Back from my section and the report above is on... there is supposedly water at jenny knob but I got in almost at dark after 24 miles and didn't check.
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Back from my section and the report above is on... there is supposedly water at jenny knob but I got in almost at dark after 24 miles and didn't check.
Stayed here on my section hike last week - decent shelter with lots of water. However there was a bear hanging around the shelter that kept me up most of the night.... be bear aware if you stay...
couldn't find the water at walkers gap last week and did walk the entire new blue blaze. There is a muddy spring just past chestnut knob and about a mile and a half south there is a good sized pond...
Yeah you mean Irish - shared some beers with him in Quincy's the local watering hole. Seems like a good guy.
Jason
aka - Alaska - named by Lone Wolf!
Thanks guys!
Interesting I hope he has moved on since i plan on starting in Damascus on Sunday and hiking N to Pearisburg....
Thanks Guys think I will keep on moving to Trimpi..
Jason
Can anyone tell me the distance from the Old Orchard Shelter to this one? I am doing a section hike but have old maps and guidebook - and living in remote AK no access to new ones before my trip. ...
Honu - are you heading south? Would you mind posting an update on water heading towards Damscus? I am doing Damscus to Pearisburg in mid Nov. Weather shows some rain in late Oct hoping to increase...
Hiking in Kodiak Alaska I carry bear spray and a 44. Hiking in Valdez AK I carry bear spray because there are black bears everywhere.. I have never carried bear spray on the AT. If I did it...
Anyone know if the latest tropical storm did damage to the trail in Southern VA? Or did it improve the water situation? Thanks!
Jason
I am also interested in this topic as I will be section hiking this November. Please post info when you guys get off the trail - and hello Cedar Tree - been a while since we chatted.
Jason
Thanks, I will keep an eye on the weather. Anyone else have any thoughts?
Hello All,
Haven't posted in a while. Looking to do a 10 day section hike in SW Virginia in November. Any one have info on the trail condition, water or weather in that section?
Thanks,...
Thanks again guys for all the good info! Now we need to get this shelter added to the section up above... so there won't be any confusion over whether it exists or not!
Coasty
Good info thanks, I will probably skip it.. a quarter of a mile down the trail doesn't sound like fun to me...
Jason B
Hello, I am planning a trip for spring break in a couple of weeks and my guidebook to central va says this shelter was to be built in 2001. Does anyone know if it has been built and what the mileage...
I saw this guy in SNP back around Labor Day and he told me his whole suicidal story... I just hiked the section from Catawba to Buena Vista last week.. and thought it was strange that I saw register...