteen |
| Maintenance history:
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| Water source: about 400 feet from shelter on blue-blazed trail. |
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Materials for shelter being loaded at the U.S. Forest Service's
Elizabethton work center, June 4, 2006 (159KB). Photo courtesy of
Jim Foster. |
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Materials for shelter being loaded at the U.S. Forest Service's
Elizabethton work center, June 4, 2006 (193KB). Photo courtesy of
Jim Foster. |
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Materials for
shelter delivered to the Walnut Mountain Road trailhead, June 4,
2006 (190KB). Photo courtesy of Steve Wilson. |
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Unloading
the materials at the Walnut Mountain Road trailhead, June 4,
2006 (167KB). Photo courtesy of
Jim Foster. |
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Installing
subflooring for the shelter, June 4, 2006 (164KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Installing
framing for the shelter, June 4, 2006 (173KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Installing
framing for the shelter, June 4, 2006 (179KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Installing framing
for the shelter, June 4, 2006 (194KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Shelter after
sleeping platforms have been constructed, June 4, 2006
(192KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Hard Core volunteers
waiting in line
for supper provided by TEHCC at Roan Mountain State Park, June
4, 2006 (189KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Hard Core volunteers
enjoying
supper provided by TEHCC at Roan Mountain State Park, June 4,
2006 (190KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Bob Peoples
distributes awards to Hard Core volunteers, June 4, 2006
(177KB). Photo courtesy of Steve
Wilson. |
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Hiker volunteer
"Edge" from New Jersey digging a ditch behind the shelter,
June 6, 2006 (40KB). Photo courtesy of Richard Smith. |
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Hiker volunteer
"Ice" from Maine lining the ditch with rocks to deter
erosion, June 6, 2006 (40KB). Photo courtesy of Richard
Smith. |
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Hiker volunteer
"Puck Finn" from Pennsylvania breaking large rocks into
smaller rocks to put in the ditch, June 6, 2006 (45KB).
Photo courtesy of Richard Smith. |
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Hiker volunteer
"Ice" (left) and TEHCC members (L-R) Paul Benfield,
Bill Elderbrock, and Carl Fritz (on ladder), June 6, 2006 (99KB).
Photo courtesy of Richard Smith. |
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Damascus Trail
Days Hard Core patches, June 6, 2006 (37KB). Photo
courtesy of Richard Smith. |
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The newly completed
Mountaineer Falls
Shelter, June 6, 2006 (51KB). Photo courtesy of
Richard Smith. |
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Mountaineer
Falls, June 6, 2006 (56KB). Photo courtesy of
Richard Smith. |
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Interior of
Mountaineer Falls Shelter, June 6, 2006 (78KB). Photo courtesy of
Richard Smith. |
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Bob Peoples
at Mountaineer Falls Shelter, June 6, 2006 (56KB). Photo courtesy of
Richard Smith. |
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Looking at the
work crew from the shelter's loft, June 6, 2006 (58KB). Photo courtesy of
Richard Smith. |
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