June 2009 - Potomac Appalachian Trail Club

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ISSN 098-8l54
The Newsletter of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
118 Park Street, S.E., Vienna, VA 22180-4609
www.patc.net
Volume 38, Number 6
June 2009
PATC and Trails
P
ATC’s primary mission is trail
maintenance, starting with
hundreds of volunteer trail overseers.
A critical part of PATC’s overall trail
maintenance package is the dedicated trail crews and the expertise they
bring to a project.
The newest of PATC’s 12 crews is
the D.C. based Thursday Morning
Group. Now starting its second year,
the group is filling a niche for members who have a weekday morning
free to put in less than three hours
of work. Crew members get to use a
variety of trail tools, become more
confident in trail maintenance skills,
and meet other trail enthusiasts who
live nearby.
Last year, the Thursday Morning
Group began in the spring with
individual projects like digging signposts and building bridges. During
the summer, we settled into pleasant
walks in the woods as we did the
never-ending job of clearing weeds,
kudzu, and blowdowns. Last fall, we
finished up by clearing even larger
blowdowns with PATC crosscut
saws, scouting a possible new trail,
and other point-specific projects.
The group’s focus is
the Potomac Heritage
Trail (PHT), a 10mile stretch along the
Virginia side of the
Potomac River from
Theodore Roosevelt
Bridge in Arlington to
the American Legion
Bridge (the Beltway) in
Blowdowns and crosscuts mix well with the Thursday
Mc Lean. This year, the Morning Group.
group may also work
in Great Falls National
site (www.patc.net;volunteer tab;
Park (VA side). Since the PHT is a
trails tab) to view the other crews
straight-line trail, the hardest part
that make PATC so highly respected
of any day is just finding the group’s
throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. n
rendezvous point among the urban
streets, but Mapquest and GPS usuIn This Issue...
ally solve this problem. The highAnnual Overseer Workshop........................ 2
lights for this group are being close
Employment Opportunity............................ 2
to D.C., being able to sleep in your
Council Fire............................................... 3
own bed at the end of the day, and
Flying McLeods Start the Carr.................... 3
Lee’s Overlook.......................................... 4
- best of all - having the crew leader
Trail Talkers Needed.................................. 4
provide chips and soda at the end of
The Famous Peabody................................ 5
each work trip.
If you are interested and want to get
on an e-mail list for future events,
contact Bruce Glendening, (bruceglendening@gmail.com, 703/5329093) – and visit the PATC Web
Annual Overseer Workshop
Shenandoah National Park, Central District
June 6–7, see on page 2
Summer Picnic in the Park
July 12, at Carderock Pavilion, see on page 8
Appalachian Nature................................... 6
Bringing Trails to the Public........................ 7
PATC Summer Picnic in the Park........ 8 & 19
World War II and the
Conscientious Objectors....................... 9
Trailhead – June 2009............................. 10
The Story of ‘Pogo’ and his Campsite....... 12
Ken Lacey Retires................................... 12
Forecast.................................................. 13
2009 Council Members........................... 20
Ads, Swaps, Volunteer Opportunities........ 21
New Boots.............................................. 22
Prowl The Sproul..................................... 22
Basic Wilderness First Aid, CPR, & AED.. 22
Appalachian Trail Festival......................... 23
Hike Leader Training Course.................... 23
Trail Maintainers Workshop....................... 23
Help Wanted........................................... 23
Photo by Bruce Glendening.
Introducing a New Trail Crew – the
Thursday Morning Group
ANNUAL OVERSEER
WORKSHOP
SNP, Central District
June 6-7
PATC, in cooperation with the
trails staff of Shenandoah National
Park, is sponsoring a workshop
intended to instruct new trail
overseers (or prospective
overseers) in the basics of trail
maintenance, and to teach the
proverbial old dogs new tricks.
The workshop is open to all
volunteers. Professional trail
builders from SNP will lead the
sessions assisted by PATC crew
leaders.
The workshop will begin Saturday
morning.It will be based out of
the Pinnacles Research Station,
near Thornton Gap. The $20
registration fee will include dinner
on Saturday and breakfast and
lunch on Sunday. Camping is free
on the Pinnacles lawn.
For more details, visit the Blue
and White Crew Web site
(http://blueandwhitecrew.org) or
contact Kerry Snow (e-mail
snow.kerry@gmail.com), phone
301/345-9408).
Employment Opportunity
ADT Society Administrative Position Open
The American Discovery Trail Society is a national, volunteer-based, membership organization dedicated to improving and promoting the ADT—the
country’s first non-motorized coast-to-coast trail. We are seeking a sole
staff member to carry out all the administrative functions of running the
organization.
The current staff person (who is retiring) works from an office in her home
in the Washington area. Responsibilities include the various tasks involved
in running an office of a national organization with 1000 members:
• maintaining the membership database;
• processing memberships, renewals, and donations;
• depositing checks, paying bills, and keeping the books;
• printing of brochures and newsletters and mailing of newsletters to
members;
• coordinating membership solicitation mailings;
• providing information to the public by responding to phone calls and
e-mails;
• staffing booth display at regional and national meetings;
• processing/mailing merchandise orders;
• purchasing office supplies;
• keeping track of numerous other tasks and details.
The job is primarily clerical, but provides an opportunity for growth and
assumption of other responsibilities and titles as time, ability, and inclination permits. This is a vital position with a conservation organization that
will very likely expand greatly over the next few years when the American
Discovery Trail becomes part of the National Trails System.
For information contact Eric Seaborg; 434-244-2688; seaborg@nexet.net
HOW TO CONTACT US, Headquarters, Sales, Cabin Reservations, And Membership Information
Address: 118 Park Street, S.E., Vienna, VA 22180
Phone #: 703/242-0315
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM;
Thursday and Friday 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM
Fax #: 703/242-0968
Club E-mail: INFO@PATC.net
Internet: www.patc.net
Club President (leave a message),
Lee Sheaffer: 703/242-0315
Staff, During regular business hours
Position
Staff Director
Trails Management Coordinator
Business Manager
Membership/Cabin Coordinator
Sales Coordinator
Lands Management
Staff
Wilson Riley
Heidi Forrest
Monica Clark
Pat Fankhauser
Maureen Estes
Sonya Breehey
Potomac Appalachian
Layout Editor: Stephanie Helline
Editor: Gwenola Rolland-Chatila, PA@patc.net
Features Editor: Joanne Erickson
Forecast Editor: Vince Ferrari, PA-Forecast@patc.net
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June 2009 • Potomac Appalachian
April 2009 Council Fire
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ATC President Lee Sheaffer
opened the regularly scheduled
Council Meeting on April 14, 2009,
at the Club Headquarters. Lee told
the group on behalf of Caroline
Pettik that the Forest Service has rejected the wind tower farm proposed
for Great North Mountain. He also
thanked everyone who worked on
the new “2009 Shenandoah Guide.”
Staff Director Wilson Riley alerted
everyone to the April issue of the
Blue Ridge Outdoors, which focused
on the AT and included a photo of
Randy Motz. He said that PATC
is searching for a registered agent
in Maryland to represent the club.
Please contact Wilson if you know
of someone who may be interested.
Lastly, two club members have been
nominated to ATC for the 50-year
award: Jack Reeder and Paula Strain.
Vice President of Operations Tom
Johnson commented on the spectacular success of the PATC cabins, recognizing Charlie Graf and Mel Merritt,
among others, for the improvements
that began in the mid-1990s, which
have resulted in the wonderful
resource the cabins are today.
Cabin Operations — Mel Merritt
told Council that there had been a
small fire at Cliff’s House, but it has
already been repaired.
Supervisor of Trails John Hedrick
said that the Thornton Gap restroom is open for business. A new
moldering privy was installed at
Gravel Springs Hut. Central District
will hold a basic trails maintenance
workshop May 6 and 7.
Vice President of Volunteerism
Rick Canter told Council that Bill
HR1912 was introduced April 2 by
Rep. Connolly (Va.-11). Endorsements and co-sponsors are being
sought. If you have any contacts
with members of Congress, please
help encourage their co-sponsorship.
Supervisor of Activities Randy
Motz said that PATC had participated
in three successful events in March.
At one of the events, the first three
northbound AT hikers stopped by and
complimented PATC on the trails and
shelters. Randy is looking for volunteers to assist with upcoming events.
Please contact him if you would like
to volunteer: Viva Vienna – Memorial
weekend; July – family picnic.
Around the Campfire
Supervisor of Marketing Karen
Brown - Jennifer Chambers’ group
has bandanas available and will be
selling them at the Bear’s Den event.
AT Coordinator Management, Tom
Lupp – Anyone interested in corridor maintenance/monitoring should
contact Tom. Also, there is now an
alcohol ban in Maryland parks unless you are at a paid or reserved facility, and there is no alcohol allowed
on the AT. Signs will be posted at
shelters and trailheads.
Bear’s Den, Vernon Conaway –
Expenses were $1,000 less than
estimated, so they are $3,000 ahead
of projections. They had 842 guests,
67 of whom were hikers. A volunteer
will be identified to provide Scott and
Marie assistance over the summer.
Naturalist Bob Pickett - Working
with the Smithsonian CRC (Rte. 33
and Rte. 211 and all of Maryland)
on the mammal survey. Water quality monitoring and chestnut counts
going forward this year; There is a
new invasive species--wavy leaf basket grass--which is a perennial and
shade tolerant, it is receiving lots of
attention from USDA and SNP. The
plant entered the country at the Port
of Baltimore and is just beginning to
spread. Right now it is mostly limited to Maryland, but there is a lot
of interest in eradicating it as soon
as possible. USFS will be working
on a video on invasive plants. Bob is
looking at a weekend in June when
PATC volunteers could stay at Trout
Pond and hike Big Schloss, accompanied by a camera crew. Volunteers
would represent hikers and people
who enjoy nature and share what
they think about invasive species.
Trail Patol, Katrina Hedlesky
- The new Ridgerunners are: Pennsylvania - Darrel Decker; Maryland
- Neil Koch (1st) and Alan Grubb
(2nd); Northern Virginia - Robert
Freeman; SNP - Auggie Buchheit
(1st) and James Ellis (2nd); (Just a
note that all the Ridgerunners are
AT thru-hikers). The next Leave No
Trace Masters Course will be held
June 22 and the weekend of June
27-28.
Scout Liaison Rush Williamson –
District mangers and shelter overseers are sending projects to Rush,
and he has Scouts who are interested.
Publications, Shirley Schulz – The
new “Hikes in the Washington
Region” is now available. Includes
three hikes that were not included
before. She hopes to print “Circuit
Hikes in Shenandoah” in the fall.
Grants and Donations - Susan
Nelson- is working on building her
committee. If you know of anyone
who may be interested, please have
them contact Susan. n
—Anne Shimko, Secretary
Flying McLeods
Start the Carr
On Saturday and Sunday, April
18 and 19, Mark Gatewood, the
head McLeod, rousted 16 people out of their comfortable suburban homes to begin work on
the Carr Mountain Trail, a new
section of the Great Eastern
Trail. Working in a remote section of the North River Ranger
District, they sidehilled several
hundred yards of very difficult
45 degree slope to begin this
6-mile section. Partnering with
the International Mountain Biking Association crew led by
Rich Edwards, they are building
a highly sustainable trail that will
be suitable for both hikers and
mountain bikers. The crew overnighted at the Mennonite camp
on VA 259, and were fed till
they popped by head chef Sharon Johnson. A reprise of the
event is planned for later this year.
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Lee’s Overlook
SIMPLE PLACES; SIMPLE PLEASURES
T
he most extraordinary part of it
is how very ordinary it is, at least
on the Appalachian Trail. In spring
it is a rushing stream of clear cold
water tumbling over rocks as it flows
down the side of the mountain.
Beside the stream is a spring, more
of a seep really, adding water and a
wetland near and around one side
of the stream. Life seems to go into
hyper drive here with the abundance
of water, and many different varieties of plants both grow and thrive in
this spot.
marsh has dried up, it is the last
cool stop before I must climb up the
mountain to my car and back to the
“civilized” world. I often stop and
sit on the rocks and watch the water
flow by as my dog gets a cool drink
and sits in the shallow water to cool
off. A place to sit among the ferns
and the trout lily as nature moves at
its own deliberate pace. It is a very
simple place, and it provides a very
simple but necessary pleasure in a
world that seems at times to be coming apart at the seams.
The trail crosses here on a small
footbridge and then on rocks over
the marsh area. It is a place of cool
respite, a place to rest and to watch
the tumbling water rush under the
bridge. By trail standards it is quite
ordinary, and I doubt that many
hikers give it much thought or even
stop to look around. There are many
larger, more interesting streams and
more significant destinations in both
directions. For me, though, it is a
special place, the last stop before
the last big hill on my base hike; the
hike I do when I only have time for a
short hike close to home.
As the economy continues to bottom
out, all anecdotal evidence suggests
that people are traveling less (or at
least not as far) and seeking out a
simpler lifestyle. If you get out on
the trail you will find more people
discovering the close in and inexpensive pleasures of their nearby parks
and trails.
