Conquering Clingmans Dome - The Highest Peak in Tennessee
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2017
- My dad and I conquered our second trip up Clingmans Dome! A 22 mile climb with about 5,400 feet of climbing. It's an amazing route, and I took the camera along with me this time to capture some of the scenery and to offer some tips along the way. Leave a comment about your biggest climb or ride to date, and what you thought about it!
My brother and I made up our own event in 2004 or so and called it the Dual Peak Tricathlon. The 3 events being ride from Gatlinburg to the top of Clingman. Then, backdown and cycled to the Bullhead trail and fast hike up Mt. Laconte. The third and final event was beer drinking. So about 50 on the bike 14-15 round trip up Laconte. Think it took about 6-7 hours. Was a blast.
Don't forget. Most of the Clingmans Dome access road and all of the parking area and facilities are all in NC. Even the Clingmans Dome Lookout Tower is in NC so when you are on the lookout tower you are standing in North Carolina. Just mentioning this because you noted it was in Tennessee, but don't forget the Tarheel state has all of the access and lookout facilities for Clingmans Dome. The beautiful Dome is the third highest mountain in NC and the highest mountain in Tn. Thanks.
I climbed this before in 2013 and park ranger wouldn't even let me walk with the bike, I had to leave the bike with them and walk to the tower.
Heading here this weekend! looks like fun, can I ask what your gearing is?
If you watch my video about converting my mountain bike into my road bike, you can see! At this point in time, it was a 30t Absolute Black oval chainring on the front, with an 11-32t cassette on the back. I could have climbed a tree with that thing! My dad's gearing was a standard compact chainring set up front, with an 11-28t cassette in the back. There aren't many steep pitches, so it's perfect for this ride!
It's a hybrid...
I'm thinking about doing this in a couple of weeks. Any idea what the traffic is typically like?
Your dad's seat appears to be too low. Very hard on the knees.