Looking out over the Rough Creek Valley from a break in the foliage, appx. 8 miles from the trailhead at Fighting Creek Gap.  Sweet Ridge is on the left, and Miry Ridge and main crest of the Smokies are in the distance.  The snow-capped summit of Silers Bald is in the distance on the right. Trees are <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pinus_pungens" title="Pinus pungens">Pinus pungens</a></i>. Author Horace Kephart termed this area "Godforsaken" due to its remoteness.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bms4880" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Bms4880">Brian Stansberry</a>
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