Wow, the TT was crowded last Sunday, north and south.
Wow, the TT was crowded last Sunday, north and south.
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
I was trying to figure out where I left off the TT. I did a day hike out of the AT work center, up the AT to the start of the TT. I recall at least two major road crossings until I hit a small park where there was a bunch of folks bird watching for raptors. i took that road down the mountain and made my way back to start. Anyone have any idea what road that was. I remember it being very rocky right before that road.
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No doubt about it, hitting the rocks while still fresh made them much easier. But what finished my knee was the descent straight down 1/2 mile of powerline. I think I'd have done better going the other direction. Wouldn't have burnt out the brake pads so quickly.
I have no experience with judging MPH over various sections, but the whole thing took 5.5 hrs, and that works out to about 1.7 average. Would have been closer to 2 if I hadn't come up lame. I'm satisfied with that for now.
Thanks for the welcome!
You've described a route up the AT from PA 944 (AT tunnel under road) to the TT, on the TT across PA 34 and PA 74 (radio towers) and down PA 74 to PA 944. The park (before PA 74) is Florence Jones Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary (part of Dickenson University), also the location of your No Trespassing signs.
Not that I remember it, I'm actually looking at the maps trying to plan out my next section. Anybody have any help with water up on the ridge after Fowler Hollow and Hemlock Road?
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
enemy of unnecessary but innovative trail invention gadgetry
Went out on a short section hike of the Tuscarora when we were able secure a babysitter (rare occurrence). Started along route 50 in Gore Va. The parking was a nightmare, had to pull into a lot that was for sale and hope that no one was tow happy.. the beginning of the trail was overgrown, unmarked and nearly impossible to find. It runs along a creek bed and abruptly cuts into a field ( private property) then cuts across the creek before you start to see consistent blazes. The creek was a good three feet deep in spots and we did a lot of stumbling before seeing the blaze. Once on the trail though it was a simple hike to a beautiful shelter. The shelter was approx 3 miles from the road and was wonderfully maintained. I have yet to encounter a shelter on the TT that wasn't top notch. Keep kicking it to pinnacle shelter if you have time( we ran out ) another 6 miles from Barclay Shelter.
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
Tough section, but good for solitude. I've hiked most of it save for Knob Mtn. You got plenty of steep up/down hills. Tells us about 641 parking; I need to do a couple of day hikes or shuttles based around there.
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EJS
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76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
I know that water is scarce on the ridges and am prepared to carry, I'm trying to lose pack weight elsewhere. Any wisdom on water sources?
I'm planning on tenting near the Fowlers hollow shelter and near the trail registers noted on the map and guide. Any wisdom about locations?
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
Did you ever get around to it RangerZ? If you still haven't, two years later, send me a message. Not sure I can do much more than a day hike in the rest of 2018 but I'm very local to the northern part of this trail (Carlisle) and have done bits and pieces. A friend and I did the northernmost 35 miles or so of it in WV in June and I'd like to get all of it in someday.
I shifted my focus to the AT and completed 1041.2 miles from GA into MD. Injured my knee and got off in July. I'm planning an October return to get into PA and halfway, then finish next year.
I've touched both ends of the TT in PA and VA. I'm loosely thinking of sometime returning to the TT in PA and section hike south into MD, then later section hike north from VA to MD. The AT may put me off of truly long distance hiking.
I might be interested in a 2019 spring section south from COL Denning SP. I've almost forgotten how much that I did not like the TT.
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
It's rough up here at the northern end of it, that's for sure. Rock hopping along ridges and making about a mile an hour does get old. If you ever get a chance to do the area around Sleepy Creek (Sections 12 and 13), it was a totally different beast - a real pretty trail that was relatively well-maintained, considering that we hiked it in about 72 hours of constant downpour. We did lose it at one point (which I think is par for the blue blazes) but yeah - the areas of it I've hiked locally have all been just jumping from rock to rock and wondering where the blazes were.
I have a clear memory of hiking up to Flat Rock in Colonel Denning - a beautiful overlook hike, well trafficked, that happens to be on the TT - and then standing there for twenty minutes trying to figure out where exactly the TT got to after that.
love the rocks seems like a nice thru