I've decided to heed the sage-like wisdom swirling around these parts and begin exploring the herd path to the base of the Great Slide on Grace. I don't plan on climbing it but looking to get the route down and pick a camp spot for an eventual trip.
There is a bunch of trip reports from this hike (thanks for all the great documentation folks) but I still have a few questions:
1) It looks to me like the herd path starts on the South Side of the river (and its associated bridge). I often see cars crammed in along the dirt road there. Is this where people commonly park? We are a little apprehensive about being blocked in. I believe there is also a pull off across the road and a dirt road (with a lot of downed trees) on the north bank of the river. My instinct is to park in the pull off but I'm not thrilled about leaving my car so exposed on a busy, twisty, tourist-gaping-ey road.
So in summary...where do you park?
2) I couldn't find the right TR but I remember reading there is an older crossing and a newer one. On the ADK map, there are two 'trails' depicted: the first crossed immediately then crosses a tributary. The second follows around a big bend in the river and crosses shortly after the path to Rhododendron Pond.
So which way is my best bet?
Any help would be much appreciated and I always love hearing stories from a hike I'm about to do if you've got something you'd like to share.
There is a bunch of trip reports from this hike (thanks for all the great documentation folks) but I still have a few questions:
1) It looks to me like the herd path starts on the South Side of the river (and its associated bridge). I often see cars crammed in along the dirt road there. Is this where people commonly park? We are a little apprehensive about being blocked in. I believe there is also a pull off across the road and a dirt road (with a lot of downed trees) on the north bank of the river. My instinct is to park in the pull off but I'm not thrilled about leaving my car so exposed on a busy, twisty, tourist-gaping-ey road.
So in summary...where do you park?
2) I couldn't find the right TR but I remember reading there is an older crossing and a newer one. On the ADK map, there are two 'trails' depicted: the first crossed immediately then crosses a tributary. The second follows around a big bend in the river and crosses shortly after the path to Rhododendron Pond.
So which way is my best bet?
Any help would be much appreciated and I always love hearing stories from a hike I'm about to do if you've got something you'd like to share.
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