The Slaughter Creek Trail starts off at Lake Winfield Scott, which is just a few miles south of Blairsville in the Blood Mountain region. In fact, the trail is an access trail to the Appalachian Trail (AT) and the summit of Blood Mountain. It's a fairly moderate 5.5 mile trail (round trip), ending at a T-junction with the AT. Most of the intense climbing is around the last quarter of a mile.
Lake Winfield Scott 
Parts of the trail at the beginning were pretty thick with foliage. 
Some of the ground cover along the side of the trail 
Not much left of this tree but the bark 
A little moss covering the base of this tree 
I do like tunnels of rhododendron 
Parts of this trail were still incredibly green 
Wonderful shape and color on this plant 
The Appalachian Trail nears 
Snagged a picture of this guy on my way out
