They keep renaming trails. From the left (north) of the Humpback lot, you have the Dobie Mountain Trail. The Albright Loop (seems to be new) runs with the AT and the Dobie Mountain Trail and branches off from both.
The Howardsville Turnpike Trace is the trail that goes straight from the parking lot, straight through the weeds, with a sharp right turn, then a hard left turn. It follows the obvious Turnpike trace. After .2 miles, it meets up with the AT and the southbound AT follows the Trace for a bit. (Without measuring, it looks like roughly half a mile).
Do you have any of the PATC maps? Map 12 for the AT covers the Pedlar district of the GW National Forest and shows the Trace and the other trails.
The view from this hike is more modest than outstanding, but I liked it quite a lot. It's very pretty. It would probably be amazing in less humid weather.
My favorite hike is Bearfence Mountain in SNP. Great 360 views. Fun rock scramble. Death defying trailblazes. Another view is from Hawksbill in SNP. We usually hike from the upper lot, but there's a nice hike to be had by parking in the lower lot, taking the AT south, then taking the spur trails to the top before coming down the fast way back to the parking lot. Hawksbill has more dramatic views. It's also often rainy/cloudy, even when it LOOKS perfectly sky blue. Crazy mountain.
I'm told Spy Rock (down by Montebello) is awesome, maybe we'll do that this weekend.
Of course, it's now too hazy to provide any outstanding views. Those are best had in winter.
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Date: 2006-06-21 12:05 am (UTC)They keep renaming trails. From the left (north) of the Humpback lot, you have the Dobie Mountain Trail. The Albright Loop (seems to be new) runs with the AT and the Dobie Mountain Trail and branches off from both.
The Howardsville Turnpike Trace is the trail that goes straight from the parking lot, straight through the weeds, with a sharp right turn, then a hard left turn. It follows the obvious Turnpike trace. After .2 miles, it meets up with the AT and the southbound AT follows the Trace for a bit. (Without measuring, it looks like roughly half a mile).
Do you have any of the PATC maps? Map 12 for the AT covers the Pedlar district of the GW National Forest and shows the Trace and the other trails.
The view from this hike is more modest than outstanding, but I liked it quite a lot. It's very pretty. It would probably be amazing in less humid weather.
My favorite hike is Bearfence Mountain in SNP. Great 360 views. Fun rock scramble. Death defying trailblazes. Another view is from Hawksbill in SNP. We usually hike from the upper lot, but there's a nice hike to be had by parking in the lower lot, taking the AT south, then taking the spur trails to the top before coming down the fast way back to the parking lot. Hawksbill has more dramatic views. It's also often rainy/cloudy, even when it LOOKS perfectly sky blue. Crazy mountain.
I'm told Spy Rock (down by Montebello) is awesome, maybe we'll do that this weekend.
Of course, it's now too hazy to provide any outstanding views. Those are best had in winter.