The Last Cool Stop
Photo by Laurie Potteiger, ATC staff member.
During the summer when the
stream is down to a trickle and the
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy
reports a significant increase in thruhikers attempting to do the trail this
year. PATC cabin rentals are at an
all-time high. The purchases of our
maps and guide books have surged
after a drop over the winter. All this
would indicate that more people are
spending more time in the woods
near their homes. While we may
lament the lack
of solitude, we
welcome these
new people with
enthusiasm. After
all, we build these
trails so people
can use them,
enjoy the wonders
of nature, and
find that small
ordinary place to
sit down and rest
and discover the
simple pleasures
of being in the
woods. n
— Lee Sheaffer,
PATC President
‘Trail Talkers’
Needed
PATC is looking for volunteers
to staff their information booth
at community events in DC, MD,
WV and Virginia. Applicants need
not be long-standing members of
PATC nor posseses an intimate
knowledge of the mission, vision,
history and activities of the club.
On-site training and reference
materials pertaining to the club
and trails are provided.
Benefits include the opportunity
to learn about the club and local
trails, the enjoyment of informing
the public about the trails in our
area and about the functions of
PATC and you get a cool “Trail
Talker” hat. This is a non-paying
position—compensation is in
the form of meeting like-minded
people, providing answers to
the many questions people have
about trails and hiking and knowing that you are building for the
future of PATC by generating
interest in the club.
Position Requirements:
•
A passion for the outdoors
•
A love of the trails in the DC/
MD/VA/WV/PA area
•
A desire to share this love
and passion with the general
public
•
An eagerness to attract new
members to the club
•
Available weekends, for 2-3
hours, once a month, to staff
the PATC information booth
at community events
Anyone interested in this important and enjoyable position as
a “Trail Talker,” please contact
Randy Motz, Supervisor of
Activities, at Activities@patc.net.
Lee Sheaffer, PATC President
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The Famous Peabody
Photo by Lee Sheaffer.
nutrients that we do not normally
get. Besides, afterwards we always
like to greet our humans with a big
healthy lick to the face just to tell
them how much we love them.
Gracie and the Forbidden Fruit
You buy the food, you should give it a try!
D
ogs and humans do not always
agree on what is good to eat.
Humans buy their dogs food labeled
dog food, which we dogs readily eat,
but I have never seen a human even
try a taste of dog food. You buy the
food, you should give it a try.
On the other hand, there are some
things that humans eat that dogs
will not. Most dogs would turn their
noses up to a nice tall salad. There
are parts that the dog might eat, like
cheese and bacon, but for the most
part, dogs would not eat a salad.
Vegetables of any kind are mostly off
the dog menu; we are carnivores and
will mostly stick to meat and other
animal products.
There are some items (mostly animal
products) that humans would prefer
we not eat. We dogs see this differently. Any item that can or did
contain protein of the animal variety
should be considered edible. This
is why you give a dog bones. They
are both delicious and nutritious,
and they last a long time. If there
is more than one dog in the house
then bones often become an item of
competition. It is a matter of pride
to have the only bone in the house.
You must parade it around in your
mouth and make sure the other dog
knows that you have a bone and it
does not. The only problem is that
you must not drop or put down the
bone, because the other dog might
capture it and the whole process
would begin again.
There are other animal products
that dogs are happy to eat that quite
frankly disgust humans. Let’s call it
recycled food. Though humans do
not even want to touch or have us
dogs touch this type of food, dogs
find it quite good, and it contains
There are other items that dogs
assume are food just from their
association with humans. For the
most part, dogs are very interested
in human food and will at least ask
for a bite anytime the humans eat it.
This brings us to the case of Gracie
the dog.
Gracie was a smart dog and knew
that the humans always sat around
a certain table and ate their food at
that table. Gracie came to believe
that anything that was on the table
must be food. One day one of the
humans in the house set something
on the table and left for a short
while. This was Gracie’s chance to
sneak a bit of human food. Gracie
jumped on the table and found a
strange paper object filled with items
that she figured had to be food. This
did not surprise Gracie. Often the
humans would eat food that had to
be removed from some sort of package; this must be one of those types
of food.
Knowing that she did not have much
time, Gracie ate as quickly and as
much of the food as she could often
only eating a little bit of each food
before going on to the next bit of
food. Soon the woman of the house
came back and screamed at Gracie,
yelling that she was eating their money.
The Consequences
Now humans have a very strange
relationship to this thing they call
money. They carry it around in their
pockets, they have special items to
carry it around in, and they have
whole buildings that do nothing but
hold money. One thing that humans
never do is eat their money. They are
also quite upset when their dogs eat
their money. By the time Gracie had
finished, she had eaten all or part of
$1,400 dollars in cash and another
$1,600 dollars in checks. It was
almost time to say Goodnight, Gracie!
After the humans finished yelling
at Gracie, they followed her around
for the next several days waiting for
her to recycle some of the money.
After that, the humans collected all
the money that Gracie partially ate
and some of the recycled money and
went to a place called the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. They took
what was left of the money and went
to a man there and said “my dog ate
my money.”
The man at the bureau smiled and
said he had heard that excuse before
and began a process that will give
the humans some new money to
replace the money that Gracie ate.
So in the end, everyone learned
something. Gracie learned that not
all items on the food table are food,
the humans learned that Gracie is
a good jumper and has a taste for
paper, and the man at the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing learned a
great new story, which he will tell to
all his friends.
NOTE: Of course you know that I
could not make up a story like this.
Gracie did actually eat over $3,000
that her family was going to use to buy
many playoff hockey tickets for their
friends. Gracie is doing well, though
she has lost any interest in money as
food, and she gets to spend much more
time outside. The humans got most of
their money back and went to watch
big guys play a game on ice in the
springtime heat of May.
—The Famous Peabody
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Appalachian Nature
‘Glow Little Glow-Worm’ - Your Time is Now
W
ith June comes the beginning
of summer. And with summer,
comes the plethora of insects. More
than perhaps any other animal,
insect populations are dictated by
temperature. It’s been said that with
every 10° C (18° F) increase in temperature, insect activity doubles.
A few years ago, in mid-June, I
found myself in the Pisgah National
Forest, assisting a wildlife biologist
trapping black bear. This put me
near the Great Smokies National
Park where I’ve attempted to observe
a very unique insect phenomenon.
For two weeks in mid-June, a species
of firefly lives out its short adult life
and can be found in profusion in the
old fields associated with the decaying summer homes adjacent to the
Elkmont campground. What makes
these fireflies so unique is that all the
males tend to cooperate as a single
force by flashing in synchrony. Not
only do they flash in unison, but on
occasion they will flash from the top
of the mountain to the valley in a
cascade of light, producing quite a
spectacular show.
Now, I say I attempted to see this
display. I’ve spent four nights in this
area and, so far, I’ve only seen localized populations flashing together;
perhaps a twenty square foot area,
not acres as advertised.
People Get in on the Act
It seems to me that the constant verbal, visual and physical interruptions
made by the audience in this burgeoning public attraction, complete
with lawn chairs, flashlights, and
conversation, must be interfering
with the natural display.
Now, I understand this event is now
highly structured, with visitors only
allowed by shuttle bus and controlled by rangers. Hopefully, this
will be a positive step.
Up until a dozen or so years ago,
this phenomenon was only known
to exist in Southeast Asia. Then,
entomologists were informed about
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this site in the Smokies. Now, I read
about other species known for this
event in other regions, including one
species that lives right here in Rock
Creek Park! Look for it the next
time you’re out among the fireflies.
This glowing bioluminescence of the
fireflies is quite special, but it’s not
limited to the adult firefly. We’ve all
heard the phrase “glow worms,” but
were you aware that this term applies
to the firefly larva that can be found
in late summer or spring? Look for
them deep in the grass in open areas.
Glow Not Limited to Fireflies
Bioluminescence in plants and
animals is not that uncommon. It is
found in many marine animals; both
invertebrate (crustaceans and squid)
and vertebrates (some fish), some
terrestrial animals (like our fireflies,
certain worms, snails, beetles and
centipedes), some fungi and bacteria.
There are even two citations discussing the luminescence of amelanistic
(reversed normal coloration) corn
snakes! The production of light in
bioluminescent organisms results
from the conversion of chemical
energy to light energy; basically the
opposite of photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, a living organism captures
light and carbon dioxide to make
organic materials and release oxygen.
In bioluminescence, light and carbon
dioxide are released by breaking
apart organic materials using oxygen.
This natural process is almost 100
percent efficient, meaning virtually
no energy is lost producing heat. It’s
referred to as cold light, as compared
with incandescent lighting, where
only 10 percent of the energy is utilized in light production, the other
90 percent being wasted as heat.
Plants Join the Party
Talking about bioluminescence, we
have to talk about another wellknown term: foxfire. This is the
glow found in rotten wood that has
been permeated by the roots, or
mycelium, of certain fungal species.
If you want to find foxfire, you need
a warm, moonless night in an old,
dank, moist forest. Find a rotting log
with streaked and splotchy bark, and
mushrooms growing from it. Break
the rotting wood apart, and if the
right species exists, the availability of
oxygen will enable the production of
the bright elfin green luminescence.
Foxfire is not the same as bioluminescent mushrooms. These are the
species where the gilled, spore-bearing undersides of the cap glow. Jacko-lantern is a common luminescent
mushroom, found in our area from
July through September on rotting
wood. Others include oyster and
bitter oyster mushrooms. Interestingly, some luminescent fungi have
fruiting caps that glow on the sporebearing underside, while others have
glowing mycelial strands found in
the wood, but normally one fungi
will not have this capability in both
the mycelium and cap.
Origins of Luminescence
It’s been suggested that fungal luminescence is a vestigial phenomenon,
preserved in a few species. It originated after photosynthetic organisms
evolved, when oxygen was toxic to
most species and the best way to get
rid of it was to chemically reduce it
to water. The production of light accompanied this reaction. These early
oxygen-removing organisms might
have all been luminescent.
While we’re talking about natural
lights, we might as well address
swamp gas, even if it isn’t due to
bioluminescence. Swamp gas is a
natural phenomenon, in which warm
methane gas from swamps rises into
the Earth’s atmosphere. This methane, a waste product from anaerobic
primitive bacteria, is a volatile gas
and can be ignited by electrical
discharge and pressure conditions
in the atmosphere, resulting in a
display of bright light. I’ve read this
phenomenon has humorously been
called “wetland flatulence.” n
(This article first appeared in June of 2003.)
—By Bob Pickett
Bringing Trails to the Public
AT thru hikers at Gathland State Park.
W
hat section of the Appalachian
Trail would be a nice hike for
our family?” “Are there any trails
in Manassas for a short day hike?”
“What does the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club do?” “Can you give
me some tips on hiking the Tuscarora Trail?” “How do I rent one of
your cabins?”
These are just some of the questions
posed to PATC “Trail Talkers” at
the many community events we participate in. With each answer, Trail
Talkers build a relationship with the
hiking public, presenting PATC as
the premier source for trail information and as guardians of the numerous trails in our area. With each
community event we attend, more
and more people are exposed to the
club and gain a wealth of valuable
information that can only benefit the
future of PATC.
We also had a third location, at
Gathland State Park, where Leonard Keifer, Rush Williamson, Beth
Lipford and Randy Motz, met with
AT hikers and folks arriving to view
Civil War cannon firings. Beth led a
family on a short hike to Crampton
Gap shelter, and upon their return,
the family members openly expressed
their enthusiasm for joining the club
and spending more time on the AT.
The first three northbound AT thruhikers of 2009 also stopped by for
some trail magic and complimented
PATC on the superb condition of
the trail and the shelters in our area.
Photo by Randy Motz.
This spring has been extremely busy
for the Trail Talkers, and over the
next several months even more opportunities await us. Vern Conaway
represented PATC at “It’s All About
the Appalachian Trail” in Hillsboro,
Va., as well as at the Sterling Earth
Day event. For the second year in a
Lee Sheaffer is talking to visitors at the Hot
Air Balloon Festival.
row, the Frederick County Historic
Sites Consortium invited PATC to
participate in their “Bells & History
Days” event. Ben Mayock hosted visitors at the Olive Green Cabin, and
Jim Booker and his wife, Charlene,
met visitors at the Catoctin Cabin.
Beth Lipford& Randy Motz at Gathland
State Park.
These Events Work
L.L Bean, in Tysons Corner Center, hosted its first four-day “Spring
Sports Weekend,” which gave
PATC extensive exposure to a large,
outdoor-oriented clientele. Due to
the short notice of this event and the
bevy of other club activities during
that weekend--which drew on our
pool of volunteers--we were unable
to staff the display ourselves.
(continued on p. 8)
CONFIRMED UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, June 6th: National Trails Day, Big Meadows Campground,
SNP, Luray, Va. (All Day)
Also: June 6 National Trails Day event at Harpers Ferry, 10am-4pm.
