UAH Cru Men’s Epic Wilderness Adventure

March 9-11, 2012

The Briefing

Man up today for this 3-day, 2-night wilderness backpacking adventure.  It will test you physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  We will be travelling Savage Gulf area of middle Tennessee - a giant eroded depression in the Cumberland Plateau.  This could be the beginning of a life changing journey!

The Mission

Day One: Plan to leave Huntsville Friday morning at 6:30 AM!  We will stop for a quick breakfast along the way to Savage Gulf in Tennessee.  After dropping our shuttle car, we will hit out trailhead on the east side of the gulf.  We will have excellent views of the whole weekend’s trek today!  The 8.3 miles for today are very easy and level.  By nightfall, we will setup camp at the Hobbs Cabin site.

Day Two: The scenery will take a big change today!  We have much shorter mileage but the terrain will be more challenging.  We begin by dropping into the gulf then start to follow Savage Creek...but most of the time it will be underground!  In 3.5 miles, we will reach our camp for the night: Sawmill Camp.  We will drop our bags and take a side trip up Collins Gorge to the triple waterfall of Rocky Mountain Creek.

Day Three: Today’s journey is moderate - only 5 miles but we will have to climb out of the gulf back to the rim.  After passing over Big Creek, our exit from the canyon will be the Great Stone Door.  This 10 foot wide, 150 foot tall natural crevice forming a ‘door’ to the cliff tops above.  From there, it’s a quick 1-mile walk to the ranger station and our waiting car.

We will have to send drivers to collect the cars on the other side then we’ll head out to Monteagle, TN for an all-you-can-eat country style buffet.  We should get back to HSV around 3:00 Sunday afternoon.

The Cost

$125.00 per person ($25/person for UAH Students) includes:

• Guided 20+ mile, 3-day, 2-night adventure
• Breakfast Friday morning
• All food and snacks for the trail
• Free equipment rental
• All-you-can-eat dinner in Monteagle, TN

Space is limited-register now!  Sign-up deadline February 26!