We've been hoping for a scout oriented hang with significant backpacking involved. My son is a two palm eagle and a ranger at Philmont and I'm an old scout master. Quinn will be back from New Mexico Mid-September. We are section hiking the AT and need to get in the Smoky Mth sections perhaps NC line past NOC/Lake Fontana; that would be very appealing to us. The scouts thinking about Philmont might benefit from some trail time with a ranger.
We would be up for a Smoky mountain AT section mid-September 3-4 days.