COHUTTA INFORMATION
Cohutta Course Directions
DIRECTIONS TO WHITE WATER CENTER (START OF RACE)
Blue Ridge turn left onto Hwy 5 at McDonalds. Take Hwy 5 through Copperhill, Tennessee, turn left at a stop sign onto Hwy 68. Proceed fFrom Chattanooga: I-75 north to Cleveland, exit 20 Cleveland bypass about 35 miles from Cleveland past lower white water rafting put-in. Ocoee gorge drive is slow mountain roads so please allow more time.
COURSE DIRECTIONS
Race will start at White Water Center (WWC). It will proceed up Hwy64 by lead vehicle to just past the Brush Creek trail overflow parkinglot (on right) to an alternate entrance of Brush Creek trail (gated road on right just past parking lot but not yet to trail head of Brush Creek on left). Down hill (about 100 meters) to Brush Creek trail and turn left onto trail. (If you have trouble finding this in training, just start at Brush Creed trail head on left.)
Brush Creek trail will take you to Boyd Gap.
Trail will come out on northeast corner of Boyd gap parking lot (cell tower on summit). Re-enter trail at south east corner of parking area. This will come out on paved road that is access to the raft put in.
Go left on paved road downhill to near the river and turn right onto Old Copper Rd. This is a somewhat groomed trail that starts just behind the restroom on right of access road.
Follow this back to WWC and cross bridge at the welcome center. Left onto Bear Paw (stay left on Bear Paw loop) up to Chestnut.
Continue uphill on Chestnut (don’t turn right after end of Bear Paw) to 1st River View entrance. River View trail entrance will go straight as Chestnut curves right.
Riverview trail clockwise back to Chestnut.
Left turn at end of Riverview back onto Chestnut.
This will continue uphill where trail T’s at FS road 221. Turn left toward Tumbling Creek campground on FS221. This is the first aid station in the race. The 65 will turn right here.
Just after Tumbling Creek campground, road will briefly turn to pavement and T’s again. Turn right toward Dally Gap. Just after turn, you will go by some homely houses (watch for dogs) and re-enter FS roads. This will be FS65
At Georgia line road becomes FS road 22. Continue to Dally Gap (road turns right at hiking trail head) then to Watson’s Gap (Aid Station #2).
At Watson’s Gap continue straight. Road turns into FS64 here.
Continue south to Potato Patch mountain (Aid station 3) where road turns to FS68 and continue toward Lake Conasauga.
Near lake Conasauga, Take to FS17. This is a HARD right turn. FS 68 makes a 90 degree turn at this intersection and FS17 makes a near 180 degree turn. Easy to miss.
Continue on FS17 until it T's at Game Check station (aid station #4), and turn right onto FS16 . At the Ga/Tn line the road does a zig zag (turn right at the restroom) and will turn into FS221
Just before you get to Sylco campground, 221 turns right. (There will be a 65 mile race aid station about half way between aid 4 and 5 of the 100 miler on 221.) There is one more right turn on 221 before the down hill to Big Frog camping area (aid station #5).
FS221 will take you back to the WWC where you will go left off of 221 onto FS45 downhill to the West Fork trail (about 1.5 miles) and the last aid station.
Right onto Chestnut to Quartz.
Do the Quartz loop (clockwise).
Bypass trail back the Chestnut and go left.
Downhill to left turn (still Chestnut) just before the Bear Paw loop.
Chestnut to Thunder Rock Express.
Thunder Rock Express to Thunder Rock Campground.
(The race will not be able to use Rhododendron trail that connects Thunder Rock camp ground and the Start/Finish area and will have to return on the paved trail next to highway 64).
