With all due respect, I think I'd have crawled on my hands and knees
to get to that place. Makes me wonder how all the rest got there.

 

At least you finally got your money back. I think I know the place you are talking about, I rented a cabin up their a few years back (the name of the place excapes me) but the gravel drive way almost straight up was a challange for my Jeep, I spun just about the whole way up, no way I would of even attempted it on a bike (dirt or street) or pulling a trailer.

 

Wife is working on it right now.

Found that site AFTER we had all the trouble.

No argument about how beautiful the cabin was. You just had to strap your bike to a mountain goat to get up there.

To the "Mountain Boys" among us, I admit I'm a "flatlander," but, this road was beyond steep, poorly engineered and very poorly maintained. A half-track pulling a trailer would have had a hard time going up this one.

Also, a lot of my "warning" has to do with the crappy attitude and actions of the owner.

 

I completely understand your problem. I own a cabin in the Gatlinburg area and some of the cabins up here are not motorcycle friendly. My advice in the future would be to get the actual address of the cabin then use google maps and google earth to see the roads and the topography of the roads to the cabin. Plus most cabins have horrible parking for motorcycles so ask for pictures of the parking area at the cabin to insure the parking is large enough as well as level enough for your needs. Glad to see you finally got your money back but it is appauling it took that long. Hope this does not keep you from returning back to this area because it does have some of the best rides in the country.

 

well at least you got your money but again i wonder how did they trailor all that stuff up there to build

 

Either way, thanks for the warning.

 

The owner should be upfront about the road not being motorcycle friendly. Being able to pull a motorcycle & trailer up the road, like he says, does no good when you want to be able to drive up and down the road on the bike.

 

When we went to Sturgis this year our cabin in Keystone was a real pain for us as well. The price was right (which should have tipped me off), but it was TINY, and it would have been impossible for all five us to stay there (as they advertised). The roads were very unmotorcycle friendly just as the OP stated, sharp turns on gravel with sharp inclines as well. I was lucky and didn't drop my bike at all, but saw at least six or seven others that did. It was my wife and I, one friend, and my parents. My Dad was so pissed off when he saw the size of the place that they went into town and rented another hotel foom to the tune of 1,200 bucks for the week. This could have easily ruined the trip.

P.S. Glad you finally got your money back.

 

i guess they build folks different in tennessee, you got your money back and that was really cool of the guy even with the hassle. in NY the guy would've told you to go pound sand. you never would've seen a dime back.

 

Most areas around Gatlinburg are over developed, at lot have bad roads or roads have not been maintained. The cabins are beautiful and a good experience if you get honest people that will truthfully answer your questions.
You are lucky to get your money back some of the reviews are questionable.