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Trip Summary 📍 Susquehannock Trail System 📅 June 12–15, 2026 🥾 85 miles in 3 days ⛰️ ~23,600 ft climbing 🏕️ Shelter-supported backpacking I’ve had the STS loop trail on my radar for some time as it is one of the longest loop hikes in the midatlantic region and easy logistics are high on my... Continue Reading →
Albina ate pickles as a side dish with her dinner. It was lucky she did so. We sat eating around an unlit fire pit at a dark, unremarkable campsite. We had just backpacked 25.5 miles and were exhausted. Veronica asked the group if anyone intended to hang their food in a bear bag. I smugly... Continue Reading →
For a long time, I've been wanting to bike the whole C&O canal towpath. For those unfamiliar, the C&O canal was built in the late 1700s the transport freight but by the time it was actually finished, railroads had become a thing and worked way better than a canal so overall it was a financial... Continue Reading →
Summer DCUL newsletter. Come learn about past and future backpacking trips in the Mid-Atlantic area.
“Where is the trail?” I asked Logan loudly so he could hear me over the din of rushing waterfalls surrounding us. “Do you think it is across the stream?” We had happened upon the banks of a bold stream as we were hiking the Allegheny Trail (“ALT”) in West Virginia. The ALT up to that... Continue Reading →
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