[at-l] Niday trail

[Charles Davidson]

HI Gang,
       In the latest Long Distance Hiker newsletter I found the article  
called The Niday Lean-to by Dan Welch AT 73 particularly interesting. I 
enjoy reading the history of and walking old AT routes such as The 
Pinnacles of Dan (Virginia). A 1948 trail guide lists The Pinnacles as 
the most difficult section on the entire AT. I have also walked the Old 
Niday trail. The Niday trail crosses private property and most blue 
blazes were removed in a timber cutting that is located just beyond the 
AT's protected view shed. This trail is located on the Eastern 
Continental Divide  which separates the Gulf and Atlantic water sheds. 
The AT here lies in the RATC section of Sinking Creek Mountain.
    Another historical article on a nearby location is in the NBATC 
area. Its about the folks that lived in this little valley before the AT.


    Brown Mountain Creek - Before the AT

                                                          
http://www.nbatc.org/1992Interview.htm
                                      
                                      Also mentioned in this pdf with 
some pictures and maps
                                       
http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/news0308/news0308-7.pdf

Chase