Route derived from All Trails (https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/georgia/jarrard-gap-trail). The GPX route submitted is slightly longer than AT as it begins just off the park road, specifically at the big rock on the approach. Distance and elevation submitted are from my Garmin watch. The loop is moderately difficult, has no steep inclines, but a lot of up/down elevation changes providing both cardio challenge and recovery. The trails are all well maintained and mostly single track. The Slaughter Creek and Jarrard Gap sections of the trail are very low traffic so the overall route provides a lot of privacy. Access to the SC or JG sections are via Lake Winfield-Scott park, parking is $5.00/day (annual passes are available and the park honors Federal Interagency passes.).
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Stating intent to set a most in one rear record. First hike was on 14.Oct.2024. Hike data and links to Strava logs are kept in a Google Sheet at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JYol1m9WH4q0N804W2s4WVhpoBFHZ9A…
Note: distance and times logged are via a Garmin watch. I will eventually compute averages for both and use those for all entries.
Life has gotten in the way of hiking and I've had to take a number of months off. I leave it to the admins to decide if this is a worthy attempt at a FKT or not.Â