Gatlinburg tn route

ken56 wrote:
I just came down I-75 yesterday and there might be a fairly long grade but it is not steep or anything like a hair raising mountain pass. If you can't handle a grade up or down you hadn't better go anywhere then.

I didn't mean to sound critical of your post. Please accept my apology if it sounded that way.

The OP is only asking about his route thru/near the southern Appalachians- he knows he isn't going to see any grades like you would in the Rockies. Jellico Mtn grade is probably among the worst grades in this part of the country since they fixed Monteagle. If he's good with that, he's good all the rest of the route.
Another consideration is that we don't know if his tow vehicle is up to pulling whatever he is pulling. He may get hot pulling up JM or heat up his brakes doing down that long stretch. (subsequent post shows the OP certainly knows what he is doing, but at the time of my reply we did not have this info).

And imo what makes JM grade bad is all the idiots driving like idiots and getting into wrecks and such. I'm sure most of you do anyway, but always check a state's DOT site to see if theres any traffic problems before you get there (and let me say that if theres a problem at JM, so NOT take the windy 2-lane 9 as an alternate!)

https://smartway.tn.gov/traffic?position=-86.35683040000003,35.8630463,7&features=incidents,traffic