Saturday & Sunday, June 13th & 14th: Heritage Days Festival,
Cumberland, Md. (Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-5)
Saturday, July 12th: PATC Annual Picnic, Carderock picnic pavilion,
W. Bethesda, Md. (10:00-7:00)
Saturday, Oct. 3rd: “In the Streets,” Frederick, Md. (no times yet)
Friday – Sunday, Oct. 16th – 18th: Shenandoah Valley Hot Air Balloon
& Wine Festival, Historic Long Branch House & Farm, Millwood, VA
(no times yet)
PENDING EVENTS
Saturday, June 27th: Great American Backyard Campout w/Hudson
Trail Outfitters, Riley’s Lock, Potomac, Md. (no times yet)
Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 19th & 20th: Bluemont Fair, Bluemont,
West Virginia (no times yet)
Saturday, Sept. 26th: National Public Lands Day, Prince William
National Forest, Triangle, Va. (no times yet)
Friday – Sunday, Oct. 9th - 11th: Appalachian Long Distance Hikers
Association “Gathering,” Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa.
(no times yet)
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 10th – 11th: Apple Butter Festival, Berkeley
Springs, W.Va (no times yet)
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 17th & 18th: Myersville Trolley Festival,
Myersville, Md (no times yet)
Sat. & Sun. Oct. 24th & 25th: PATC Annual Pig Roast, Blackburn Trail
Center (no times yet)
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Bringing Trails to the Public, from page 7
On April 25, the city of Alexandria
held its annual Earth Day event,
aptly named, “Taking the Green
Route,” exposing the club to a large
and diverse audience. Laura Simo,
Nina Kendrick, and Randy Motz
enticed the crowd to visit the booth
by adding several new dimensions
to the club’s display. They provided
a fully loaded pack for people to try
on to get a sense of what a hiker
would carry on a long-distance hike,
and they also participated in the
event organizers’ “Earth Day Passport Program.” Children had their
passports “stamped” at different
booths after answering a question
or completing a task. PATC used
its “Animal Tracks” display and had
children guess as to what animal or
bird each footprint belonged.
R
More Celebrate Earth Day
Staunton, Va., also held an Earth
Day event at which Mark Gatewood
and the Flying McLeods SNP South
District Trail Crew handed out
PATC brochures and other trailrelated information.
It seems that everyone was having
an Earth Day celebration, and Ft.
Detrick was no exception. Michelle
Hewitt and Jim Stauch staffed our
exhibit at Ft. Detrick, providing
valuable insight and assistance to the
600-plus people who stopped by.
Their stellar efforts resulted in numerous visitors signing up to receive more
information on the club, each one
receiving a free PATC coffee mug.
Coming up over the next several
months are even more opportunities
for PATC to reach out to the public,
to inform them about what we do
as a club, and to provide them with
the information they need regarding
trails in our area. Right now, our list
of Trail Talkers is desperately short,
so we are in need of more volunteers
to staff these events. To be a Trail
Talker, all you need to possess is a
Visitors at the Trail Talkers booth at
Viva!Vienna!.
love of the outdoors, a passion for
PATC, and the desire to share that
love and passion with others. IT’S
EASY and FUN! We provide you
with all the information you will
need to answer virtually any question posed to you, and the
time commitment is minimal.
(You even get a cool PATC Trail
Talker hat!)
If you would like to give Trail
Talking a try, contact Randy Motz
at Activities@patc.net. n
Second Annual PATC ‘Summer Picnic in the Park’
egister NOW for the 2nd
Annual PATC “Summer Picnic
in the Park”.
Mark July 12th on your calendar
and register NOW to attend PATC’s
2nd Annual “Summer Picnic in
the Park.” This will be held at the
Carderock picnic pavilion along the
beautiful C&O Canal towpath, just
outside the Beltway off Clara Barton
Parkway.
photographs or, for the more industrious, give the Billy Goat trail
a try. There will also be volleyball,
horseshoes and activities for the kids.
Be sure to bring extra clothes for the
kids, and yourself, to enjoy the wading pool and sprinkler.
If you are a biker, take an 8-mile
round trip family bike ride up to
Great Falls on the towpath. Bring a
lock for your bike so you can walk to
the river and bring a lunch or plan
to buy food at the snack bar. Come
early enough to complete your ride
before we serve dinner.
Take a day off from maintaining the
trails, building shelters or counting
chestnut trees to join your fellow
PATC members, families and guests
and spend the day eating great food, Running all day, the Mountaineering
having fun and simply relaxing.
Section will have climbing equipment
available for everyone to try their
Gates open at 10:00 so you can
ability at rock climbing. From kids to
spend the day taking part in a wide
adults – come on over! The rocks are
array of activities. Take a leisurely
just a short walk from the Pavilion.
stroll along the canal and take
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However, the success of this event
was so important to L.L. Bean, that
it enlisted its own employees to staff
our display. Gauging by how few
brochures were left after the event,
and the fact that 14 people signed up
to receive more PATC information,
it was obvious that their staff did a
commendable job.
Appetizers will be served starting at
4:00 pm and dinner (typical picnic
food such as hot dogs, hamburgers,
veggie burgers, chips, baked beans,
sodas, and more) will be served from
5:00 to 7:00.
If you come early be sure to bring
your lunch and beverages to last
until 4:00! You may also bring wine
and beer, which may only be drunk
in the pavilion area. No other liquor
is allowed.
Cost:
Under 4 4 years old to 12
12 years old to 18
Over 18 years old
Free
$ 5.00
$ 7.00
$10.00
See registration form on
page 19
World War II and the Conscientious Objectors
I
t is often said that during World
War II the Appalachian Trail was
neglected, and it took some time
after the war to restore the trailway
that had been opened less than two
decades before. But the trails in the
Shenandoah National Park were not
abandoned completely at this time.
Conscientious Objectors (COs),
those who refused military service,
were put to work in civilian jobs,
with so many workers being pulled
into the military.
Although the United States was spared
battle in North America, the war effort
affected everyone. As many as 14 million men were drafted into the military
(and the population at that time was
only about half what it is today).
Because of the need to provide
material for the Army, Navy, and Air
Force, most consumer goods were
in short supply--usually rationed.
Newspaper headlines included,
“Truck and Bus Gasoline Sharply
Cut in East--40 Percent Slash Ordered by ODT Curtail Deliveries”
and “Eastern Streets Bare of Autos-Motorists Leave Cars at Home
under Driving Ban.” Deliveries of ice
cream and flowers were abolished,
and deliveries of many other products were curtailed. Personal driving
was strongly frowned upon.
Filling the Home Ranks
The Shenandoah Valley is home
to many Mennonite and Brethren
churches (of the Anabaptist branch
of the Reformation), which are
pacifist. The churches are sometimes
referred to as “peace churches.”
Their members refuse to serve in
the military. Their refusal caused
severe problems for them (they were
imprisoned) in World War I, as they
even refused to serve the war effort.
Adjustment of church and government policies after that allowed
peace church members to serve the
government in ways that did not
involve military service.
The 1930s saw many camps of the
Civilian Conservation Corps that
gave employment to men during the
high unemployment of the Great
Depression. These corpsmen did
quite a bit of public work during
that time, including building dams,
roads, and trails in the national
parks and forests. Most of these men
joined the Army once the United
States entered World War II, but the
COs, such as the peace church members, members of groups like the
Quakers and Jehovah’s Witnesses,
along with individuals from other
backgrounds that weren’t explicitly
pacifist, were reorganized into camps
doing civilian work. There were
Civilian Public Service Camps near
Grottoes and Luray.
The COs were fewer in number than
the Civilian Conservation Corpsmen, so they couldn’t do as much,
but they did maintain the national
forests and parks. Their biggest
job was fighting fires, but they also
did trail work. A leader among the
COs in the Grottoes Civilian Public
Service Camp was Henry Swartzentruber, from Oakland, Md. He was
Amish, and they have reputations of
being good record keepers, and that
he was. His jobs were many, and he
wrote down all they did.
The Rescue Mission
On May 17, 1943, a four-year-old
girl, Doris Dean, went missing near
her home near Island Ford, about
10 miles north of Grottoes. Henry
Swartzentruber was among the
first to join in the search, arriving
that very night, and coming back
each day as the search continued.
Each day, more people joined in the
search until nearly 1,000 men and
boys who could get away from their
duties were searching all over the
side of Rocky Mount, directed by
National Park and Forest rangers. At
times during the week, very violent
thunderstorms drove the searchers
off the mountain.
Finally, on Saturday, May 22, 100
members of the Civilian Public
Service Camps from Grottoes and
Luray were organized to search from
the Skyline Drive, at the trailhead of
the Rocky Mount Trail, then a fire
trail. The group from Luray went
down the Two-mile Run Gorge,
while the group from Grottoes,
except for three men, went down the
hollow of Hawksbill Creek.
Henry Swartzentruber was assigned
to take two men and search along
the Rocky Mount Trail, as he was
well acquainted with this trail as
his crew had repaired it one wet day
the winter before. He chose Luther
Lerch and Paul Coffman, as he knew
them well, and both had worked
on this trail before. Henry walked
on the trail, and the two other men
walked about 100 feet on either
side. It is 3.4 miles to the summit of
Rocky Mount, and it took the three
men almost five hours. Just before
the summit, Paul Coffman found
Doris on a rock bed. He stayed with
her as Henry and Luther ran down
the west side of the mountain to notify the authorities and to bring back
a rescue group. She was taken down
and driven to Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, where
she remained for 11 days.
Although it has been almost 66 years
since this event, Henry Swartzentruber and Paul Coffman are still
alive (Luther Lerch died in 1974).
In 2005, I took Paul to visit Henry
in Oakland, Md. It was a great
reunion, and those two old men
almost exhausted me with all they
had to talk about. Henry’s memory
of the event was quite sharp, and he
still had his old records. I also noted
that he had a recent PATC map
#11, of the Southern Section of the
Shenandoah National Park.
Doris Dean is also still alive and is
now a great-grandmother.
— Tim Hupp
Tim Hupp is the overseer of the
Brown Mountain Trail and is author
of “Children Lost in the Mountains”
(available at Amazon.com). A fuller
account of the search for Doris Dean
is in the second chapter of this book.
Editor’s Note: A CO in Shenandoah
National Park whom many of us are
familiar with is Herbert S. Zim, who
wrote the Golden Nature Guides
printed in the 1960s.
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Photo by Wayne Limberg.
Trailhead – June 2009
Hoodlums tackle blowdowns on Piney Branch.
T
Finding a Bridge to Nowhere
here are many good reasons to
get out on the trails this month.
Trails Day June 6, the first Saturday
in June, is certainly a great motivator. There are plenty of planned
activities and the only hard part is
deciding which one(s) to participate
in. If you’ve normally been hiking
on Trails Day, maybe this is a good
year to try some trail work instead.
If you’ve been cleaning waterbars
and cutting sidehill the last dozen
times you’ve been out, maybe it’s
time to leave the Corona behind (or
at least sheathed) and experience
the pleasure of a good walk in the
woods. There will still be plenty of
time later in the month to head out
on the trails and get a jump on all
the weeds that start popping out.
Following up on its season-opening
bridge levitation, the Thursday
Morning Group created its first
“Bridge to Nowhere” on an access trail to the Potomac Heritage
Trail. The Group discovered the
trail bridge (or boardwalk) severely
undercut by erosion from the
nearby stream, Donaldson Run.
Rather than removing the bridge,
the Group worked to reroute the
trail further inland and left the proverbial Bridge to Nowhere as a late
April’s Fools joke. We’ll see if hikers
get the joke.
A Special Crew Effort
The “Jones Mountain Crew” conducted its spring-cleaning on Upper
and Lower Entry Run on a beautiful March weekend. Chris Jones,
overseer for Entry Run (Upper and
Lower) gave an accounting of their
efforts. After breakfast at RosserLamb, generously prepared and
offered by Peg Manuel, the crew
hit the trail. They took out lots of
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Photo by Janis Stone.
ND Hoodlums on the March
in March
Sure and it was a happy sight to see
the North District Hoodlums gather
on March 21 for their annual Irish
work trip, the first of 2009. Twenty
souls in all turned out, booted and
gloved and eager to get to work
after a long winter’s break. District
Managers Dick Dugan and Wayne
Limberg were pleased to see many
returning faces and not a few new
ones and quickly divided the group
into four teams to tackle blowdowns
up and down the AT and several side
trails in the district. By the end of the
day, the Hoodlums had walked over
half the AT in the North District
and a good 10 miles of side trail and
removed over two dozen blowdowns.
As the sun set
and the temperature dropped, the
Hoodlums stay retired to Indian Run
maintenance hut
for their traditional
March Irish potluck. As in the past,
the table moaned
with dueling versions of corned beef
and cabbage and all
the fixings.
The energetic Manassas Bull Runners
spreading their woodchips.
winter debris and cleared more than
a few blow-downs. With Jennifer
Hollm, they also constructed new
steps on the trail.
