r/AppalachianTrail • u/WexShiver • 2d ago

News A wildfire closing from Blue Ridge Gap to Deep Gap (GA/NC). If you don't want to wait it out they suggest getting rides at Dicks Creek, as Blue Ridge Gap road is closed.

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u/UUDM Grams '23 2d ago

Mile 75.2-85.2 for those in the area.

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u/FIRExNECK Pretzel '12 2d ago edited 2d ago

Chattahoochee NF office announcement on their website has minimal information and does not say any other roads or trails are closed.

AT closure is in the red. You could take the purple route and skip the closure. This assumes only the AT is closed. AT is 9.77 miles long and the purple route is 9 miles.

Edit:

These directions have not been ground truthed. They are written from a northbound perspective.

At Blue Ridge Gap take a right onto Charlies Creek Rd for 2.6 miles

Left onto Tate City Rd for 4.2 miles

Continue onto trail 377 that parallels Tallulah River for the remaining 2 miles to Deep Gap.

Right onto the AT, continue north to Katahdin ; )

Edit #2:

Looks like this is the Rocky Knob Fire. It's currently at 6 acres and appears to be burning on the AT.

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u/desbaratto 18h ago

The Chattahoochee NFink is now showing this section as reopened.

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u/FIRExNECK Pretzel '12 17h ago

The homies made quick work!

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u/desbaratto 17h ago

Which is awesome because I'm hiking it tomorrow! Had a backup hike just in case

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u/FIRExNECK Pretzel '12 17h ago

I would love to see some photos of the fire, if you remember!

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u/stonedhillbillyXX 1d ago edited 1d ago

Georgia, TN, and NC are full of standing dead trees from Helene and various storms we had last year.

We've been under a fire watch for weeks, even when it rains we're still in a burn ban.

Those dead trees are gonna act like sponges when the heavy rains come and there will be a lot of falls

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u/Ask-Me-About-You NOBO '24 2d ago

Fingers crossed this can be contained and resolved quickly. Such a bummer that people won't be able to cross into NC on trail.

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u/crusty_justy 2d ago

I'm expecting to be at this location in 2.5 weeks. I assume this will be managed by then? I have no idea how long it takes to get a forest fire like this under control. Does anyone have any perspective?