Day 69: Bailey’s Gap Shelter to VA Rt 42 (north of Pearisburg)
Day 69: Bailey’s Gap Shelter to VA Rt 42 (north of Pearisburg). A day with LOTS of ups and downs.
Appalachian Trail 2022
Day 68: Rice Field Shelter to Bailey’s Gap Shelter (near Pearisburg, VA)
AT Day 68: Rice Field Shelter to Bailey’s Gap Shelter. A beautiful ridge walk with some uphill slogs.
Day 67: Pearis Cemetery to Rice Field Shelter (Pearisburg, VA)
“I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.” ~ Andrew Garfield April 19, 2022AT miles: 7.0Ascent: 2233’Descent: 544’Weather: Cold and windySightings: 2 hikersHigh points: Wildflowers! After a quick early morning drive from Williamsburg to the McAfee Knob parking lot, my hiking partner and I took a shuttle down to the Pearis …
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Day 66: Sugar Run Gap to Pearisburg, VA
A wonderful end to a three-day section hike. Only one section to go in Virginia!
Day 65: Rt 606 to Sugar Run Gap (Pearisburg, VA)
A easy ridge hike to the best hostel on the AT.
Day 64: VA Rt 16 to Atkins, Virginia
I’m happy to be back on the AT again. Today’s section is an isolated ten-mile section in far south-western Virginia left over from last fall.