This 7.3-mile trail leads from the 0.3-mile access trail in Smokemont Campground to the intersection of Dry Sluice Gap Trail and then climbs 3.3 miles leading to Hughes Ridge Trail. From the Smokemont Campground, it goes 0.9 miles to where Chasteen Creek Trail veers to the right. It is 0.5 miles from there to where the Smokemont Loop Trail comes out. It then ends after 2.3 miles at the intersection of Cabin Flats Trail and Dry Sluice Gap Trial. It then continues 3.3 miles to Hughes Ridge.