Bald Mountain shelter this weekend 7/30

[dakotaross]

Anybody familiar with hanging at or near Bald Mountain shelter on the AT? Would it be more like being on Standing Indian Mt (mild, and a similar elevation), or more like Roan Mt (not so mild)?? Expecting low 60s nearby, wondering how much cooler it might get up there, and how windy. And, looking to make sure there is decent hanging. Pics of the shelter area indicate there should be.

Me and another dad are taking some scouts up to a farm/camp near Big Bald. Scouts will do about an 8 mile hike from Sam's Gap up to Big Bald and down the southeast side of the bald to base camp near Jim Creek. Me and the other dad are looking to camp somewhere on the AT while we're up there and then meet up with the boys at base camp the next a.m.

The other dad is not a hiker, but is using mostly my extra gear which still pretty light. Still, I'm expecting he won't want to go much further than the shelter which would be almost 8 miles. Any great hanging spots nearby that we shouldn't pass up, even if we have to hike further?

[dakotaross]

Nobody?? Bump for someone who might have AT experience. I'll post on WB as well.

[dakotaross]

For reference, Big Bald shelter was very mild, many trees so not much wind, not too much sunlight either making it not so warm. It was 0.9m from Big Bald, about .03m from the outer edge of Big Stamp as you can see in this pic...

Weather was hot, partly cloudy. Only rained once which was mostly good. I don't take rain gear in the summer for the reason that I'm already wet and the cool "bath" is refreshing. Just so happened the one rain was on our uphill climb, so very fortunate to have been cooled off at that juncture.