Appalachian Trail Section Hike Northbound - Davenport Gap to Hot Springs, NC (May 2021)

After sitting out 2020, we continue our annual section hiking journey northbound on the Appalachian Trail picking up where we left off in 2019 at Davenport Gap, on the Tennessee and North Carolina border directly north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In this section five of us cover 35.8 miles (56.8 km) over the span of three days and two nights on the AT in May 2021.
PLACES
Davenport Gap, GSMNP east boundary
State Line Branch
Pigeon River
I-40
Green Corner Rd.
Painter Branch
Spanish Oak Gap
Snowbird Mt.
Groundhog Creek Shelter
Brown Gap
Max Patch Rd, NC 1182
Max Patch Mt.
Roaring Fork Shelter
Lemon Gap, NC 1182/TN 107
Walnut Mt. Shelter
Bluff Mt.
Big Rock Spring
Garenflo Gap
Deer Park Mt. Shelter
Hot Springs, US 25/70
MUSIC BY
Sam Burchfield (Live at the Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC - May 7, 2021), The Brothers Comatose, Bones Owens and Shark Sandwich.

[@NickandRachel]

Awesome hike guys!

[@psenevir]

Some shady characters on this adventure 😂