Crane Trail - Rough Mountain Wilderness
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.42 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,437 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,568 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,546 ft
- TrailRank
- 25
- Min elevation
- 1,242 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 5 hours 38 minutes
- Coordinates
- 340
- Uploaded
- February 8, 2009
- Recorded
- February 2009
near Copeland, Virginia (United States)
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Itinerary description
Probably the most remote trailhead in Virginia's George Washington National Forest. To get to it, you must drive dirt roads approximately 10 miles (including a ford over Pads Creek), hope that the U.S. Forest Service has left a gate unlocked, and walk 2.1 miles from parking to the trailhead. Trailhead is reached via a poorly maintained dirt road paralleling railroad tracks. Even after finding the trailhead, the trail itself is very difficult to locate for the first quarter mile. It becomes easier to follow after the grade increases. Trail continues down the other side of Rough Mountain, but this hike turned around at the top. Trail does not reach State Rt. 42 on its western end because of private property. Note that this hike includes extra mileage, reflecting efforts to locate the trail after reaching the trailhead.
Waypoints
Hiking
1,379 ft
Crane Trail Trailhead
08-FEB-09 11:18:13AM
Car park
1,334 ft
Crane Trail Turnoff
08-FEB-09 10:26:57AM
Hiking
1,349 ft
Railroad Tracks
08-FEB-09 11:00:21AM
Hiking
2,520 ft
Ridge Top
08-FEB-09 1:25:37PM
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