Smokey Mountains 500 Suches GA to Robbinsville NC

Day 2 of my solo ride of the Smokey Mountains 500. Hammock camped at 2 Wheels of Suches in north Georgia. Next day rode the red section to near Robbinsville, NC. The red section has a little more paved riding than the blue section, but the off pavement riding is a little more challenging. There were 4-5 creek crossings, but only 2 of those were significant. I had ridden the last 2 dirt sections of this route a couple of weeks previously (see my Murphy NC video). Being only a couple of hours from home, I chose to ride around the Great Smokies National Park to home. I haven't gone back to finish the last section, from Robbinsville, NC, to Tellico Plains, TN, but I hope to do that soon, with a riding companion, since I expect it to be a bit more challenging, especially Witt Rd. Thanks for riding along!

[@stepheneldridge6998]

Super video...you have some awesome places to ride! And the Scrambler is doing you proud 👏. Cheers, Steve

[@TravelingOutsideTheBaatz]

4:34 Love the "to all my hiking friends" comment.
I am new to adventure riding and looking to do the smoke 500. But in 2019 I hiked the entire Appalachian Trail. So I will see both sides now. 😮

[@RoadRash1]

That's an amazing accomplishment! Congrats! Good luck on the SM500. I'm going to carve out a weekend before the summer is over to either do the 500 again or the Georgia Traverse.

[@eshaw08able]

Did you use the gpx file for the route? What app are you using for it?

[@BaconsBrokenBits]

When we went through that fist Creek crossing in July, it was a bit over 2' deep. The one before Charlie's Creek was at least 3' deep. My video will be out soon.. just lazy with editing.

[@Road_Rash1]

Yeah, it had been dry so I lucked out! I'll try to checkout your video just to see the difference.

[@r1dutch]

Charlie's Creek rd at 9:23 was epic in the spring. Right Bacon? LOL. Bike swallowing ruts and deep water. Most challenging part of the trail. Now it's just meh.

[@RoadRash1]

Yeah, they dressed a lot which took care of the ruts and it's been so dry the creek crossings were pretty easy. I would've hate to seen it flowing well!

[@eshaw08able]

Also id love to join you on one of your trips