Hiking (Day Hikes)
Picnics
Corner o' Echols
also corner of echols (or wherever your heart desires)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Appalachian+Trail+-+Tye+River+Bridge/@37.8384144,-79.0221667,985m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89b3414d524bec53:0xf1cd4d7771bac654!8m2!3d37.8384144!4d-79.0221667!16s%2Fg%2F11ny0w021r?hl=en-US&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MTAwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
What’s up ODC we’re hiking The Priest. This is definitely an intermediate hike, 3000ft of elevation gain and 9miles. Unless you’re from Colorado and that’s light work for you, in which case I don’t want to hear it. Me and J Beezy have been eyeing this one for a minute and the timing is perfect. Should be super pretty with the fall foliage on a cool day. Also it’s in a National Forest which is the superior federal land making it free to hike. (Promise you I’m never paying that $30 shenandoah daypass)
Here’s the sched:
10am- leave echols
11am- reach the Trailhead
11am-6pm- hike (budgeted for breaks and lunch, may be shorter)
6pm- otw back
7pm- back at UVA (or maybe dinner if heads are down)
To bring:
Layers, might be windy up there!
A pack lunch
At least 2L water, I’m taking more
Good hiking footwear
Gumption
The map is wrong and I can’t fix it, we ain’t NEVER going to Bama tho Go Vols
Lmk if u have questions 5405191427 or 5406217103 <- that's jonathan's number aka touse calling