What can you tell me about the Clinch River TN?

[jkski]

I'm headed to the CLinch River TN in a couple of weeks and staying at Lone Mountain Resort, doesanyone have any advice about the area? Any water hazards to avoid? I'm told the skiing is great, is it?
Thanks.

[Cloaked]

I'm headed to the CLinch River TN in a couple of weeks and staying at Lone Mountain Resort, doesanyone have any advice about the area? Any water hazards to avoid? I'm told the skiing is great, is it?
Thanks.I live very close to the Clinch. It has good and bad, depending on where on the Clinch you're going (the resort is not familiar to me). It's a long long river, has a very high level of nuclear contaminants that are downstream of Oak Ridge, TN (fact not hear-say). If you want to call me and chat about the area in general, shoot me an e-mail and I'll hook you up with a phone number.

I'm thinking Lone Mtn Resort is on Norris Lake which is a basin for the Clinch. Be sure you're not going to Lone Mtn Resort in Sevierville, TN. It's on a mountain top....

If you're near Norris, you'll enjoy that area as a whole. I am not familiar with Norris, as I am with Center Hill, Watts Bar, and Clinch but someone here lives near Norris (IIRC).

[east tx skier]

... has a very high level of nuclear contaminants that are downstream of Oak Ridge, TN (fact not hear-say).

Night skiing!!! :headbang:

[Cloaked]

Night skiing!!! :headbang:If you only knew, my friend... LOL.... Oak Ridge was the site of The Manhatten Project when US nuclear national security was full swing development, including Uranium enrichment and all of the by-products including mercury.... They just dumped the stuff in the ground. Last month while drilling for soil characterization, we found contaminants 100 ft deep embedded in bedrock..... Signs posted at every launch ramp within 50 miles of the place... "Do not eat the fish!" Seriously....

That place is still hotter than a fresh forked fox in a forest fire...... I am currrently working there in efforts to clean it up...... It will never happen.... :eek:


Night skiing.... :headbang: :D

[LakePirate]

You can use fish for buoys

[MarkP]

I live very close to the Clinch. It has good and bad, depending on where on the Clinch you're going (the resort is not familiar to me). It's a long long river, has a very high level of nuclear contaminants that are downstream of Oak Ridge, TN (fact not hear-say). If you want to call me and chat about the area in general, shoot me an e-mail and I'll hook you up with a phone number.

I'm thinking Lone Mtn Resort is on Norris Lake which is a basin for the Clinch. Be sure you're not going to Lone Mtn Resort in Sevierville, TN. It's on a mountain top....

If you're near Norris, you'll enjoy that area as a whole. I am not familiar with Norris, as I am with Center Hill, Watts Bar, and Clinch but someone here lives near Norris (IIRC).
Wow,

That sounds nasty. Can you point that out on a map??

[Cloaked]

Wow,

That sounds nasty. Can you point that out on a map??

If so inclined, do a Google on the Manhatten Project or the Secret City.

The K-25 Uranium enrichment site is in the fuscha colored circle and the lower west end of the Clinch is in fuscha as well....
Oak Ridge is just WNW of Knoxville, Tn.

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[MarkP]

Thanks Sporty,

Rene and I occasionally look around at Lake/river front property for that dream retirement house. I may not be looking in that area.:worthy: .

[Cloaked]

Thanks Sporty,

Rene and I occasionally look around at Lake/river front property for that dream retirement house. I may not be looking in that area.:worthy: .

Most lake front here in my area is going for 100k plus minimum and it's not getting any cheaper. But this is an extremely nice area in many ways; distinct seasons, inland from hurricanes (and unfortunately seafood but only 7 hours drving to Panama City Beach), mountainness with very few tornados, low cost of living, rural culture, no state income tax, near I-75 and I-40. near Knoxville for city ammenities, climatically comfortable for the most part, scenic with everything except the desert and the ocean, southern hospitality, and redneck to beat all... LOL... But there's nothing wrong with being a red neck.... :D Mostly, it's home for me.

As for the water quality, it's mostly contaminated on the bottom where most of the elements are heavier than H2O. It started in 1943 so people here accept it and basically ignore it. People do swim in the downstream water. However, we just go upstream (of the contamination source) on a branch tributary and enjoy the clean glass. Talk about a ski haven here . I am truly blessed to have this near me.