2018 AT miles 2190.9.
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2018 AT miles 2190.9.
Will the ATC need to change my 2,000-miler completion certificate, ... which came in TODAY's mail?!!! 😁
Bugger why did I get injured this year, now I have to do an extra 1.8 miles. Don't think I can do it in the allocated time next year.
Anyone know where the additional trail mileage was added this year?
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Originally Posted by jjozgrunt
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They were working on the NoBo accent of Bear Mountain, not sure of that was opened, but it would be a small change, not 1.8 miles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deacon
it would be cool if the ATC maintained an annual change list over all these years, would love to map geek out looking how the path has changed year to year since its founding...
It might be for the re-route around Justus Mountain.
Reroute into Pearisburg?
Where is that announced?
It was on the ATC websiteQuote:
Originally Posted by RuthN
Let's hope not, that was a fun climb. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JC13
Having hiked both versions of the Justus Mtn section this year, I would say that the new section (i.e. bypassing the summit of Justus Mtn) is shorter. It's kind of a pity that the mountain is now bypassed because the south side had some nice views. However I certainly understand why the change was made because the north side trail was pretty badly eroded.
atdist.com has updated to the new 2018 mileage. It appears that I've hiked another 1.1 miles ... without getting out of my chair. :)
[QUOTE=Deacon;2182970]Anyone know where the additional trail mileage was added this year?
Is there anywhere we can go to see the mileage changes for each year?
When I began section hiking years ago, the trail was many miles less. With each addition, I always wonder if the extra miles were added to a section I have already completed or a section yet ahead...
What happens to last year's speed record holder? Since the trail is 1.8 miles longer than last year and the current record holder didn't do those miles will the first person to complete the trail this year in any amount of time hold the speed record at least for a little while?
In 1998 it was 2162.7 miles.
2168.1 miles in 2001 [emoji16]
I can't help with where the specific trail changes were each year, but here is a list of what the official mileage was for each year this century:
2001: 2168.1
2002: 2168.8
2003: 2172.6
2004: 2172.6
2005: 2174.9
2006: 2174.5
2007: 2174.0
2008: 2176.2
2009: 2178.3
2010: 2179.1
2011: 2181.0
2012: 2184.2
2013: 2185.9
2014: 2185.3
2015: 2189.2
2016: 2189.1
2017: 2189.8
2018: 2190.9
So on average the trail has been increasing in official length by about 1.3 miles per year this century. The trail has increased close to 23 miles in that time and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking Club, responsible for the Spivey Gap to Damascus section, has added around 12 of those miles with their hard work relocating trail (often replacing eroded trail going straight up mountains with well built switchbacks).
In 2015 I was told that Bob Peoples and his crew were responsible for half of the mileage increase since 2000.Quote:
Originally Posted by map man
Those switchbacks really add up!
Great minds must think alike -- I was editing my original post with the information about the Tennessee Eastman Hiking Club just as you were posting this!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarcasm the elf
I'll be glad when it finally reaches 2200, so I can stop telling people it's "almost" or "nearly" 2200 miles long.
I adjusted my spreadsheet based on the new milage in Guthooks and gained 0.4 to my total without leaving Florida.
From what I can tell: Georgia is now 0.3 shorter, coming in at 77.9. 0.2 of the loss was between Woody and Neels.
The distance between Stocoah and the NOC has increased by 0.5 since I hiked it.
There also seems to be 0.1 added somewhere between Standing Bear and Hot Springs.
Some changes appear to be adjusting the milage of a shelter location. There is no net change, but if you stayed there then your daily milage adjusts for both days but overall nothing changes.
I have only done 20% so far, so there are other changes along the way to account for the extra mile this year.
2190.9 + the 8.8 of the Approach, so close now for the 2200
True, but blue blaze trails are not included in the total mileage. If they were, the total mileage would easily be over 2300.Quote:
Originally Posted by JEgestad
Not sure how the formatting will look, but these are the changes from 2017 to 2018. I suspect that some of these are corrections and not re-routes.
-0.1 USFS42/80-Cooper Gap, GA to Gooch Mountain Shelter, GA Old 3.6, New 3.5 -0.2 Gooch Mountain Shelter, GA to GA60-Woody Gap, GA Old 5, New 4.8 0.2 US19-Nantahala River, NC to Sassafras Gap Shelter, NC Old 6.9, New 7.1 0.4 Fontana Dam, NC to Mollies Ridge Shelter, TN Old 10.6, New 11 0.1 Russell Field Shelter, TN to Spence Field Shelter Side Trail, NC Old 2.8, New 2.9 0.1 Double Spring Gap Shelter, TN to Clingmans Dome, TN Old 2.7, New 2.8 -0.6 Clingmans Dome, TN to Mount Collins Shelter Side Trail, TN Old 3.4, New 2.8 0.6 Mount Collins Shelter Side Trail, TN to US441-Newfound Gap, TN Old 4.3, New 4.9 0.1 US441-Newfound Gap, TN to Icewater Spring Shelter, NC Old 3, New 3.1 0.1 Icewater Spring Shelter, NC to Pecks Corner Shelter Side Trail, NC Old 7.3, New 7.4 0.4 Pecks Corner Shelter Side Trail, NC to Tri-Corner Knob Shelter, NC Old 4.8, New 5.2 -0.2 Cosby Knob Shelter, NC to Davenport Gap Shelter, TN Old 7.1, New 6.9 0.2 Davenport Gap Shelter, TN to TN32-Davenport Gap, TN Old 0.9, New 1.1 -0.2 Vandeventer Shelter, TN to Iron Mountain Shelter, TN Old 6.8, New 6.6 0.2 Iron Mountain Shelter, TN to TN91, TN Old 4.6, New 4.8 -0.1 ATC Side Trail, WV to Maryland-West Virginia Line Old 0.7, New 0.6 0.1 Maryland-West Virginia Line to Weverton RD, MD Old 3.3, New 3.4
The Big Bang Theory must be true then.... Space is expanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by map man