Vacation, part 7: The Alum Cave Bluffs
About halfway up Mt. LeConte, The Alum Cave Bluffs Trail reaches its namesake, which is more bluff than cave. Legend has it that alum from this very site was used to make gunpowder in the Civil War:
The trail splits as it passes the bluffs: the lower path, a rocky stream bed, was much easier to walk on than the dry powder under the bluffs. I wish I'd had sense enough to take the rocky path on the way down, but by the time I realized where we were, I was already onto the powder. Next time, I hope I'll pay closer attention.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @5:46 PM
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