Nearly 400 miles across North Georgia, 2/3 of it over unpaved roads. Currently thinking about making a week of it and camping along the way. I'd love intel if any of you guys have any experience doing it.
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Anyone have any experience with "The Georgia Traverse?"
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Nearly 400 miles across North Georgia, 2/3 of it over unpaved roads. Currently thinking about making a week of it and camping along the way. I'd love intel if any of you guys have any experience doing it.
I live NE of Ellijay and SE of Blairsville and I’ve driven a lot of it in my 74 Bronco especially when I was doing trail work on the AT and BMT (mainly from the Cohuttas to Rabun Gap) and sawyer work for the USFS. On the less traveled FS roads such as the Cohuttas have a lot of exposed rock so cut tires are a good possibility if you drive too fast and don’t read the road. I have steel skid plates on both the front and rear differentials as erosion has exposed some larger rock in the road could easily crack a diff. I have 24 gallon and 8 gallon fuel tanks and carry a spare 5 gal Jerry as I only get about 8 mpg but there is gas readily available in most areas. I usually carried 5 gal of water as I didn’t want to have to filter from a stream which are usually plentiful along the FS roads.
There are a lot of primitive camping areas along side the FS roads but I carried a pad and just dropped the tail gate and slept in the back. Looks like a good time and I might have to give the whole trail a try. Keep us posted as it would be interesting to hear how your journey goes.
There are a lot of primitive camping areas along side the FS roads but I carried a pad and just dropped the tail gate and slept in the back. Looks like a good time and I might have to give the whole trail a try. Keep us posted as it would be interesting to hear how your journey goes.
Outstanding intel, thanks. I've heard from a couple of folks that as the years have worn on, more and more rock has become exposed. Thanks for the info. The plan, currently, is to find some kind of overland trailer. Roof top tent for the girls on the trailer, wife and I sleep in the jeep. I found an air mattress that fits the back after the seats fold down. Carry food and water in the trailer, along with recovery gear and spare for the trailer. Very, very rough draft of course.
That sounds like a great start and the good thing is there are usually some sorts of civilization within 5-10 miles. The USFS has cut way back on road maintenance and some of the rocks are too large for a road grader so they just go around them.
Cell service can be non-existent (I don’t have service at my house) so paper maps are a must. I carried a HAM radio which is what we used to communicate most of the time and the USFS has repeater sites up here you can use in an emergency. If you have any questions in your planning shoot me a PM andI’ll be happy to try and answer it.
I see some of those guys up here every once in awhile. Some of the rigs are crazy.
Show pics of your Jeep
His. Not mine. Saw them on another thread.
Copy that.
When I get closer to it, I may just do that. Currently have a GMRS license and am studying for HAM exam. Printed and laminated map is part of the plan, too. I used an USFS repeater just yesterday up in Chatsworth. Kerchunked it just to see if I could, and I could. At least I think I did, got a tail squelch.
I had an 81 CJ7 in high school. 258. Only one I ever had.
