Clingman's to Newfound Gap

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#1
									How long does it take to get from Clingman's Dome to Newfound Gap in the Smokies on the A.T.?  And from Fontana Dam to Clingman's Dome.

									_Jeff Acton_
#2
									I believe Fontana Damn to Clingmans Dome is app.34+ miles.

Clingmans Dome to Newfound Gap is app. 8 miles.
How long does it take? That depends how fast you hike.
The average would be 3-4 days,and 1day.

									_Bartender_
#3
									Back in March, it took us 3 days znd a morning's hike to get from Fontana to Clingmans Dome.

It took us the better part of a day (10 am to 5 pm) to get from Climgmans to Newfound Gap.
We are not particularly fast hikers.

									_swamp fox_
#4
									i used to hike from newfound gap south to fontana every fall, and then have friends meet us for a couple of days at the lodge in fontana village. my wife, who before our thru-hike last year had very limited hiking experience, did the trip with me in '07 in 2 and a half days. i think that year we stayed at silers bald on the first night and mollies ridge the second and were standing on fontana dam by 11 am the next morning. this section is defeinitely easier to hike southbound than north. the climb out of fontana up shucksatck mtn. is a beast.

									_duck_