Erin Jones and Will Lorenc (aka
Trail Dancer and Willie Goat) hiked
the AT end-to-end in 5 months
and 5 days in 2007. By 2008 they
were Mr. and Mrs. Lorenc. Now,
in 2009, they give back to the trails
with hard work as part of the “Jones
Mountain Crew”. While several
of the team worked the trails, the
co-overseers, Mason Child and Bob
Hollm, made their best contribution by staying well away from any
dangerous tools or hazardous work.
Thanks to all for helping out in
whatever way they can.
Rock Creek Off and Running
The Rock Creek Crew began its
2009 season with two lively worktrips in April. Braving a hard and
cold rain, the gang met at its usual
hangout on the morning of April
9. After a few greetings and some
concerns about the weather, they
proceeded to their destination of the
day—Melvin Hazen Trail. The western entrance drops straight down a
hillside and not surprisingly, the trail
has eroded substantially. With an
extra spring in their step, the crew
took up its tools and broke into two
teams. The first dug a re-route down
to the main trail near the streambed
and the second blocked off and tore
up the old one. In two hours, a new
and muddy trail had appeared.
Two weeks later, the crew met again
to take on another re-route. On the
Normanstone Trail just east of the
Naval Observatory, the trail falls
steeply to meet Normanstone Drive.
Unfortunately, the trail was laid out
a bit too directly, and erosion has
taken its toll. With the assistance
of the trail’s overseer, Gabrielle
Czaja, the crew dug a re-route,
closed off the old trail and installed
several checkdams and waterbars.
Thanks go to Ranger Ken Ferebee
and his trusty, albeit slightly dented,
NPS truck.
A Woodlands Re-covering
The Manassas Bull Runners have
been working on the trails equivalent of a radical makeover, with the
rapid application of copious quantities of wood chips to turn gravel
paths into woodland trails. During
their first work trip in mid-March
they spread wood chips from the
farm road to the Carter Cemetery,
finishing just before it began to rain.
The Park maintenance staff and
PATC member Scott Bellefeuillle
dropped 17 truck loads of wood
chips during the week.
The next Saturday the crew met
back up at the maintenance area off
Sudley Road and proceeded to have
a very productive day. They were
able to spread mulch to the Carter
Cemetery sign and a good distance
along the First Manassas. A key
success factor was the use of Gators,
vehicles for hauling the wood chips.
The following Saturday, the crew
was out yet again, this time dividing forces into those continuing the
wood chip effort and those obtaining their certification on driving the
all important Gators. The qualification training included a lecture
and briefing from trails coordinator
David Ammen, a video and a handson driving certification. Thanks to
David’s instruction, the crew now
has a good number of certified drivers. If the crew continues at their
March pace, they’re going to need
every one of them.
Reviewing the before and after
photos of the trails, Park Ranger/
Volunteer Coordinator Hank Elliott
noted the trails looked really great
with their new country woodland
appearance, and thanked DM Bud
Cunnally and the crew for their hard
work and continued dedication to
the park and volunteer program.
Tex-Mex & Many Steps
Spring was in the air and the sap
was running as the North District
Hoodlums gathered mid-April for
their annual Southwest work trip.
What promised to be a small turnout just a week earlier turned into
a bumper crop—21
at last count. The
near perfect weather
probably accounted
for some of the high
turnout but the Hoodlums had also just been
featured on the PATC
Web site—ample proof
that it pays to advertise.
DMs Dugan and Limberg divided the group
into three crews and
headed out. One crew
went to the AT south
A re-covering of Manassas trails.
of Jenkins Gap to
tackle some serious eroApril Flowers Distract Group
sion; another went to Pass Mountain
The Potomac Heritage Trail got a
and south to hit some blowdowns
few new steps, but the Thursday
and eroding steps; the third went to
Morning Group got distracted by
Dickey Ridge to do some tread and
the April wildflowers — and a few
structure work. By end of day the
special volunteers actually finished
three crews had rehabbed a dozen
the job.
checkdams and waterbars on Dickey
Ridge, sidehilled over 100 yards and
In less than three hours the Group
cribbed over 40 feet south of Jenkins (1) crosscut-sawed three locust logs;
Gap, and reset about 30 steps above
(2) debarked and set the three logs
Thornton Gap. The resetting of the
into steps; (3) rerouted a 20 yard
steps was something of a trip down
section of trail, while (4) a “satellite”
memory lane for Dick Dugan, Mike
crew was out on the trail chainsawRitoli, and John McCrea as they had
ing a couple of blowdowns. But
built those steps 15 years earlier. For
with time winding down, the main
their work on the AT south of JenGroup went searching for the elusive
kins Gap, the Hoodlums have their
“white” Virginia bluebell, leaving
hearts set on running water, heated
the finishing work to only a few —
privy, and big screen TV for Indian
Ken WIlliams, Paul Blackman and
Run maintenance hut as that is
Trip Reid.
Supervisor of Trails John Hedrick’s
So while the Group was identifying
section. OK, they will settle for a
cutleaf toothwort; yellow trout lily;
moldering privy.
toadshade trillium; wild ginger; and,
April being the Hoodlum’s Southfinally, finding the white variation of
west trip, they gathered at the end
Virginia bluebell (and even a single
of the work day at Indian Run for a
unique “white” trout lily), they owe
take-no-prisoners Tex-Mex dinner
gratitude to the few who actually
featuring McCrea chili, Allen black
completed what the rest started. The
bean soup, and Mother Limberg’s
Group now awaits the poetry surely
Methodist potluck enchilada pie.
to flow from such a spring outing. n
Everything goes better with beans.
For a finale, Dick Dugan proved
you don’t need chocolate to make
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Please send any interesting tale,
good deal of liquid to handle that
technical advice, individual or
growing, warming glow. Fortunategroup accomplishments, and
ly, there was a doctor in attendance.
trail maintenance questions to
Hoodlums don’t need no stinkin’
Catherine Kelleher at cckelleher@
Pepcid.
earthlink.net.
Photo by Janis Stone.
Trailhead – June 2009, from page 10
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The Story of ‘Pogo’ and his Campsite
N
ear Black Rock Cliff along the
Appalachian Trail in Maryland
is “Pogo” Campsite. The question
often asked by hikers is, “How did
Pogo Campsite get its name?”
The sign at the campsite says that it
is a memorial to Walter Rheinheimer
Jr. (1958-1974), who was nicknamed
Pogo because of some semblance in
manner to a comic strip hero well
known in the 1960s and 70s.
panion suffered a spinal injury and
was hospitalized for several months.
Further long-distance cycling was
not permitted.
A neighbor pal, feeling sorry about
Pogo’s disappointment and wishing
to provide him with a distraction,
offered to take him on a canoe trip
on the Potomac River starting at
Harpers Ferry.
Pogo was not a swimmer, nor was
he experienced with canoes. Before
his life-jacket was securely fastened,
Pogo stepped off-center into the
canoe and became suspended upside
down in the water beneath the lifejacket beside the canoe. The swiftly
running water carried him downstream to his death.
Pogo had several brothers, and the
whole family had been very active
in the Mountain Club of Maryland.
Pogo was an indefatigable young
adventurer who went on hiking,
caving, and rock-climbing trips with
the Mountain Club. By age 16, he
had hiked more than half of the
Appalachian Trail. Pogo was daring,
adventurous, sturdy, and inquisitive.
A Fitting Tribute
During the summer of 1974, he and
a friend started out on bicycles from
the Atlantic Coast to ride across the
country to the Pacific Ocean. On
their second day, their bikes were
side-swiped by a truck; his com-
The Mountain Club of Maryland
wished to memorialize Pogo, so, for
a year, it sought to purchase land for
the Appalachian Trail somewhere
in Maryland on which a memorial
could be placed. The state of Mary-
Photo by Ken May.
Ken Lacey Retires
Ken Lacey has retired as a trail overseer
after 40 years of service !
K
en Lacey, a longtime PATC
member, has retired from being
a tra il overseer. Ken joined the club
in 1963 and in 1969 became an overseer of a section of the Appalachian
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Trail in Pennsylvania. The
southern end of Ken’s section of the AT started at
Rattlesnake Run Road near
the Old Forge picnic area in
the Michaux State Forest. It
continued past the Tumbling
Run trail shelters steeply up
Buzzard Peak to the Chimney Rocks view and then
on to where it ended at a
pipeline crossing of the AT.
He also maintained the high
water bypass of Antietam
Creek near the Antietam
trail shelter. Ken could always be counted on to keep
his section in good condition and bring attention to
problems that needed trail crew help.
Best wishes go to Ken for his trail
overseer “retirement.” Thank you,
Ken, for 40 years of service for a job
well done. Few people have been
overseers at age 90. n
land was collaterally purchasing land
for protection of the trail, and it
discouraged private acquisitions
because they might not prove to be
permanent.
PATC President Ruth Blackburn
then suggested that the old Black
Rock Hotel site should be designated
Pogo Campsite as a memorial to the
young adventurer. The Black Rock
Hotel site was owned by the state of
Maryland and had a suitable water
supply. As a primitive campsite, a pitprivy became the sole amenity that it
offered to hikers.
Thirty-five years have passed. We
can only speculate what great things
Walter Pogo Rheinheimer Jr. would
have accomplished if he had survived his accident in the Potomac.
Certainly, Pogo would want us to
appreciate our own potential and our
own adventures on this Earth we
cherish. n
—Thurston Griggs, Paul Ives, and
Rick Canter contributed to this article Tired of Mountain Rescue?
Sick of being drug
to cabins?
Disgusted with bugs on
the trails?
Historian Researchers Wanted
For Mutton Hollow & Vining Cabin
Contact Thomas Jorgensen
hairatheart@peoplepc.com
Forecast
Chapters
Charlottesville Chapter
Southern Shenandoah Valley Chapter
The Charlottesville Chapter hikes every Saturday;
summer, winter, and in between. Hikes are usually
8 to 10 miles with some shorter hikes. We usually
maintain trails on the last Saturday of the month.
Meet at Albemarle High School in Charlottesville
at 9:00 AM with food and water for the day. The
majority of hikes are in the South and Central Districts of SNP, with some in the North District and in
George Washington National Forest. Our Chapter
hikes are posted at www.avenue.org/patc/future_
hikes.htm. INFO: Jere Bidwell 434/295-2143 or
John Shannon 434/293-2953.
See www.ssvc.org or the link on the PATC Web
site for descriptions of hikes and work trips. We
usually hike in the southern and central districts of
the SNP and in the GWNF. Contact the listed hike
leader for information about a specific event, or
contact Mark Gatewood at 540/248-0442.
instruction for those wanting to learn the basics we’re not a school, but we can get you started. We
go climbing, either locally or further a field, nearly
every weekend. In the winter we organize trips for
beginning and advanced ice climbers. Please visit
our Web site at www.potomacmountainclub.org/.
Contact Bob Graver (rgraver9106@hotmail.com).
West Chapter
PATC Hikes
North Chapter
The North Chapter conducts monthly trail work trips
on the Maryland and Pennsylvania sections of the
AT and Tuscarora Trail. We also lead hikes on these
and other trails. Maryland AT work trips are generally held on the first and third Saturdays - contact
Leonard Keifer (mdtrail@yahoo.com). Pennsylvania
work trips are generally held on the AT on the
first Saturday and on the Tuscarora on the third
Saturday - contact Pete Brown (peter.brown4@
worldnet.att.net) 410/343-1140. Pennsylvania AT
work trips also include an optional Saturday dinner
at the Gypsy Spring Cabin. For information on
upcoming hikes, contact Chris Firme (bncfirme@
innernet.net) 717/765-4833. North Chapter home
page (www.north.patc.net).
Northern Shenandoah Valley Chapter
Bounded by geography and the principles of the
“Mother Club,” the NSVC is much like the early
PATC, a group of friends joining together to hike
and have fun. The Chapter usually holds at least
one hike per month. Members organize hikes of
easy-to-moderate length and difficulty in SNP,
on the Massanutten Mountain, and elsewhere.
Quarterly post-hike, potluck dinner meetings are
normally held at one of the club’s cabins with an
opportunity to stay overnight in the cabin. Events
may be found in the “Forecast” section of the
newsletter, or at www.PATC.net. All are invited.
INFO: Jack Reeder (BRIMS9672@ mypacks.net).
Key to Forecast
Activities
The West Chapter meets twice a year in March and
September at various locations within the Chapter’s
coverage area. The Chapter maintains the Black
Locust Trail and the southernmost section of the
Catoctin Trail in Gambrill State Park (MD). Trailwork
trips and hikes are scheduled from March through
December. Day hikes, overnight weekend hiking
trips, and backpacking trips are occasionally scheduled. All activities are listed on the PATC Web site
calendar and on the Chapter’s Yahoo group (http://
groups.yahoo.com/group/PATCWest) to communicate to Chapter members and to post activities.
This is open to anyone who is interested, however
only current PATC members may post messages.
Contact Dave Jordahl (westpatc@hotmail.com)
240/777-7741.
