Sat, Jul 20
|Neighbor Mountain Trail
Hike: Jeremy's Run/AT/Neighbor Mtn, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, VA
For remote backcountry hiking – with ice cream at the end -- this one is for you. We return to Shenandoah’s North District for a variation of one of our longtime standbys.
Time & Location
Jul 20, 2019, 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Neighbor Mountain Trail, Neighbor Mountain Trail, Luray, VA 22835, USA
About the Event
$26 + park fee/pass. Long hike: 12 mi., 2400 ft. ascent, 2300 ft. descent. Moderate hike: 9 mi., 2100 ft. ascent, 2000 ft. descent.
Long hikers start at Beahms Gap on the Skyline Drive, descend the Neighbor Mtn. Trail across Neighbor Mtn., then ascend the Jeremys Run Trail with 13 stream crossings. Back atop the Blue Ridge, we follow the Appalachian Trail to Elkwallow Wayside, which has ice cream. Moderate hikers meanwhile hike the breezy AT northbound from Thornton Gap- Panorama to the wayside.