Low Gap 2.5, AT 4.7, Snake Den Ridge 5.3

Met Joel at the Cosby entrance to the GSMNP at 7:45 (I left at 6:05, got a sandwich & gas); I was 20 min. early and he arrived before I did. We drove into the Cosby Campground and began our hike ~8:00.

Low Gap was not that unique; on the AT we met a number of hikers. Most had spent the night at Tricorner Knob; they said that it snowed during the night. I shot a number of pictures trying to capture "snow" on May 12. Snake Den Ridge was obviously mostly down hill; I lengthened my sticks in an endeavor to take compressive force off of my knees. We arrived at our cars a little before 3:00; Joe took off and I iced my knee for 15 min.