Ski Touring Section (STS)
Since 1974 the STS has served to provide crosscountry skiing experiences for beginner through
expert. The Section sponsors winter weekend ski
trips to the mountains in Maryland, West Virginia,
and Pennsylvania; there are also more extensive trips
that travel west, north, and across the ocean. Social
events are scheduled throughout the year. If you
share a respect for nature, enjoy outdoor exercise,
peaceful scenic trails, and cheerful, good-hearted
companions - join STS. Contact: Peggy Alpert,
(mountainmama15@verizon.net) 301/946-4497.
Mountaineering Section
We’re a diverse group of local DC-area climbers.
We also share common interests in promoting safe
climbing, conserving the outdoors, developing new
climbers’ skills, representing the Washington-area
climbing community, and having fun! We provide
Other Clubs’ Hikes
Capital (www.capitalhikingclub.org) and Wanderbirds (www.wanderbirds.org) hike on Saturdays and
Sundays, traveling by bus and leaving from downtown, with suburban stops as well. Center Club,
Northern Virginia Hiking Club and Sierra Club hike
on both Saturdays and Sundays using carpools.
Schedules are available at PATC Headquarters and
are published in area newspapers on Fridays. West
Virginia Highland Conservancy outings information
at www.wvhighlands.org.
Meetings
Meetings at PATC HQ, 118 Park Street, S.E.,
Vienna, VA unless otherwise noted.
All events are marked for easy identification.
Late changes or cancellations are listed on the
weekly information tape (703/242-0965), which
is updated on Sunday evening for the following
seven days. The Forecast can also be found on
PATC’s Web site at PATC.net, and then select
the calendar.
Hiking Trips
Backpacking Trips
Trail Work Trips
Cabin/Shelter Work Trips
Special Events
Meetings
Classes
K9 Trail Blazers (dogs permitted)
XC Ski Events
New Members – First Wednesday of
each Month
Note to all hike leaders: Please ask nonmembers on your
hike if they would like to join PATC, then get names and
addresses so a club volunteer can send them information
packets. Thanks!
Business meeting – Last Tuesday of each month,
7:30 PM INFO: Doug Sigman (join@smrg.org),
703/255-5034 or www.smrg.org
PATC offers diverse organized hikes. There are K-9
Hikes, which invite you to bring your favorite dog;
Family Hikes tailored to kids; Natural History Hikes
stalking the fascinating but often elusive flora and
fauna of the region; hikes featuring varying levels of
difficulty with the Easy Hikers, In-Between Hikers,
and Vigorous Hikers; Birding Hikes with experts to
help sight and identify our avian neighbors; Historical Hikes tracking little-known structures in SNP;
Series Hikes tracing the entire length of the Tuscarora Trail or the trails of Pennsylvania, section by
section; Backpacking Hikes traversing the tracts of
West Virginia and Southern Virginia; hikes scheduled for weekends; ones scheduled for weekdays;
Geology Hikes led by experts from the Smithsonian
focused on the unique stratigraphy of our area;
Mushroom Hikes with mycologists; Waterfall Hikes
to beat the summer heat; and Outreach Hikes to
get together with the members of area groups like
the Sierra Club or the Congressional Hikers. Check
out the Forecast calendar and hear updates on the
weekly tape (703/242-0965).
Check Forecast schedule. Curious about the club?
Want to learn more? The best way is to attend a
New Members Meeting (both current and nonmembers are welcome!) Attend the meeting and
find the mysteries of PATC revealed in full. INFO:
Alan Day (dayalan@nova.org) 703/860-0181.
Mountaineering – Second Wednesday
8:00 PM – We meet every month on the second
Wednesday except for August, unless noted in
the Forecast. INFO: Bob Graver (rgraver9106@
hotmail.com) or our web site: www.potomacmountainclub.org.
Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group
(SMRG) – Last Tuesday
PATC Council – Second Tuesday
The council meets at 7:00 PM sharp. The PATC
Council meets every month, except January
and July, to conduct business of the club and in
November for a dinner meeting. All members are
always welcome. Come see how we make decisions about your club. INFO: Wilson Riley (wriley@
patc.net) 703/242-0693 X105.
Trail Patrol – First Tuesday
7:30 PM except January. Trail Patrol volunteers are
PATC’s goodwill trail ambassadors to the hiking
public. They provide a visible, reassuring presence
on the trails, and strive to educate the public on
good hiking practices, minimum impact hiking,
and camping ethics. Patrol members are trained
in land navigation, emergency procedures, radio
communications, and personal equipment. INFO:
Katrina Hedlesky (trailpatrol@patc.net) 703/5333652, or see our Web site: www.patc.us/volunteer/trailpatrol/
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June
1 (Monday)
DEADLINE – July Potomac
Appalachian
Send all articles and other submissions, except Forecast events, to pa@
patc.net by 5:00p.m. Add all Forecast
events to the on line Calendar (www.
patc.net). Contact PA-Forecast@patc.
net if you have questions about the
Forecast. NOTE: Do not send photos
or articles to headquarters.
2 (Tuesday)
HIKE – Vigorous Hikers
Central District, Shenandoah
National Park, VA
PATC Map 10 (Vigorous, fast H rated
hike) From the upper Old Rag parking lot we take the early morning hike
up Robertson Mt. and on up to the
Skyland Horse Trail and back down
White Oak Canyon, up the back side
of Old Rag and back down to the
parking lot (Several short-cut options
available.). Approximately 16 miles and
3800 feet elevation change. INFO:
Gene Whitaker (GeneWhit@gmail.com)
540/661-0150.
2 (Tuesday)
MEETING - Trail Patrol, 7:30 p.m.
INFO: Katrina Hedlesky (trailpatrol@
patc.net) 703/533-3652.
3 (Wednesday)
HIKE – Easy Hikers
College Park, MD
Meet at the east side of College Park
Metro station on the green line. Bring
lunch, water, and extra money for
the best ice cream from the campus
creamery. We’ll hike over to Lake
Artemesia and also onto the campus of
the Univ. of Md., covering 5 or 6 miles,
before returning to the Metro station.
INFO: Margaret Chapman 301/9778988.
3 (Wednesday)
HIKE - Midweek Hikers
Location to be determined
The PATC Midweek Hikers carpool
each Wednesday from the Washington, DC area to various trailheads.
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Hikes are at a moderate pace and
about 8 to 12 miles in length with
varied elevations. Current information, including meeting place, time,
leader’s name and phone number,
and a detailed description of the hike
are available on the PATC calendar at
http://potomacappalachian.org.
3 (Wednesday)
MEETING – New Members
Vienna, VA
Meet other new members, ask questions, & get information about PATC.
At 118 Park Street, SE Vienna, VA
22180 INFO: Alan Day (membersup@
patc.net).
3 (Wednesday)
SPECIAL EVENT – Hike the Whites
(BRMS)
Warrenton, VA
Hike Hut to Hut Above the tree line
in the White Mountains. Join backpacker John Spencer at Blue Ridge
Mountain Sports in Warrenton, Va.,
as he describes his experiences in
the White Mountain range of New
Hampshire. John has hiked in the
White Mountains three times. The
portion of the AT through Presidential
Peaks is all above the tree line and
can be quite dangerous if not done
with caution and preparation as the
weather can be extreme (winds up to
234 mph on Mt. Washington). The
views are spectacular and the network
of historic trails can be quite challenging over the peaks, or made easier by
walking around. There are AMC huts
that provide overnight comfort and
two meals so the carried loads can be
light enough to navigate the unusually steep and rocky trails. They also
provide centers for great fellowship in
the evenings after a day of adventure.
Come see great pictures and hear
about this unique high adventure that
can be shared by all ages from teens
to grandparents. If you want to know
more about the Whites, John can help
you. INFO: Josh Warner (jwarner@
brms.com) 540/428-3136.
Join us at a National Trails Day
event!
6 (Saturday)
SPECIAL EVENT – National Trails
Day
Central District, Shenandoah
National Park, VA
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. In partnership
with Shenandoah National Park, the
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club’s Trail
Patrol is sponsoring “Beyond the Trailhead”, an opportunity to leave your car
behind and experience the outdoors
through hiking. Join us for guided
hikes and informational displays to
learn more about safe and responsible
enjoyment of the natural world. Events
will be held throughout the day at Byrd
Visitor Center (milepost 51). Hands-on
demonstrations of the use of traditional
tools such as two-man crosscut saws
will be offered. Admission to the event
is free and open to the public. Hikers
will need to sign in at the registration
table at Byrd Visitor Center 15 minutes before the hike time. Please be
sure to bring water, food, clothing, and
footwear as appropriate for the hike.
Pre-registration is encouraged but you
may also register on June 6 at Byrd
Visitor Center. To pre-register, send an
email to TPNTD@patc.net by June 4.
Please include your name and which
hike you wish to join. Normal Shenandoah National Park entrance fees
apply. INFO: Cindy Kelly (tpntd@patc.
net) 410/939-5029.
Forecast
6 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – DC Crew
Washington, DC
Join us for National Trails Day in Rock
Creek Park! All are welcome. All tools
and instruction are provided by PATC
and NPS. Please wear appropriate
clothing, gloves and footwear. We
will meet at the Nature Center (just
south of Military Rd.) at 8:20 a.m. or
so and carpool over the site. INFO:
Alex Sanders (wdctrails@yahoo.com)
703/465-8140.
6 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – South Mountaineers
Appalachian Trail, MD
National Trails Day event. This event
meets in Washington Monument
State Park at 9:00 a.m. Come out to
celebrate this special day. Detailed
information closer to the event date.
We hike 1-5 miles depending on the
specific agenda, usually battling the
weeds at this time of year. INFO:
Leonard Keifer (mdtrail@yahoo.com)
301/330-3388.
6 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP –
Spooky Beavers
Triangle, VA
Spooky Beaver work trip in Prince William Forest Park for Trails Day. Meet at
9:00 a.m. in the Visitor Center parking
lot. Wear boots and bring gloves,
water, and a snack. Expect to finish
by 2:00 p.m. INFO: Liles Creighton, 410/573-0067 or Mark Ellis,
540/658-0502.
6 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Stonewall
Brigade
Columbia Furnace, VA
Join us for an enjoyable day of trail
work in the Great North Mountain
district. Meet at the parking area of
Wolf Gap Recreation Area, on Wolf
Gap Road (VA 675) west of Columbia
Furnace, Va. For directions and a map
visit http://www.patc.us/volunteer/
trails/stonewall/map_wolf_gap.html.
INFO: Lee Manning (lee.manning@
cox.net) 703/560-0960.
6 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP –
Yankee Clippers
Appalachian Trail, PA
Set a good example and join the Yankee Clippers trail crew for a National
Trails Day weekend work trip. INFO:
Pete Brown (peter.brown4@worldnet.
att.net).
9 (Tuesday)
Central District, Shenandoah National Park, VA
We’ll top three big peaks in the
Central District, all with great views.
From White Oak Canyon Parking up
Cedar Run to Hawksbill Summit, on to
Stony Man via AT, down Old Rag Fire
Road to Robertson Mt. Trail, up and
over Robertson to complete loop via
Weakley and Berry Hollow Fire Roads.
17 mi. with 5500 ft. elev. gain. INFO:
Bob Livezey (bobbilbo@msn.com)
301/320-4679.
9 (Tuesday)
MEETING - PATC Council, 7:00 p.m.
10 (Wednesday)
Arlington, VA
Come join us for a 4-5 mile hike on
the W&OD Trail. From Capital Beltway take Rt. 50 or Arlington Blvd. Go
east towards Falls Church. Turn right
on George Mason Drive. Right on
Columbia Pike. Left on S. Four Mile
Run Drive. Right into 2nd parking lot
belonging to Carlton Condominiums at
4600 S. Four Mile Run. Park near tennis courts. Meet at 10:15 a.m. Bring
lunch and water. INFO: MaryMargaret
McGrail 703/751-8126.
10 (Wednesday)
See June 3 event for more information.
10 (Wednesday)
MEETING - Mountaineering
Section, 8:00 p.m.
10 (Wednesday)
SPECIAL EVENT - Exploring Zion
and Bryce (REI)
Bailey’s Crossroads, VA
7:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening’s tour of
Zion and Bryce, including Angel’s
Landing and Fairyland Trails, as well as
remote trails through southern Utah’s
fantastic geology. Get a close look at
canyons, hoodoos, arches and slickrock through the eye of photographer
and REI Outdoor School Instructor,
Vickie Fruehauf, and information and
tips on planning your own adventure
in southern Utah. INFO: Mark Nelson
(mnelson@rei.com) 703/379-9400.
13 (Saturday)
HIKE – Long Distance
Wardensville, WV
An 18-mile circuit hike in George
Washington National Forest that will
ascend the German Wilson Trail to
Halfmoon Mountain and proceed to
Trout Run Road via the Bucktail Trail.
The return will be via a bushwack on
the old Crackwhip Furnace Trail to
the Capon Trail with a final stop at the
historic Capon Furnace. Elevation Gain
3500 feet. Moderate pace with stops
at flora and fungi (perhaps chanterelles, Cantharellus cibarius). Inexperienced hikers call leader for
details. INFO: William Needham
(Neeham82@aol.com) 410/884-9127.
