Re: 8th Annual Fall 2014-Tail of the Dragon GTG-October 3,4,5
***Cherohala Skyway run***
Complete loop / Return through the Dragon
Leave the lodge and head for the Fontana Dam Visitors Center (10 minutes away)
Turn rightout from the lodge onto Hwy 28
Go 3 miles from the lodge and keep left to the Fontana Dam Visitors center for photos.
(leave)
Watch for Hwy 28 South when leaving Fontana Dam
It is a sharp left fork in the road at a stop sign
Follow Hwy 28 to Hwy 143 right (18 mi, approx 30 min) to Robbinsville.
In Robbinsville turn right on US129/143 north and watch for US143 fork off to the left this will become the 55 mile Cherohala Skyway
(NC. hwy 143 & TN. hwy 165) 5200 ft peak.
Continue on into Telico Plains
LUNCH IN TELICO PLAINS at the:
Telecafe
128 Bank Street
Tellico Plaines, Tn
(423) 253-2880
Leave Telico Plains on Hwy 165 (east) to Hwy 360 North (Left)
Follow Hwy 360 to Hwy 411/72 right
Optional Pit-Stop at Hardy's in Vonore. (Restrooms & gas available)
Continue on hwy 411/72 north to hwy 72 right back to US129 right .
Another run through The Dragon and then on to Hwy 28 left .
9 more miles and arrive back to Fontana Lodge on right.
Last edited by Valk; 09-10-2014 at 10:26 PM.