TRAIL CONDITIONS
Trail Alerts! -2/12/19-
Be aware the Trace between Cumberland Falls and Laurel Lake will be impassible with all this rain. We strongly discourage your visiting this section until the rains stop and the water levels drop.
Rock Creek - Again, heavy consistent rain will swell this stream as it flows into the river which is at high levels. Please take the road walk around Rock Creek on Beech Grove Road from Yamacraw. Do not attempt to cross until to level is back to normal pool.
Stoney Cove - Caney Loop - Cave Run Lake - Someone has knocked down most of the blazing on the Trace along the lake shore. This is marked 1226 on the map. Maybe someone is just confused as to why the blazes are there. Several years ago, working with the DBNF Cumberland District, we agreed, at their suggestion to moving the Trace over to this trail along the lake. So if you thought someone put the blazes there as a mistake, no it is the trail. If someone just vandalized the trail well not much more to say. The Cave Run Lake Chapter will get out and put them back up shortly.
Horse Lick Creek - In Jackson County, again all stream crossing should be approached with caution. These streams flow into the Rockcastle River which is above normal pool and will take at least a week of no rain to go down and for these creeks and streams upstream to empty and return to normal pool.
If you see other issues on the Trace, please let us know, preferably with an email to director@sheltoweetrace.org.
Thanks for your support!
Rock Creek - Again, heavy consistent rain will swell this stream as it flows into the river which is at high levels. Please take the road walk around Rock Creek on Beech Grove Road from Yamacraw. Do not attempt to cross until to level is back to normal pool.
Stoney Cove - Caney Loop - Cave Run Lake - Someone has knocked down most of the blazing on the Trace along the lake shore. This is marked 1226 on the map. Maybe someone is just confused as to why the blazes are there. Several years ago, working with the DBNF Cumberland District, we agreed, at their suggestion to moving the Trace over to this trail along the lake. So if you thought someone put the blazes there as a mistake, no it is the trail. If someone just vandalized the trail well not much more to say. The Cave Run Lake Chapter will get out and put them back up shortly.
Horse Lick Creek - In Jackson County, again all stream crossing should be approached with caution. These streams flow into the Rockcastle River which is above normal pool and will take at least a week of no rain to go down and for these creeks and streams upstream to empty and return to normal pool.
If you see other issues on the Trace, please let us know, preferably with an email to director@sheltoweetrace.org.
Thanks for your support!
Alerts for Big South Fork
Landslide at Clear Creek
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There has been a landslide at about mile 47.7 (on the Outragis Sheltowee Trace maps) in the Clear Creek area. Area is marked off with signs and caution tape. Hikers are able to get past the slide. Area is closed to horses until the slide can be fixed. Anticipate the slide being repaired in March 2019.
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Reroute at Stoney CoveAt the suggestion of the Forest Service, the STA has agreed to move the Trace from its current location running south of Stoney Cove mile 37.5 to the place where it intersects trail #1226 (Caney Loop) near mile 40. This change will add 3.4 miles onto the Trace increasing the length to an unofficial 322.5. The change will enable users to hike along the lake shore and will provide more acceptable camp sites along the lake, Yes there will still be horse traffic on this section as well but there is work planned to make significant improvements to the trail tread to mitigate the conditions produced by trail riding.
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Reroute in Clearfield
From 519 you take a left after the bridge, pass Caudill’s Auto Body Shop, turn right onto Clearfield Hill Rd which has a gentle climb. Follow Clearfield Hill Rd to the right as it curves near the top of the hill. Soon take a right on Partin Rd which within yards curves to the left; curving to the left, Partin goes down the hill to the rear of Clearfield Elementary School and eventually to the STOP at McBrayer Road. To stay on the Sheltowee, turn left onto Mill Branch Road. The blazes are white painted turtles on the road.
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Wartburg, Tennessee Planned Southern Terminus for TraceWorking with the Cumberland Trail Conference, the STA has sketched a possible route to the connection with the CTC at Wartburg, Tennessee. This connection will take some time to work out given that portions of the planned route will take the Trace on private land. The good news is, we have a team working on the connection and hope to see the southern terminus finally find a home there by 2019.
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Have you seen a section of the trail that needs attention? Please let us know! Submit a trail report and include as much detail as possible. Thanks!
