Our First MST Hike
The CFO and I took our first hike today on the new section of the Mountain-to-Sea Trail in Alleghany County.
We started at the Air Bellows Gap Road trailhead and, after a short ascent through a "mountain ivy hell", were soon treated to a view west towards the Peach Bottom Mountains in the general direction of our house.
The trail soon crosses the Parkway and follows the base of Green Mountain.
It's a nice sylvan path that basically follows the Blue Ridge Parkway. Well designed, maintained and marked, the only downside is parkway road noise and limited vistas. But, then again, it's not the Appalachian Trail on the ridges of remote mountains. We met only one couple and their poorly behaved, 134-pound St. Bernard. Sam, being the experienced trail hound she is, payed it no mind.
Our turning point on our first hike was at the Devil's Garden overlook, where the trail crossed over to the east side the Parkway.
Retracing our way back to Air Bellows Gap Road, our first MST outing was a pleasant 2.5-hour trek with perfect weather conditions.
We started at the Air Bellows Gap Road trailhead and, after a short ascent through a "mountain ivy hell", were soon treated to a view west towards the Peach Bottom Mountains in the general direction of our house.
The trail soon crosses the Parkway and follows the base of Green Mountain.
It's a nice sylvan path that basically follows the Blue Ridge Parkway. Well designed, maintained and marked, the only downside is parkway road noise and limited vistas. But, then again, it's not the Appalachian Trail on the ridges of remote mountains. We met only one couple and their poorly behaved, 134-pound St. Bernard. Sam, being the experienced trail hound she is, payed it no mind.
Our turning point on our first hike was at the Devil's Garden overlook, where the trail crossed over to the east side the Parkway.
Retracing our way back to Air Bellows Gap Road, our first MST outing was a pleasant 2.5-hour trek with perfect weather conditions.
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