Seven hikers including hike leader, Gabriel Garretson went on a strenuous 11.3 miles shuttle hike with 2300 feet of ascent and 16 streams crossings. We started at the Neighbor Mountain parking area and finished at the Elkwallow picnic area. We had seven hikers from three diverse groups including Gabriel, Dan Ralston, and Jeanne Densmore from Cville PATC, Van Waldo and Bill Conley from the Luray hiking group, plus Joe Harber and Bill Graves from the PATC Meetup group. Claire Cline also deserves special credit for assisting Gabriel with the pre-hike. The hike was cold and windy when we started but we warmed up as we climbed to Neighbor Mountain Summit. The moderate descent to Jeremey’s Run provided incredible views. Everyone enjoyed 16 stream crossing (only one person got shoes wet) during the gradual five mile climb up Jeremy’s Run. The last mile was steeper but everyone was up to the challenge.
[“We are thankful for three others that made a best effort to also join this remote hike but were unable meetup due to a lack of phone connection at the trailhead. As a result, we are changing pre-hike procedures to minimize the chance of this happening again. “]
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