"Appalachian Trail officials eye permanently closing once-popular Overmountain Shelter barn"
Read the full article from the Asheville Citizen Times here! Photos included are from the article.
This was the very first shelter I slept in on the Appalachian Trail back when I was 14, 11 miles from Roan Mountain, and I have mixed feelings over the likelihood of seeing it close after 23 years.
But my nostalgia can't solve snapped support beams and with the structure literally sliding down a mountain, it seems there's not much to be done. It was interesting learning a bit more about the history of this shelter, and I the seed is planted for a dedicated trip for a final glance at where I spent first night on the AT.
Does anyone else have fond memories of this shelter they'd like to share?
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Slept there on my attempted thruhike back in 2010 and again a few years back
It’s now unsafe and needs to be torn down.
perhaps the Conservancy can recycle the good wood and recreate a smaller version of the famous’ red barn’ on the same site?
nice views up there too
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