13 (Saturday)
HIKE – North Chapter
Rainsburg, PA
Mid-State Trail. Overniter at Dawson cabin, Friday/Saturday nights.
Rainsburg, Pa., 13.1 miles, Map 213
Pa. Mid State Trail: Mid State Trail
at Prosperity Church to Pa. Rt. 326
Hiking in the Martin Hill Wildlife area
of the Buchanan State Forest. INFO:
Christopher Firme (bncfirme@innernet.net)
717/794-2855.
13 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP –
Roaring Tuskers
Martinsburg, WV
The Central District’s Roaring Tuskers
Trail Crew will be constructing part of
the Tuscarora Trail relocation in Sleepy
Creek Wildlife Management Area near
Meadow Branch. Bring water, lunch,
and gloves for a rewarding day. INFO;
Steve and Kathy Sharp (stevenlsharp@
comcast.net) 240/338-3655.
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13 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP –
Spooky Beavers
Triangle, VA
Spooky Beaver work trip in Prince
William Forest Park. Meet at 9:00
a.m. in the Visitor Center parking lot.
Wear boots and bring gloves, water,
and a snack. INFO: Liles Creighton, 410/573-0067 or Mark Ellis,
540/658-0502.
14 (Sunday)
HIKE – North Chapter
Flintstone, MD
Overnite on the 13th at Dawson cabin
Flintstone, Md., 5.6 miles, Map 213
Pa. Mid-State Trail: Green Ridge State
Forest hiking trail at Pa./Md. line to
Prosperity Church Road walking on the
Covered Bridge Road. INFO: Christopher Firme (bncfirme@innernet.net)
717/794-2855.
13 – 14 (Saturday – Sunday)
CABIN WORK TRIP Rosser Lamb Cabin
Stanardsville, VA
Have you ever rented a wonderful
PATC rental cabin? And been wondering how you can pay back for that
outstanding experience? Did you ever
wonder where all of those great cabins
come from? We have all of the answers at Rosser Lamb Cabin. Join us
for an educational experience in cabin
building. We may even have some
fun and camaraderie and enjoy some
delicious food. INFO: Charlie Graf
(cagraf@aol.com) 410/757-6053.
14 – 19 (Sunday – Friday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Massarock
Week-Long Crew
Front Royal, VA
The Massarock (PATC/USFS) Trail
Crew working for the week in the Lee
Ranger District. Volunteers report at
5:00 p.m. in the evening of Sunday,
June 14, 2009 for the workweek
of June 14 through June 19, 2009.
INFO: Heidi Forest (hforrest@patc.
net).
SPECIAL EVENT –
Heritage Days 2009
Cumberland, MD
Heritage Days is the largest street
festival within Allegany County, attracting nearly 20,000 people each year.
The festival is held on the streets and
sidewalks of the Washington Street
Historic District in downtown Cumberland, Md. Volunteers are still needed
to act as Trail Talkers for this event.
INFO: Randy Motz (Activities@patc.net).
13 – 18 (Saturday – Thursday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP –
Massarock Crew
GWNF, VA
Building & repairing trail in the George
Washington National Forest. INFO:
Charles Hillon (charleshillon@comcast.
net) 703/754-7388.
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16 (Tuesday)
CLASS – Backpacking 101 (REI)
Fairfax, VA
7:30 p.m. Go beyond the campground
and get ready for some backcountry
adventure. Wild lands are special,
even sacred places, illuminating our
sense of wonder and joy, and the best
way to see them is to get out there on
your own, relying on your own skills,
energy and knowledge. We’ll help you
find that way with a review of what
to take, how to choose a destination,
when to go, and how to pick a partner.
INFO: Rhonda Krafchin (rkrafch@rei.
com) 571/522-6568.
16 (Tuesday)
South District, Shenandoah
National Park, VA
PATC Map 11 (Vigorous, fast H-rated
hike) Hikers will do a triangle from the
western side of the SNP at Rt. 659.
Major trails covered will be Austin
Mountain, the AT, and Furnace Mountain Trails. Hike length will be about 19
miles with several options to shorten
your hike. Total elevation will be around
3500 feet. INFO: David Saah (davidm.
saah@gmail.com) 703/352-4685.
17 (Wednesday)
CLASS – Ultralight Backpacking
(REI) Bailey’s Crossroads, VA
Many thru-hikers believe in going light
to cover more ground with less effort,
and more fun. Join us for an evening’s
exploration of, “What do I really need,
and how can I carry less?” We’ll cover
stoves, food, clothing, shelter and
sleep systems, packs, hiking poles,
weather, first aid, campsite selection
and re-supply. INFO: Mark Nelson
(mnelson@rei.com) 703/379-9400.
17 (Wednesday)
Washington, DC
Hike sections of the Western Ridge
and Valley Trails in Rock Creek Park,
totaling about 5 miles. Meet at the
Rock Creek Nature Center. Bring lunch
and water. Directions: From the Beltway take Connecticut Avenue south
to Military Road. Turn left (east) on
Military. Go 1.1 miles and turn right on
Glover Road. Fork left and follow signs
to Nature Center. INFO: Gary Abrecht
(GAbrecht@aol.com) 202/546-6089.
17 (Wednesday)
20 (Saturday)
Washington, DC
Join us for the first of our trips to upper
Valley Trail in Rock Creek Park. We will
be reopening a closed stretch of trail.
All tools and instruction are provided by
PATC and NPS. Please wear appropriate clothing, gloves and footwear. We
will meet at the Nature Center (just
south of Military Rd) at 8:20 a.m. or so
and carpool over the site. All are welcome. INFO: Alex Sanders (wdctrails@
yahoo.com) 703/465-8140.
20 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – North District
Hoodlums
North District, Shenandoah
National Park, VA
Pass the pasta! Join the Hoodlums in
their annual Mediterranean work trip.
The Hoodlums Trail Crew works on the
Forecast
AT and blue-blazed trails in the North
District (Front Royal Entrance Station
to Thornton Gap) of SNP. After a day
of hard work, we will enjoy the camaraderie of fellow trail workers with a
Mediterranean theme meal at Indian
Run maintenance hut. Come for the
day, stay for dinner, and camp overnight if you wish. Or just come out and
work with us for the day. Newcomers
are always welcome! We will meet at
Piney River Ranger Station, milepost
22 on Skyline Drive just across from
Matthews Arm Campground at 9:00
a.m. on Saturday. INFO: Wayne Limberg (wplimberg@aol.com) 703/5338639.
20 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP –
South Mountaineers
Appalachian Trail, MD
Join the South Mountaineers for a
fun-filled event involving dirt, weeds,
teamwork, and weeds. Newcomers
always welcomed. We meet in Frederick County, Md. at 9:00 a.m. We hike
1-5 miles depending on the specific
agenda. Please bring water, lunch,
gloves and boots. Tools provided.
INFO: Leonard Keifer (mdtrail@yahoo.
com) 301/330-3388.
20 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP –
Yankee Clippers
Tuscarora Trail, PA
INFO: Pete Brown (peter.brown4@
worldnet.att.net) 410/343-1140.
TRAIL WORK TRIP Acme Treadway
Company
South District,
Shenandoah National Park, VA
The Acme Treadway Company will
work with The Flying McLeods , the
PATC trail crew in the South District of
Shenandoah National Park, to rehabilitate the Calf Mountain Shelter access
trail. The trail to the shelter from the AT
crosses the boulder-strewn north face
of Big Calf Mountain and has eroded
since it was built. Fortunately, we can
haul our tools and other equipment up
to the nearby AT on the old Calf Mountain Road. (However, most crew will
hike in approximately one mile to the
trail junction.) Meeting Date & Time Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ 9:30 a.m.
at Jarman Gap Parking Area at Skyline
Drive Milepost 96.8 We will stay at the
historic Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut by
Loft Mountain Wayside. There is a very
short hike to the Hut, which comfortably sleeps up to 12 persons. Bring
your lunch and AT LEAST 3 quarts
or liters of water for Saturday. The
beloved crew leader promises a feast
beyond all reason on Saturday evening
and The best breakfast you’ll eat on
Sunday morning. Food will be provided
for you to make your lunch for Sunday. Costs - Your sweat and laughter.
Hopefully, no blood will be spilt in the
consummation of this project. INFO:
Don White (trlbldr@acmetreadway.net)
www.acmetreadway.net/component/
option,com_attend_events/Itemid,/
task,view/id,18/.
21 – 26 (Sunday – Friday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Massarock
Week-Long Crew
Front Royal, VA
The Massarock (PATC/USFS) Trail
Crew working for the week in the Lee
Ranger District. Volunteers report at
5:00 p.m. in the evening of Sunday,
June 21, 2009 for the workweek of
June 21 through June 26, 2009.
INFO: Heidi Forrest (hforrest@patc.
net).
22 (Monday)
CLASS – Leave No Trace Trainer’s
Course
Vienna, VA
Pre-outing meeting for participants
in the June 27-28 Leave No Trace
Trainer Course. INFO: Cindy Kelly
(TPLNT@patc.net) 410/939-5029.
23 (Tuesday)
HIKE – Vigorous Hike
Frederick, MD
Slice of HAM Hike? Do you regret
missing the Hike Across Maryland
(HAM) this year? Or did you partake
and now want a second helping? This
hike will carve out almost half of the
HAM as we go from the I-70 AT parking lot south to the Weverton Rd. parking lot, a distance of 19 miles at a very
fast pace with about 2500 ft of climb.
The hike will be preceded by a short
positioning car shuttle to enable the
end-to-end hike. INFO: Tom Kloster
(twk07@comcast.net).
24 (Wednesday)
Gaithersburg, MD
About 5 varied miles over rolling terrain
in Seneca Creek State Park. Meet in
the Visitor Center parking lot at 10:15
a.m. Bring water. No dogs. Since this
is our last hike until September, we will
lunch at a restaurant after the hike.
INFO: Sue King 703/356-6659.
24 (Wednesday)
27 (Saturday)
HIKE – Natural History Hike
South District, Shenandoah
National Park, VA
Join Bob Pickett and Jane Thompson
on this special 9.6-mile hike. We’ll
start at the Sugar Hollow Reservoir on
the east side of the park, hiking south
on the South Fork Moorman’s River
Trail to the AT at Jarman’s Gap. We’ll
then hike north along the AT and turn
east downhill on the Turk Branch Trail,
before returning on the Moorman’s
River Trail to our starting point. This
will be a moderately difficult hike, with
an ascent of 1500 ft., but we have a
lot of sunlight to do the hike with no
hurry. INFO: Bob Pickett, 301/3492496.
CLASS – Leave No Trace Trainers
Course
Location TBD
The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club’s
Trail Patrol is offering this two-day,
low-mileage backpacking format
course with an additional pre-outing
evening classroom session at PATC
headquarters on Monday, June 22nd
designed to enhance your understanding of Leave No Trace practices and
ethics and to increase your level of
expertise and confidence in teaching
Leave No Trace skills. On comple-
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tion of this course, participants will be
registered as Leave No Trace Trainers with the national Leave No Trace
Center for Outdoor Ethics and will
receive a certificate of course completion as well as their Leave No Trace
Trainer lapel pin. Cost: $40.00 for
PATC Members, $60.00 for NonPATC members (Join PATC at the time
of registration and get the member
price!). INFO: Cindy Kelly (TPLNT@
patc.net) 410/939-5029.
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Cadillac Crew
Martinsburg, WV
Join us as we continue to build new
tread for the Tuscarora Trail relocation in the Devil’s Nose area at the
northern end of Sleepy Creek WMA.
Bring lunch and water for Saturday.
Community dinner on Saturday night.
Overnight at John Spies’ house west
of Sleepy Creek Mountain. INFO: Jon
or Katherine Rindt (jkrindt@comcast.
net) 540/635-6351.
30 (Tuesday)
Front Royal, VA
Great North Mt/Wilson Cove, W.Va.,
starting and ending at Waites Run. Circuit mostly follows Tuscarora Trail but
also uses Vance’s Cove, Wilson Cove
and Old Mail Path Trails. Highlight is
side trip to White Rocks. About 18
miles and 4000 ft. ascent. Ref. PATC
Map F. INFO: Bob Livezey (bobbilbo@
msn.com) 301/320-4679.
30 (Tuesday)
MEETING - Shenandoah Mountain
Rescue Group (Business meeting),
7:30 p.m.
July
1 (Wednesday)
DEADLINE –
August Potomac Appalachian
Send all articles and other submissions,
except Forecast events, to pa@patc.net by
5:00p.m. Add all Forecast events to the
on line Calendar (www.patc.net). Contact
PA-Forecast@patc.net if you have questions
about the Forecast. NOTE: Do not send
photos or articles to headquarters.
1 (Wednesday)
18
4 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Yankee Clippers
Appalachian Trail, PA
INFO: Pete Brown (peter.brown4@worldnet.
att.net) 410/343-1140.
