Had a free day and after seeing the great videos
posted by Smell N Roses and Peakbaggers for Cancer (RidgeWalker), I
decided to hike from Snickers Gap north to Raven Rocks and back. This
is a great portion of the trail with lots of places to camp as well as
great views at Raven Rocks. There is a nice spring in the second valley
on the way up to the peak and also some cool rock formations and
under-rock water noises. I had originally planned to stay overnight up
towards the PA border and tick off that portion of the trail, but the
forecast is for 22 degree weather and 2” of snow which I don’t really
feel like doing for my first overnighter of the year. This hike has a
couple of steep switchback sections with nice flat portions in-between.
There is pretty good parking right at the base of the trail on the
westbound side of Rt. 7. Also, there is a cool bar/restaurant, the
“Horseshoe Curve Restaurant” very close to the trail on Rt. 679. It's
only like 15 miles to Harper's Ferry, so I think I'll definitely be able
to fill that part in this season.
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