76 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA - Sección 11.1 y 10.2 - Shenandoah National Park - Smith Roach Gap a Lewis Mountain Cabins
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- Distance
- 13.68 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,248 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,851 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,625 ft
- TrailRank
- 69
- Min elevation
- 2,359 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 7 hours one minute
- Coordinates
- 1977
- Uploaded
- May 29, 2016
- Recorded
- May 2016
near Sandy Bottom, Virginia (United States)
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Stage 76
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 75 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA -Sections 12.1 and 11.2 - Shenandoah National Park - From Doyles River Cabin to Smith Roach Gap
⇒ Link to the next stage: 77 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA -Sections 10.1 and 9.2 - Shenandoah National Park - From Lewis Mountain Cabins to Hawksbill Gap
Tour of the Appalachian Trail ( Appalachian Trail ), as it passes through the state of Virginia (United States), from south to north, inside the Shenandoah National Park.
The Shenandoah National Park is one of the great American national parks. Created in 1935 from the expropriation of agricultural and livestock land by the state of Virginia, and subsequent donation of them to the federal government. It has a total area of 80,602 hectares (806 square kilometers), 40% of which is declared a protected natural space and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
A singularity of this immense national park is that it can be traveled by car following the well-known Skyline Drive, a magnificent road that follows the mountain ridges of the park, for 169 kilometers, with continuous and spectacular viewpoints to the east and west.
The Appalachian Trail also runs primarily through the highlands of this mountainous area, but far enough from the Skyline Drive to isolate its route from tourist pressure. Even so, the AT intersects with the road at numerous points, allowing easy and convenient access to the trail, from the many existing parking lots.
The stage corresponds to sections 11.1 and 10.2, according to the official distribution of sections of the Appalachian Trail in the state of Virgini, and begins at the Smith Roach Gap (located at mile 68.6 of the Skyline Drive), up to Lewis Mountain Cabins (located at mile 57.1).
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⇐ Link to the previous stage: 75 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA -Sections 12.1 and 11.2 - Shenandoah National Park - From Doyles River Cabin to Smith Roach Gap
⇒ Link to the next stage: 77 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA -Sections 10.1 and 9.2 - Shenandoah National Park - From Lewis Mountain Cabins to Hawksbill Gap
Tour of the Appalachian Trail ( Appalachian Trail ), as it passes through the state of Virginia (United States), from south to north, inside the Shenandoah National Park.
The Shenandoah National Park is one of the great American national parks. Created in 1935 from the expropriation of agricultural and livestock land by the state of Virginia, and subsequent donation of them to the federal government. It has a total area of 80,602 hectares (806 square kilometers), 40% of which is declared a protected natural space and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
A singularity of this immense national park is that it can be traveled by car following the well-known Skyline Drive, a magnificent road that follows the mountain ridges of the park, for 169 kilometers, with continuous and spectacular viewpoints to the east and west.
The Appalachian Trail also runs primarily through the highlands of this mountainous area, but far enough from the Skyline Drive to isolate its route from tourist pressure. Even so, the AT intersects with the road at numerous points, allowing easy and convenient access to the trail, from the many existing parking lots.
The stage corresponds to sections 11.1 and 10.2, according to the official distribution of sections of the Appalachian Trail in the state of Virgini, and begins at the Smith Roach Gap (located at mile 68.6 of the Skyline Drive), up to Lewis Mountain Cabins (located at mile 57.1).
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Waypoints
Car park
Wilderness hut
Panorama
3,541 ft
Hightop Mountain (3.587 pies). Cima y vistas
Hightop Mountain (3.587 pies). Cima y vistas
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Intersection
2,649 ft
Intersección del AT con el Skyline Drive mp 66.7. Hightop Mountain Parking Area
Intersection of the AT with the Skyline Drive mp 66.7. Hightop Mountain Parking Area
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Intersection
2,353 ft
Swift Run Gap. Intersección del AT con la ruta US-33. Skyline Drive, mp 65.5
Swift Run Gap. Intersection of the AT with the US-33 route. Skyline Drive, mp 65.5
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Picnic
Mountain hut
2,995 ft
Pocosin Cabin. Cabaña primitiva, gestionada por el PATC
Pocosin Cabin. Cabaña primitiva, gestionada por el PATC
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