Field notes
Notes from the western Cohuttas.
Sherpa Camp is not far from a great deal of country. These notes are written for guests who would rather understand the road, creek, trail, and weather before setting out.
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March 14, 20256 min readWhen the Cohuttas Turn: An Autumn Field Note
How fall arrives in the Cohutta Mountains: color moving down the ridges, apple season in Ellijay, cold-night fires, and the best weeks to be on Holly Creek. The Bear Creek Overlook, which is just 8 minutes from Sherpa Camp Ellijay is pictured above.
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Lake Conasauga: The Highest Water in Georgia
A spring-fed lake at 3,150 feet, dug by hand and finished in 1940. A field note on Lake Conasauga, Grassy Mountain, and the road that keeps climbing past Sherpa Camp.
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Trout Water: Fishing Holly Creek
Wild trout live in Holly Creek at Sherpa Camp's doorstep. A field note on where to cast, what to bring, and how to fish the headwaters of a Cohutta mountain stream.
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April 2, 20254 min readRiding from Camp: Bear Creek, the Pinhoti, and the Case for a Real Basecamp
A mountain biker's weekend from Sherpa Camp: the Bear Creek loop, the Gennett Poplar, Pinhoti singletrack near Mulberry Gap, and a cozy cabin waiting at the end of it.
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