Hike Schedule
Upcoming Events
An additional email blast will be sent out as a reminder the week of each event.
Saturday, November 7: Work trip on Club's section of the AT. Contact leader: Jeff Bolander (jblndr@hotmail.com) for details including meeting time and place.
Sunday, November 8: Shenandoah National Park: Lewis Peak. 9 miles. Join us for a hike on November 8 to Lewis Peak. It will be an out and back for a total of 9 miles. Enough leaves should be down to make for great views at the top. This is a moderately strenuous hike so keep that in mind. Due to social distancing plan on a limit of six. Also due to the crowds in SNP plan on an early start. Contact hike leader: Jim Fye (jfye40@icloud.com or 540-830-2023) for details.
Wednesday, November 11. Saddleback Mountain Trail. 4 miles. Saddleback Mountain Trail is part of the South River Falls area in the SNP. The hike is a 4 mile circuit, easy/moderate. Hike is limited to 6. Contact hike leaders Mike and Karen Waterman: home phone 540-337- 1273 or karenswateramn@gmail.com for details.
Sunday, November 15 : Whetstone Ridge Trail. 8 miles. This will be an approximately eight mile out-and-back moderate ridge hike. We will turn around before the roller coaster section of the trail begins. Contact hike leader: Jean Fraser (540-490-0195 or by email at jeancfraser2@yahoo.com) to register and get final details.
Wednesday, November 18: PATC Annual meeting to be held virtually starting at 7:00 p.m. Click on this link for more information on registering. Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 21: Appalachian Trail. 10 miles. This will be an out-and-back hike along the AT south from Rockfish Gap. We will hike 5 miles to the Paul Wolfe Shelter on Mill Creek, have lunch on the shelter's porch or down by the creek then head back. There is a 400-foot descent down to the shelter and another 200-foot dip near the Gap, so just about 1,000 feet of elevation change. Contact hike leader John Kolp (JLKolp@yahoo.com or 540-887-1235) to register and final details.
Friday, November 27: Furnace Mountain via Blackrock Summit 6.8 miles, 900' elevation change. As REI advertises, "#optoutside" for Black Friday. Let's work off some of that Thanksgiving meal and take a hike to Furnace Mountain. We will start at the Blackrock Summit Parking area and go to Blackrock Summit for outstanding views of the Shenandoah Valley. We will then follow the Trayfoot Mountain Trail to the Furnace Mountain Trail to the peak of Furnace Mountain for another view. We will return following the same route. For details, contact Jean Stephens at jtstephens12@yahoo.com or 443-986-5649 for details.
Saturday, December 5: Doyles River Falls-Jones Run Loop: 7 miles, 1400' elevation change. We will begin at the Doyles River Falls parking area and descend to Doyles River Falls. We will then continue on to the Jones Run Trail past the falls on Jones Run. We will ascend to the AT and follow that to Brown Gap where we will pick up the Brown Gap Fire Road to loop back to the Doyles River Trail and the parking area. Contact Jean Stephens at jtstephens12@yahoo.com or 443-986-5649 for details.
An additional email blast will be sent out as a reminder the week of each event.
Saturday, November 7: Work trip on Club's section of the AT. Contact leader: Jeff Bolander (jblndr@hotmail.com) for details including meeting time and place.
Sunday, November 8: Shenandoah National Park: Lewis Peak. 9 miles. Join us for a hike on November 8 to Lewis Peak. It will be an out and back for a total of 9 miles. Enough leaves should be down to make for great views at the top. This is a moderately strenuous hike so keep that in mind. Due to social distancing plan on a limit of six. Also due to the crowds in SNP plan on an early start. Contact hike leader: Jim Fye (jfye40@icloud.com or 540-830-2023) for details.
Wednesday, November 11. Saddleback Mountain Trail. 4 miles. Saddleback Mountain Trail is part of the South River Falls area in the SNP. The hike is a 4 mile circuit, easy/moderate. Hike is limited to 6. Contact hike leaders Mike and Karen Waterman: home phone 540-337- 1273 or karenswateramn@gmail.com for details.
Sunday, November 15 : Whetstone Ridge Trail. 8 miles. This will be an approximately eight mile out-and-back moderate ridge hike. We will turn around before the roller coaster section of the trail begins. Contact hike leader: Jean Fraser (540-490-0195 or by email at jeancfraser2@yahoo.com) to register and get final details.
Wednesday, November 18: PATC Annual meeting to be held virtually starting at 7:00 p.m. Click on this link for more information on registering. Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 21: Appalachian Trail. 10 miles. This will be an out-and-back hike along the AT south from Rockfish Gap. We will hike 5 miles to the Paul Wolfe Shelter on Mill Creek, have lunch on the shelter's porch or down by the creek then head back. There is a 400-foot descent down to the shelter and another 200-foot dip near the Gap, so just about 1,000 feet of elevation change. Contact hike leader John Kolp (JLKolp@yahoo.com or 540-887-1235) to register and final details.
Friday, November 27: Furnace Mountain via Blackrock Summit 6.8 miles, 900' elevation change. As REI advertises, "#optoutside" for Black Friday. Let's work off some of that Thanksgiving meal and take a hike to Furnace Mountain. We will start at the Blackrock Summit Parking area and go to Blackrock Summit for outstanding views of the Shenandoah Valley. We will then follow the Trayfoot Mountain Trail to the Furnace Mountain Trail to the peak of Furnace Mountain for another view. We will return following the same route. For details, contact Jean Stephens at jtstephens12@yahoo.com or 443-986-5649 for details.
Saturday, December 5: Doyles River Falls-Jones Run Loop: 7 miles, 1400' elevation change. We will begin at the Doyles River Falls parking area and descend to Doyles River Falls. We will then continue on to the Jones Run Trail past the falls on Jones Run. We will ascend to the AT and follow that to Brown Gap where we will pick up the Brown Gap Fire Road to loop back to the Doyles River Trail and the parking area. Contact Jean Stephens at jtstephens12@yahoo.com or 443-986-5649 for details.
