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Hike of the Month: Paint Mountain and Chimney Rocks Trails

A railroad trestle, seen here in the distance from a viewpoint on the Paint Mountain Trail, marks the area where hikers will leave the Chimney Rocks Trail at Weaver Bend and continue for another .09 miles back to the parking area along a road that parallels the French Broad River Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photo by Adam Brimer, copyright © 2012

A railroad trestle, seen here in the distance from a viewpoint on the Paint Mountain Trail, marks the area where hikers will leave the Chimney Rocks Trail at Weaver Bend and continue for another .09 miles back to the parking area along a road that parallels the French Broad River Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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  • Hikers will begin descending toward Weaver Bend, seen here as a field in the distance to the right of the French Broad River, as they make their way along the Chimney Rocks Trail to the parking area in the Cherokee National Forest Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Alan Householder makes his way toward Weaver Bend, seen here as a field in the distance to the right of the French Broad River, as he hikes along the Chimney Rocks Trail back to the parking area in the Cherokee National Forest Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Hikers traveling along the Paint Mountain Trail in the winter will have clear views of the surrounding Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Hikers will descend along the Chimney Rocks Trail down to Weaver Bend which is positioned on the French Broad River in the Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Small patches of brightly colored moss can be seen on the Paint Mountain and Chimney Rocks Trails in the Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • A railroad trestle, seen here in the distance from a viewpoint on the Paint Mountain Trail, marks the area where hikers will leave the Chimney Rocks Trail at Weaver Bend and continue for another .09 miles back to the parking area along a road that parallels the French Broad River Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • The hike along the Paint Mountain and Chimney Rocks Trails makes for an easy to moderate trek that climbs up and back down a ridge line which offers spectacular views of the French Broad River in the Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Hikers will travel for .09 miles along a gravel road that parallels the French Broad River after leaving the Chimney Rocks Trail and Weaver Bend in the Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • The hike along the Paint Mountain and Chimney Rocks Trails is well marked by signs and yellow blazes in the Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

February's hike of the month travels six miles along the Paint Mountain and Chimney Rocks Trails in the Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio, Tenn.

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