Editing Shelter:Mountaineer Falls

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                     | Image Name = Mountaineer Falls Shelter1.jpg
                     | Shelter = Mountaineer Falls
                     | Capacity = 14
                     | Privy = No
                     | DistanceN = 1.6
                     | DistanceS = 5.2
                     | Elevation = 3,200
                     | Latitude = 36.2202
                     | Longitude = -81.98569
                     | Medical = Elizabethton, TN 
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== 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 A-frame with two main sleeping platforms and one loft platform. 

== Location ==
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Located between Elk River and Walnut Mountain Road.  The shelter is 70 yards off the AT on a blue-blazed side trail. In the Cherokee National Forest, Watauga Ranger District. Located on the [[US19E to Dennis Cove Rd]] section.

== Water ==
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The nearest water source is Mountaineer Falls.  Either continue on the blue blaze from the shelter to the top of the falls, or follow the AT south of the shelter to the bottom of the falls.


== Maintenance History ==
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*Oct 2017: Partial repainting (ran out of paint) and installed graffiti board.
*May 2006: Built by the TEHCC and Hardcore Crew
*Aug 2007: Trail distance measured by Collins Chew

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Image:Mountaineer Falls Shelter1.jpg
Image:Mountaineer Falls Shelter2.jpg|View of top "third" floor
Image:Mountaineer Falls Shelter3.jpg|Ladders to second and third sleeping decks
Image:MFSBear.jpg|The wood-carved bear at Mountianeer Falls Shelter
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