This is my first hike at the 2010 Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. Hikers met at the Laurel Falls Parking Area and rode a van to Newfound Gap. We started hiking on the AT toward Clingman's Dome. At about the 4 mile mark, we hiked down the Sugarland Mountain Trail and finally finished back at our cars at Fighting Creek Gap for a total of 16.6 miles.
It was hovering around freezing for the first hour. Mist shrouded us for the entire AT walk. Once we headed down Sugarland, conditions improved. We missed a few nice views at first but caught a few later in the day.
Nothing really unusual in terms of flowers. Silverbells, Magnolias, and Serviceberries were blooming. There were a few nice wildflower spots but nothing like what I would experience later.
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