Slickrock

Snake encounter triggers rescue mission

Marshall McClung
Friday, June 14, 2024
Slickrock – Graham County Rescue Squad members were dispatched around 8:25 p.m., Saturday, in response to a 911 call about a hiker having difficulties. A group of seven individuals – who were members of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, from the Knoxville area – had left Big Fat Gap around 10:30 a.m.

Slickrock Rescue ends after 18 hours

Marshall McClung
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Getting an injured person out of the woods is never an easy task. This is especially true of the Slickrock area of Graham County. Around 7:23 p.m. July 20, Graham County 911 received a call about a hiker with a fractured ankle, who had been injured six hours earlier.
A section of stepped trail, just beyond this bridge and to the left, was damaged during a storm and forced the closure of half of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest’s most popular hiking trail. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

A section of stepped trail, just beyond this bridge and to the left, was damaged during a storm and forced the closure of half of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest’s most popular hiking trail. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Work to restore Joyce Kilmer trail expected this summer

Randy Foster
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Slickrock – It’s a short stretch of trail at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, but with a big impact. Storm damage last year forced the U.S. Forest Service to block one end of the most popular hiking trail at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County. Only half of the 1.

Slickrock once a community

Marshall McClung
Friday, October 4, 2019
Visitors come from miles around to hike (and sometimes get lost) in the Slickrock area, which is considered to be one of the more remote sections of Graham County. Most probably have no idea that it was once inhabited by a number of families.