Tail of the Dragon - FiST Photos inside!!!

[Ford ST]

^^^^i agree with the you on all the other roads...i went up in July for the tail, stayed in the dragons rest cabins. yeah it was an awesome experience, but there were so many other options. for starters i began the whole trip in Walhalla SC drove up to Robbinsville via the moonshiners' 28 which is 91 miles of curvy rd. I did the Cherahola skyway, which was great cuz i started real early in the morning and there wasnt anyone else on it at all. the road to clingmans dome is fantastic, but my favorite rd i found was the road to (river rd) to baby falls and bald river falls. Its towards the end of the cherohola. the speed limit is low but its curvy and going in you are right on the tellico river, and i mean right on it...one second of loss of attention and you and your car are going swimming. at the end of it tho there are these 2 amazing waterfalls (i ate lunch at baby falls and did a lil hike at bald river) If you can find it, go there, its worth it.
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I know that waterfall.

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[joesiris]

^^^ Noice! i did that lil kike up to the top, it was cool to see all the ppl on the bridge below

 

[LastMK7]

^^^ Noice! i did that lil kike up to the top, it was cool to see all the ppl on the bridge below

Wow this is an old thread, when in Rome....

I was just at the Dragon last weekend for Tougefest. Great fun, just a few Fiestas there.

 

[zumakid70cc]

I so badly want to hit the tail but till then I enjoy the ride up to chimney rock and lake lure.

 

[LastMK7]

I so badly want to hit the tail but till then I enjoy the ride up to chimney rock and lake lure.

those are great roads too

 

[zumakid70cc]

those are great roads too

They really are and perfect for the fist cuz you can carry a decent amount of speed into the corners.

 

[joesiris]

the road up to ceasers head, though short, is a fun drive

 

[joesiris]

i wanna try this next...its like 228 miles from me but its hundreds of miles of rd. the back of the dragon is 32 miles of it that is apparently similar to the tail

 

[zumakid70cc]

i wanna try this next...its like 228 miles from me but its hundreds of miles of rd. the back of the dragon is 32 miles of it that is apparently similar to the tail
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Now that seems like it would be a blast take a week off of work and just cruse as a group on the whole thing and set like a goal for each day. Kinda like a group thing you could say. I don't think words would do it justice like driving it with the fist would. Hmmmm.... Who's in?

 

[CSM]

the road up to ceasers head, though short, is a fun drive

Used to blast up that road all the time when I lived in Clemson. Great road and relatively unnoticed. The lookout near the top is amazing on a clear day

 

[Ecmdrw5]

i wanna try this next...its like 228 miles from me but its hundreds of miles of rd. the back of the dragon is 32 miles of it that is apparently similar to the tail
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I live in the middle of the Galax loop.

South of I81, I would say most of those roads are average mountain roads and nothing too special. Fun if you are just looking for a drive. The “outer loop” up to Grayson Highlands and Mt Rogers are probably the best that I’m familiar with. The south part of the Wytheville loop is a lot of quick rights and lefts as the road follows between hills, a creek, and farms.

I’m not too familiar with the roads north of I81 so I can’t speak to those but the back of the dragon looks like the “best” section.

If you decide to head this way and need some company let me know.


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[joesiris]

id love to just live up in the mountains somewhere, you never know what's just around the corner, you could be on your way to some grocery store and all of a sudden your on a twisty rd...down here the best we have is the round about down the street

 

[Ecmdrw5]

id love to just live up in the mountains somewhere, you never know what's just around the corner, you could be on your way to some grocery store and all of a sudden your on a twisty rd...down here the best we have is the round about down the street

Sadly most of the roads I drive on are in a valley/basin type area. 58 between Galax and Independence is a 4 lane highway with a 60mph speed limit so not a lot of fun happens there. Just a normal commute with nice scenery.

But head in any direction and you’ll eventually find some twisty bits.


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[Nitelife]

I figured I'd post here; "official" TotD thread. I drove it last Wednesday, and had a blast on TotD and Moonshiner (28). Pictures courtesy of Killboy.com

 

[jmrtsus]

I'm about an hour away and love driving it! FiST on!

 

[Intuit]

Continental Extreme Contact Sports

^ Yes. I'm 100% stock drivetrain and suspension but used to spin all the time with the OEM Bridgestones. The Cooper much less so but I got rid of (still with new tread) because they punctured easily and couldn't be plugged... basically they couldn't keep air. The Continental Extreme Contact (215/45R17) so far have been a blast; not easily spun and more confidently hold corners. It'll be interesting to see how they compare to the Continental snow tires come Winter. Hoping they'll be good enough that I won't need snow tires but will see. Had to let a bunch of air out of my Cooper all season just to get up the hill and off the street where I live; whereas the dedicated Contential snow tires had no issues what so ever.