7 (Tuesday)
MEETING - Trail Patrol, 7:30 p.m.
8 (Wednesday)
8 (Wednesday)
MEETING - Mountaineering Section,
8:00 p.m.
11 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Spooky Beavers
Triangle, VA
Spooky Beaver work trip in Prince William
Forest Park. Meet at 9:00 a.m. in the Visitor
Center parking lot. Wear boots and bring
gloves, water, and a snack. INFO: Liles
Creighton, 410/573-0067 or Mark Ellis,
540/658-0502.
CABIN WORK TRIP - Rosser Lamb Cabin
Stanardsville, VA
Have you ever rented a wonderful PATC rental cabin? And been wondering how you can
pay back for that outstanding experience?
Did you ever wonder where all of those great
cabins come from? We have all of the answers at Rosser Lamb Cabin. Join us for an
educational experience in cabin building. We
may even have some fun and camaraderie
and enjoy some delicious food. INFO: Charlie
Graf (cagraf@aol.com) 410/757-6053.
CLASS – Basic Wilderness First Aid
Vienna, VA
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
This two-day class provides American Heart
Association certification in Adult CPR, AED,
and Basic First Aid. The second day the student will learn American Safety and Health
Institute (ASHI) Basic Wilderness First Aid.
All certifications are valid for two years.
Class will be held at the PATC headquarters.
Cost of the class is $130. Pre-Registration
is required by July 3. Go to http://www.
trailpatrol.patc.net/ for more information and
the registration form. INFO: Saleena DeVore
(emailert@yahoo.com) 410/456-6861.
12 (Sunday)
SPECIAL EVENT – PATC Annual Picnic
Carderock, MD
Spend a fun afternoon at the Carderock picnic pavilion along the C&O Canal at PATC’s
2nd Annual Picnic. Play volleyball, take a
hike, rock climb with the Mountaineering
Section or simply sit around and relax with
your friends. There will be plenty of food and
good times! INFO: Randy Motz (Actvities@
patc.net). See page 8 for more information.
14 (Tuesday)
MEETING - PATC Council, 7:00 p.m.
15 (Wednesday)
18 (Saturday)
CLASS – Hike Leader Training
Vienna, VA
This one-day course will be conducted at the
PATC Headquarters building in Vienna and
is designed to prepare you to lead hikes. The
course uses classroom and outdoor instruction to prepare participants with skills to lead
safe and enjoyable hikes while minimizing
impact to the environment. Topics covered
include medical emergencies, personal
equipment, Leave No Trace, leadership,
planning, standard procedures and navigation. Scenario exercises will also be used to
emphasize hike leadership skills. Cost: $35;
Preregistration is required. Send payments
to PATC, HLT Course, 118 Park Street,
SE, Vienna, VA 22180-4609. INFO: Eric
VanNortwick (edvannortwick@comcast.net)
202/548-0110.
18 (Saturday)
Washington, DC
Join us on a summer Saturday for our July
work trip in Rock Creek Park. We will meet
outside of the Nature Center at around 8:20
a.m. and carpool over to the work site. PATC
and NPS will provide all tools and instruction.
Bring gloves, and wear appropriate clothing
and footwear for outdoor work. INFO: Alex
Sanders (wdctrails@yahoo.com) 703/4658140.
18 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – North District
Hoodlums
North District,
Shenandoah National Park, VA
It’s all good! Join with the Hoodlums in their
annual BBQ work trip. The Hoodlums Trail
Crew works on the AT and blue-blazed trails
in the North District (Front Royal Entrance
Station to Thornton Gap) of SNP. After a
day of hard work, we will enjoy the camaraderie of fellow trail workers with a BBQ
theme meal at Indian Run maintenance hut.
Forecast
‘Summer Picnic in the Park’, from pg 8
Come for the day, stay for dinner, and camp
overnight if you wish. Or just come out and
work with us for the day. Newcomers are
always welcome! We will meet at Piney River
Ranger Station, milepost 22 on Skyline Drive
just across from Matthews Arm Campground
at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. INFO: Wayne Limberg (wplimberg@aol.com) 703-533-8639.
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Acme Treadway
Company
Hayfield, VA
The Acme Treadway Company will continue
to build the Biby Wilderness Trail to its
planned junction with The Tuscarora Trail.
Register now for this important project! Meet
at 9:30 a.m. at the Famous Hayfield Family Restaurant by Hayfield, Va. on Rt. 50.
Overnight Accommodations - We will stay as
the guests of Tyler Williamson and his family
by Gore, Va. Food - We will eat supper on
Saturday at the Hayfield Family Restaurant.
INFO: Don White (trlbldr@acmetreadway.net).
22 (Wednesday)
Photos by Jane Thompson.
18 (Saturday)
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Yankee Clippers
Tuscarora Trail, PA
INFO: Pete Brown (peter.brown4@worldnet.
att.net) 410/343-1140.
A great occasion to play funny games!
Why not take this opportunity
to start rock climbing?
Summer Picnic in the Park Registration Form
Registrations and a check must be received by Randy Motz, supervisor of
activities, no later than Thursday, July 2.
Senior members who need a ride, please let Randy know when you register.
We will find someone to pick you up and take you home.
Volunteers are needed for all aspects: food, registration, setting up, taking
down, etc.
TRAIL WORK TRIP – Cadillac Crew
Martinsburg, WV
Join us as we continue to build new tread
for the Tuscarora Trail relocation in the
Devil’s Nose area at the northern end of
Sleepy Creek WMA. Bring lunch and water
for Saturday. Community dinner on Saturday night. Overnight at John Spies’ house
west of Sleepy Creek Mountain. INFO: Jon
or Katherine Rindt (jkrindt@comcast.net)
540/635-6351.
If you are interested in volunteering or have questions about the picnic,
contact: Randy Motz: 301/972-3523 or activities@patc.net.
28 (Tuesday)
MEETING - Shenandoah Mountain
Rescue Group (Business meeting), 7:30
p.m.
13 years old to 18 years old, $7.00 __________ X 7.00 = __________
29 (Wednesday)
See June 3 event for more information. n
Name: ______________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________
Phone: (day) _______________ (evening) __________________________
E-mail: _ ____________________________________________________
Number of reservations:
4 years old to 12 years old, $5.00 __________ X 5.00 = __________
Over 18, $10.00 __________ X 10.00 = __________
Total $ enclosed: __________
I will also be bringing (# of children 4 and under at no charge) __________
PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS OR
RESTRICTIONS (vegetarian, nut allergies, etc.)
With this reservation form, include a check for the total amount made out to:
PATC. Write “Summer Picnic in the Park” on the memo line.
Mail to: Randy Motz, 18904 Ferry Landing Circle, Germantown, MD 20874
IMPORTANT: Registration and check must be received no later than
Thursday, July 2.
19
2009 Council Members
2009 Council Members and their
Email addresses. To contact the
members by phone, call PATC
headquarters and leave a message:
703/242-0315.
President
Lee Sheaffer
president@patc.net
Vice President-Operations
Thomas R. Johnson
operations@patc.net
Vice President-Volunteerism
Richard Canter
volunteer@patc.net
Supervisor of Trails
John Hedrick
trails@patc.net
Supervisor of Lands
James Peterson
lands@patc.net
Supervisor of Facilities
Jack Adams
facilities@patc.net
Supervisor of Membership
W. Alan Day
membershipsup@patc.net
Supervisor of Activities
Randy Motz
activities@patc.net
Supervisor of Marketing
Karen K. Brown
marketing@patc.net
Treasurer
Frederic B. Francke
treasurer@patc.net
Secretary
Anne Shimko
secretary@patc.net
General Counsel
Charles W. Sloan
generalcounsel@patc.net
AT Corridor Management
Thomas Lupp
corridor@patc.net
ATC Mid-Atlantic Partnership
Committee
Pete Brown
peter.brown4@worldnet.att.net
Bears Den Trail Center
Vernon W. Conaway
vernmarysue@hotmail.com
20
Blackburn Trail Center
Chris Brunton
blackburncenter@patc.net
Trail Land Acquisition
Phil Paschall
bettycox@erols.com
Cabins Maintenance
Mel Merritt
cabinmaintenance@patc.net
Trail Patrol
Katrina Hedlesky
trailpatrol@patc.net
Cabins Construction & Major
Repairs
Charles A. Graf
cabinconstruction@patc.net
Tuscarora Trail
Fred (Hop) Long
theFSLongs@comcast.net
Conservation
Caroline Petti
conservation@patc.net
Mountaineering Section
Robert Graver
rgraver9106@hotmail.com
Endowment
Joanne Duncan
endowment@patc.net
Shenandoah Mountain Rescue
Group
Charlie O’Connell
chair@smrg.org
Grants and Donations
Susan Nelson
grants@patc.net
Ski Touring Section
Peggy Alpert
mountainmama15@verizon.net
Hikes
Chris Firme
hikes@patc.net
Charlottesville Chapter
James F Groves
charchapter@patc.net
Information Technology
Jim Tomlin
IT@patc.net
North Chapter
Pete Brown
northchapter@patc.net
Maps
Thom Kaye
maps@patc.net
Northern Shenandoah Valley
Chapter
Jack Reeder
nsvchapter@patc.net
Maryland A.T. Management
Thomas Lupp
tlupp@verizon.net
Maryland A.T. Management
Rick Canter
southmountaineers@yahoo.com
Naturalist
Robert W. Pickett
naturalist@patc.net
Potomac Appalachian (Editor)
Gwenola Rolland-Chatila
PA@patc.net
Public Affairs
Lisa Keller
publicaffairs@patc.net
Publications
Shirley Schulz
publications@patc.net
Shelters
Henry Horn
shelters@patc.net
Southern Shenandoah Valley
Chapter
Mark Gatewood
ssvchapter@patc.net
West Chapter
Dave Jordahl
westchapter@patc.net
[Archives & Library]
April Miller
archives@patc.net
[Cabins Reservations]
Sam Perdue
cabinsdesk@patc.net
[Headquarters Facility]
Eliza Beth Engle
ebengle@gbrarch.com
[Information/Sales Desks]
William Ryan
informationdesk@patc.net
Ads, Swaps, Volunteer Opportunities
WANTED: IDEAS and CONTRIBUTORS sought for expanded
edition of regional trail guide.
If you know of routes that ought
to be included in PATC’s booklet
“Circuit Hikes in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania,”
and especially if you are interested
in writing up your favorite circuit(s),
this is your chance. Score an invitation to the publication party and
receive a free copy of the new guide
if your write-up on a new route (or
your update on two or more existing
routes) is accepted for publication.
The current edition focuses on the
Massanuttens, Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania, and routes in
Maryland and Northern Virginia
near and generally west of D.C. To
enhance geographic coverage, the
next edition will add circuits east of
D.C. (such as those in Patapsco Valley State Park) and deeper into West
Virginia (e.g., Dolly Sods).
To offer suggestions or learn
more, contact Larry Broadwell at
bakpacker1@verizon.net or
301/215-7135 before June 30th.
Riverbend and Scotts Run Parks
Need Help
Fairfax County has asked PATC to
help maintain its trails at Riverbend
and Scotts Run parks along the
Potomac River. PATC is looking for
a passionate member to head such an
effort before accepting any responsibilities. Any interest? Contact
Northern Virginia Co-District
Manager Bruce Glendening at
bruceglendening@gmail.com.
WANTED: Lands Management Committee Chair
PATC is revitalizing the Lands Management Committee and is looking for
a new chair. The Lands Management Committee is essential to the effective management of PATC-owned properties. The committee consists of
all tract managers for each of PATC’s 39 properties and is responsible for
the day-to-day management of those properties. The chair will administer
semi-annual committee meetings, ensure every property is maintained and
inspected annually, and recommend policies and procedures related to club
lands. If interested, please contact Jim Peterson, PATC’s supervisor of lands,
at 410/775-7753 or petersonatpleasantgrovefarm@msn.com.
Send Volunteer Opportunities and For Sale items to PA@patc.net. They
will be kept in for 3 months, unless you request to have them deleted.
PATC Student Trail Steward: Leave No Trace bandana
I
n January, students in the Steward program at Northwood High
School were split into two teams to
compete in the design of a Leave No
Trace bandana to be used as a nondisposable educational tool to teach
community hikers in Silver Spring
how to reduce their impact on nature. Two great designs were created
and voted on by Northwood staff
and PATC members. The design
below was chosen as the winner with
more than 80 percent of the vote.
This bandana can be purchased from
the PATC Web store for five dollars. The money raised from the sale
of the bandanas will go to support
programming for the Student Trail
Steward program.
On April 18, the students led two
Leave No Trace family hikes on the
Rachel Carson Trail in Northwest
Branch Park. Twenty-five adults
and children hiked for two hours,
participating in activities on the trail
to learn about trash decomposition
rates, durable surfaces, respecting
wildlife, considerate and inconsiderate acts, and planning ahead to
prepare for a hike.
The students were joined on their
second hike by Maryland State Sen.
