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== Description == | == Description == | ||
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The newest shelter on the TEHCC section of the Appalachian Trail. Located near its name-sake Mountaineer Falls. A wooden | The newest shelter on the TEHCC section of the Appalachian Trail. Located near its name-sake Mountaineer Falls. A classic wooden two-story barn built in the 1970s to meet the needs of a local farm, it was later converted to a shelter and renovated in the 1990s. The barn comfortably accommodates up to 30 people and is the only TEHCC shelter with a privy. | ||
== Location == | == Location == | ||
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Located between Elk River and Walnut Mountain Road. The shelter is | Located between Elk River and Walnut Mountain Road; elevation 3200 feet. The shelter is 0.1 miles off the A.T. on a blue-blazed side trail. In the Cherokee National Forest, Watauga Ranger District. Located on the [[US19E to Dennis Cove Road]] section. | ||
== Water == | == Water == | ||
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The nearest | The nearest watersource is Mountaineer Falls. Either continue on the blue blaze from the shelter to the top of the falls, or follow the A.T. south of the shelter to t | ||
== Sanitation == | |||
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No privies. Disposal location of gray water should be made away and down hill from the water source. | |||
== Maintenance History == | == Maintenance History == | ||
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* | *2006: Built by the TEHCC and Hardcore Crew | ||
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