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Icewater Spring Shelter

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Icewater Spring Shelter

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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  • Location: Swain County, North Carolina, United States

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    June 16, 2022

    Hiking

    The Icewater Spring Shelter can be reached from the Newfound Gap Road South via the Appalachian Trail (3 miles) and from Kephart Shelter via the Sweat Heifer Creek Trail/Appalachian Trail (5 miles) or via the Dry Sluice Gap Trail and Grassy Branch Trail/Appalachian Trail (5.1 miles).

    October 30, 2022

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    The hut has room for about 20 people. It is a simple three-wall, single-roof shelter with two sleeping levels made of wood.
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