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                     | Capacity = 30
                     | Capacity = 30
                     | Privy = Yes
                     | Privy = Yes
                    | DistanceN = 8.7
                    | DistanceS = 5.0
                     | Elevation = 4,550
                     | Elevation = 4,550
                     | Latitude = 36.123615
                     | Latitude = 36.123615
                     | Longitude = -82.054214
                     | Longitude = -82.054214
                     | Medical = Elizabethton, TN  
                     | Medical = Elizabethton, TN  
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{{Announcement
 
|Title=Shelter Dismantled
|Body=Due to severe structural damage risking collapse due to a downward slope slide, the NEPA decision by the USFS published on 11/8/2023 was to dismantle the Overmountain Shelter, keeping the tent campsite and privy available.  The former barn was removed from the field in November 2023.}}
== Description ==
== Description ==
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== Maintenance History ==
== Maintenance History ==
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*Sept 2013: Multiple shelter improvements.  A 7'x6' sliding barn door was installed for the loft opening.  Lower sleeping platforms reinforced with new legs and braces.  Drainage addressed around the barn.  Picnic table repaired. 
*May 2012: Replaced 15 loft floor boards with old barn boards. Refastened picnic table legs with screws. After six years, the privy was again repaired and relocated over a new 5'x4'x4' pit. The old pit was covered with a row of 8" logs, then dirt from the new pit, and finally the old toilet lid was placed on top.
*2010: Replaced 2x10 framing and bottom two feet of siding on uphill side with treated lumber, installed guttering on uphill side, painted roof on uphill side and painted entire exterior using grant funds from North Carolina Appalachian Trail License Plate.
*2006: Replaced tops of ground level sleeping platforms with painted plywood using grant funds from North Carolina Appalachian Trail License Plate.
*Mar 2006: Relocated privy.  The platform was enlarged and placed over a 5'x4'x4' hole lined with rough sawn pine boards. Old hole with soil and logs.
*Mar 2006: Relocated privy.  The platform was enlarged and placed over a 5'x4'x4' hole lined with rough sawn pine boards. Old hole with soil and logs.
*2002: The "Older American" crew installed braces at each bottom end of the barn on the side where the sleeping areas are located.  It should be more stable during wind events now.
*2002: The "Older American" crew installed braces at each bottom end of the barn on the side where the sleeping areas are located.  It should be more stable during wind events now.
*1996: Framed the ground level and put in gravel to eliminate the dust.  Covered the upstairs wall cracks to prevent entry of wind and rain.  Built two sleeping platforms on the ground level.  Built a bench upstairs.  Painted the outside and installed a picnic table.  
*1996: Framed the ground level and put in gravel to eliminate the dust.  Covered the upstairs wall cracks to prevent entry of wind and rain.  Built two sleeping platforms on the ground level.  Built a bench upstairs.  Painted the outside and installed a picnic table.  
*1995: TEHCC and Fred Lashley installed new roof.  
*1995: Fred Lashley and Bob ? installed new roof.  
*1993: Reinforced structure in loft area.  Dug ditch on back side, lined with plastic and filled with large rock for drainage.  Enclosed stairwell and opening in loft with safety rails, cut door opening on ground level and installed bench upstairs.
*1993: Reinforced structure in loft area.  Dug ditch on back side, lined with plastic and filled with large rock for drainage.  Enclosed stairwell and opening in loft with safety rails, cut door opening on ground level and installed bench upstairs.


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Image:OvermountainBarnShelter.jpg|Overmountain Shelter
Image:OvermountainBarnShelter.jpg|Overmountain Shelter
Image:TheBarnShelter.jpg|Viewing shelter from above
Image:TheBarnShelter.jpg|Viewing shelter from above
Image:BarnInFog.jpg|View of shelter in fog
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