Quote Originally Posted by Gstettner View Post
Hoping to take a group of fit Boy Scouts on a 4-day hike SOBO on sections 34-36 this summer. If we set off from the trailhead at Bluff City by 4:30 PM, will we be able to easily reach camping sites on the trail before dark? Also, will the initial climb to Angels Rest just totally kick our butts?
Echo Gambit on not really knowing your Scouts. I was in a hiking oriented troop and we would have been fine with climb. It is about 2.5 miles, 2000 feet, so not chump change. But the trailbed is pretty well maintained.

It is a pretty dry stretch until you get to Doc’s Knob, about 9.5 out of Pearisburg. So if you’re not confident of making that then you’ll need to haul water.