Gabe's Mountain

Date: 1/4/2014
Distance: ~7.8 mi

Today I was expecting to hike Snake Den Ridge, Maddron Bald and Gabes mountain, but the weather conspired against us.  The snow on the road into the Cosby Campground caused 2 fellow hikers to get stuck and cost us lots of time.  In the end we decided to leave a car at Cosby and drive over to the Maddron Bald trailhead.  This road was also icy, so we parked at the nearby campground and walked to the trail.  Once we reached the Maddron Bald Trail, we hiked it up to Gabes Mountain trail and then followed it back to the Cosby Campground.

There was a nice cabin not far up the Maddron bald trail.

There were 3-4" of snow on the trail and the trees and bushes were covered giving very scenic views.

A very large tree was growing out of a very large rock at one point.

 About 2 miles from Cosby, a short trail goes down to Hen Wallow Falls.  It was partially frozen.  Something about the cold caused the picture to look very blue.  It wasn't really this blue.