We needed to go back and complete the section from the Needle's Eye to the TV Road. We didn't complete this section when we were on on the mountain on July 16th because of weather conditions. To start out we took the Toll Road up to the parking lot at the Visitor's Center. From their we hiked the LT to the Forehead Bypass. We took the Forehead Bypass down to the Needle's Eye. There are some really tough sections on this side trail with only steep bare rock. We took our time and went really slow so we could get hurt. Once we got to the Needle's Eye we took a break and then headed up the LT. We met two groups of young hikers heading south without maps so we took the time to direct them to the place they were hiking to! We had a perfect day for views, the air was clear and the cloud cover was at about 5,000 ft. Once we got back to the TV Road we hike a short way down the Lakeview Trail and found a beautiful rock outcropping to have lunch. What a view!! We then hiked back on the LT passed the Visitor Center north to the Amherst Trail and took it back to the parking lot and back down the Toll Road. Total miles for the day = 3.6
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