Hi guys, Andy, i've seen the NPS updates but it seems to be more about closings of camp-sites, dock ramps etc. I wanted to get a sense of the actual towpath conditions, how rutted it is, how muddy. i know we are getting some rain tomorrow, i just want to avoid a super muddy mess.
Ginz, there aren't really 'bail-out' options that run along the trail. you do have a few points where you can detour, for example if you get to whites ferry and decide you want to bail you could detour to leesburg and take the W&OD back. But personally i would not set out for a trip if there is a forecast of multi-day rain (unless it was part of a multi-day trip that can't be cancelled). the trail gets muddy, and some of the camp-sites can also get soggy. Tom has pointed out to me that this would make a good mini-rally because there are a decent number of RBW folks in the area and enough variety that some people can do just a S24O and others can do a S48O or S72O if they want to keep going. If there are local people that are interested in doing a loosely organized group S240, please send me an email and i'll setup a separate thread to discuss. For those that are interested, this guy here does a multi-day trip on the C&O and GAP http://elephanteating.blogspot.com/2014/02/time-for-8th-annual-dc-to-pittsburgh.html I've not done it myself but he seems to be pretty well organized. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
