Highlight • Mountain Hut
Icewater Spring Shelter
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Hubert Trapp
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).
H_SND
October 30, 2022
Hiking
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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