Jamie Raskin, who had learned
about the great work the students
were doing in when they wrote a
letter to him, along with the other
representatives in their district,
advocating for plastic bag legislation. He was impressed enough with
their letters to join them on the hike
to learn how he and his family can
reduce their impact on nature. Based
on the solution students provided in
their letters, Sen. Raskin has agreed
to write legislation aimed at reducing
the number of plastic bags in the environment. Students have met with
his legislative aide, and a bill will be
drafted in the coming months. n
— By Jennifer Chambers
Photo by Jennifer Chambers.
WANTED: Volunteers to staff
our display booths at community
events. If you can spare 2 to 3 hours
on a Saturday or Sunday to share
your passion for our local trails and
inform the public about the mission and vision of PATC, become a
Trail Talker. To volunteer as a Trail
Talker, “The Public Face of PATC,”
contact Randy Motz, supervisor of
activities, at Activities@patc.net. .
Students compete to design a Leave No Trace bandana.
21
Ads, Swaps, Volunteer Opportunities, from page 21
HOUSE FOR SALE NEAR THE
APPALACHIAN TRAIL
KEYSTONE TRAILS ASSOCIATION’S
Custom-built house on 10 wooded
acres in Loudoun County adjoining the Appalachian Trail corridor
just three miles south of the Blackburn Trail Center. This house is a
three-level red cedar and fieldstone
construction with redwood upper
and lower porches and decks. Three
bedrooms, three bathrooms, large
eat-in country kitchen, living room
with cathedral ceiling, and large
balcony. In addition, the property
has a two-car garage/workshop with
finished room above. We would
like to find a conservationist/friend
of the trail buyer for this beautiful
property.
PROWL THE SPROUL
For information contact: Chris
Brunton, 540/554-8223,
trailbossbtc@msn.com.
Day one of this two-day class covers Adult CPR, AED, and American
Heart Association First Aid. Day two is American Safety and Health
Institute (ASHI) Basic Wilderness First Aid. You will learn how to do
bleeding control, splinting, and other basic first aid skills in the wilderness setting. There is plenty of hands-on time and paramedics with
years of backcountry experience teaching the classes. You will receive a
textbook and a certification card good for two years.
MILESBURN CABIN
Updated: May 2009
M
ilesburn cabin was built in 1930
in the Michaux State Forest,
near the head of Milesburn Hollow, on
the northwest side of South Mountain. It was a ranger cabin, then a
lodge for a hunting club, and was
first used by PATC in 1934. Since
1937, the year the AT was completed, it has been used exclusively in
the PATC cabins system under lease
from the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources.
Living and cooking facilities are on
the first floor, and the bunks are on
the second floor. There is a small
seasonal stream and foot bridge at
the front of the cabin, and spring
water is not far away. Milesburn
Cabin is recommended for those
with small children, because of the
short walk-in and absence of steep
drops. The 2nd floor is a “cold
bunk” as there is no heat source. In
winter, come prepared for very cold
nights. Break the chill by feeding the
stove overnight and leaving the stairs
door open. Many have commented
that the cabin is cozy and dark, especially when the weather is overcast.
Bringing an extra lantern or two is
suggested. n
22
KTA will host the Prowl the Sproul Hiking Weekend on July 17-19, 2009
in western Clinton County. Join us for a guided hiking experience in the
Pennsylvania Wilds. Contact Becky Schreiber, Program Administrator
at 717/238-7017 or info@kta-hike.org for additional information, or visit
www.kta-hike.org.
Emergency Response Training and Trail Patrol presents
Basic Wilderness First Aid and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
and Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
July 11-12, 2009
Cost of the class is $130.
Pre-Registration is required no later than Friday, July 3, 2009.
For more information or to download the registration form, go to
http://patc.us/volunteer/trailpatrol/Forms/1stAidRegForm.pdf or
contact Saleena DeVore at emailert@yahoo.com or 540/972-2059.
NEW BOOTS
Volunteers Appointed in April
Trails
Larry Linebrink ................... AT - South River Fire Road to South
River Hut
Brent Bradshaw.................. Jeremys Run Trail (upper)
Jerry J. King......................... Jeremys Run Trail (lower)
Preston Stempler................. Tuscarora Trail - Sherman Gap to
Veach Gap
Dave Proffitt........................ AT - Spout Run to Sam Moore Shelter
Janice Cessna..................... AT - Mount Marshall Saddle to Gravel
Springs Gap
Earle Drake ........................ Ford Mine Trail
Matt (Mathew) Massoth....... Leading Ridge Trail-Skyline Drive to west
SNP boundary
Noel Sweeney..................... Leading Ridge Trail-Skyline Drive to west
SNP boundary
Appalachian Trail Festival 2009
Trail Maintainers
Workshop
Sept. 19-20, 2009
ATC’s 37th Biennial Conference
July 17-24
Vermont’s Green Mountain Club, this year’s host club, invites you to join
other ATC clubs and members at Castleton State College, a small liberal
arts college located off U.S. Route 4 west of Rutland. Enjoy the quaint
New England landscape while participating in hikes, workshops, and other
activities. More information is available at http://www.vermont2009.org
Volunteers are needed to lead hikes and excursions; register and greet
guests; sell T-shirts; staff workshop information centers; manage logistics
including signs, parking and camping; and much more. Please contact
Jean Anderson at jeanoutdoors@aol.com or Shawn Flanigan 802/2447037 ext. 24 for more information on volunteering. PATC Trail Patrol Presents:
Hike Leader Training Course, July 18, 2009
This one-day course will be conducted at the PATC Headquarters
building in Vienna and is designed to prepare you to lead hikes.
The course uses classroom and outdoor instruction to prepare participants with skills to lead safe and enjoyable hikes while minimizing
impact to the environment.
Topics covered include medical emergencies, personal equipment, Leave
No Trace, leadership, planning, standard procedures, and navigation.
Scenario exercises will also be used to emphasize hike leadership skills.
Cost: $35
Registration: Send payments to PATC, HLT Course, 118 Park St. SE,
Vienna, VA 22180-4609. Pre-registration is required.
Information: Eric VanNortwick (TPHLT@patc.net)
Day: 202/756-3828; Evening: 703/878-7025; Cell: 571/264-9513
Mathews Arm Campground
Shenandoah National Park
This annual workshop, conducted
by the North District Hoodlums
and SNP and held in the north
district of the park, is designed to
teach new and prospective trail
maintainers the basic skills as
well as provide more advanced
training in trail design, construction, and maintenance. Instruction will be provided by SNP trail
professionals and PATC crew
leaders. The group camping site
at Mathews Arm Campground
has been reserved for exclusive
use by PATC for this event. Participants will have free entry to the
park and campground.
The workshop will begin Saturday morning and end Sunday at
1:00 p.m. There is a $25 registration fee. Saturday dinner,
Sunday breakfast, and a Sunday
buffet lunch will be provided.
Participants will need to provide
their own trail lunch for Saturday
afternoon. Please make your
reservations early. The workshop
is limited to 25 participants and in
past years has filled up early.
INFO & Reservations:
Peter Harris, (peter.harris@lmco.
com) or H 540/349-2595 or
W 301/640-2101
Help Wanted: Trail, Shelter, and Corridor Overseers/Monitors
PATC maintains over 1,000 miles
of hiking trails and 44 shelters, and
monitors several parcels of land,
through the efforts of its many
members. Below is a list of assignments that are in immediate need of
dedicated volunteers, along with the
location and the PATC map they are
on (in the case of trails). Please contact the district manager or officer for
the positions below that interest you. The following assignments are in
immediate need of dedicated
volunteers. Please contact the
district manager or officer for the
position that interest you below. Shelters
Volunteers needed for the
SHELTER CONSTRUCTION CREW
- Henry Horn - 301/498-8254,
ATHike@aol.com
POGO Campground - MD Map5-6
“Marty” William Griffith, H 703/5863920, g63marty@yahoo.com
The Basore’s Ridge Shelter Project
near Siler, VA is looking for help
in completing it. We have dug and
poured the foundation and have
the floor in place. We could use a
few more carpenters to frame out
the shelter. Always need untrained
hands to help. Come join our team
and finish this shelter. We will be
back at it in June and July. Call Mike
at 443/791-9196 for details.
(continued on p. 24)
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PERIODICAL
US POSTAGE PAID
118 Park Street, S.E.
AT VIENNA VA
Vienna, VA 22180-4609
& ADDITIONAL
MAILING OFFICES
Telephone: 703/242-0315
Mon. - Thur. 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Thurs. & Fri. noon - 2 p.m.
Help Wanted, from page 23
Corridor Monitors
Tom Lupp – 301/271-7340, tlupp@
verizon.net
Big Flats - PA
Caledonia/Deer Lick – PA
Trails
Pennsylvania Maps 2-3, 4, J, & K
Pete Brown - 410/343-1140, peter.
brown4@worldnet.att.net
Opportunity to work long hours
with no pay or benefits. Generous
allowance of blisters, stinging/biting insects, and poisonous plants.
Special provision for rain and mud.
Little or no supervision. Work hours
optional. Location somewhere on
the Tuscarora Trail in Pennsylvania.
No certification from your doctor or
hospital required.
PA Tuscarora Trail [J] - Co-Overseer - Cowans Gap State Park to
Lincoln Trail (4.3 miles)
PA Tuscarora Trail [J] - Mountain
Rd. to Jct. PA 641 (6.2 miles)
PA Tuscarora Trail [J] - McClures
Gap to Warner Trail (3.7 miles)
PA Tuscarora Trail [J] - [additional
sections after a proposed relo]
PA Tuscarora Trail [J] - PA 16 to
Alice Trail
PA Tuscarora Trail [J] - Yellow Trail
to PA 456
SNP North District Blue Blazed –
Map 9
Wayne Limberg - 703/533-8639,
wplimberg@aol.com
Upper Piney Branch Trail - AT to
Power line (2.2 miles)
Big Devils Stairs - Bluff Trail to Harris Hollow Trail (1.6 miles)
Lower Piney Ridge Trail – Co-Overseer - Fork Mountain Trail to Piney
Branch Trail (1.3 miles)
SNP Central Blue-Blazed [north
end]—Map 10, Melvin Ellis,
freestatehollow@hotmail.com,
703/860-1253 or 540/987-9797 Corbin Hollow Trail—Old Rag Road
to Weakley Hollow Road (2 miles)
Tulip Tree Cabin Trail—Tulip Tree
Cabin driveway to Crusher Ridge
Trail (0.3 mile)
Sign up now to get your name on
the list for upcoming trail-overseer
positions.
SNP Central Blue-Blazed [south
end] – Map 10, Melanie Perl,
hikermel@gmail.com, 540-717-2821
Upper Hawksbill Trail — Upper
Hawksbill Parking Area to Hawksbill
Mt. (.6 miles)
SNP South AT - Map 11
Don White, trlbldr@comcast.net,
804/795-2914
Appalachian Trail - Ivy Creek Hut
Trail to Frazier Discovery Trail (1.0
miles) Tuscarora South - Map F, G, 9
Rick Rhoades, Rrhoades@shentel.
net, 540/477-3247
Tuscarora Trail - Fetzer Gap to Maurertown (5.7 miles)
Tuscarora Trail - Sherman Gap to
Veach Gap (3.1 mile)
Massanutten Mt. South - Map H
Tate Heuer, tate@wth2.com,
202/255-6055
Bird Knob Trail (2.1 mile)
Prince William Forest Park
Liles Creighton, KB3JMF@verizon.
net, 410/573-0067
Laurel Loop -[co-overseer] - Picnic
Area to Picnic Area (1.4 miles)
South Valley Trail- [co-overseer] High Meadows Trail to 1st Intersection with Scenic Dr (1.7 miles)
Manassas National Battlefield
Park- John “Bud” Cunnally, budcunnally@comcast.net, 703/393-9808
New opportunity to work long hours
with no pay or benefits. Keys to the
“Trailmobiles”!! Drive to the work
site!!! No walking with tools!!! This
new district with 22 miles of hiking &
horse trails will be maintained with a
crew of PATC volunteers in conjunction with other volunteer groups. Join
the “Manassas BullRunners”
Spotsylvania Battlefield Park
Frank Haas, fhaas@juno.com,
540/898-2213
Spotsylvania History Loop Trail History Loop to History Loop
(5.1 miles)
Lee Drive North Trail - Howison Hill
to Lansdowne Valley Road
(3.0 miles)
Suburban Maryland - Map D
Catherine Kelleher, cckelleher@
earthlink.net, 301/493-6956
[vacancies opening soon]
Bull Run Occoquan Trail. Dave
Fellers, Fellers_2000@excite.com,
703/560-2171
BROT - Bull Run Park to Ordway
(1.5mile) n

June 2009 - Potomac Appalachian Trail Club

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Salvador Calvo Redondo Age: 50 Nationality: Spain

Price-Taylor Rail Trail

You Yangs Regional Park

SYMPHONY AMPHITHEATRE

Queen Wilhelmina Trail Guide