VA Section 34 Pictures - Milemarker 13.8 - 17.6

North Junction Ribble Trail - Sugar Run Mt.

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mm 13.8 Ribble Trail marker NOT visible from the AT. Notably there are NO BLUE BLAZES along this section and NO MARKING AT ALL where the Ribble Trail crosses the AT This is at the northern terminus of the Ribble Trail in Big Horse Gap. Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 13.8 Ribble Trail marker NOT visible from the AT. Notably there are NO BLUE BLAZES along this section and NO MARKING AT ALL where the Ribble Trail crosses the AT This is at the northern terminus of the Ribble Trail in Big Horse Gap.
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mm 14.5 Communication tower on Sugar Run Mountain. Here AT picks up the old road grade shown and follows it for 2 miles trail-south. Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 14.5 Communication tower on Sugar Run Mountain. Here AT picks up the old road grade shown and follows it for 2 miles trail-south.
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mm 16.5 The trail south end of the old road that the AT follows for 2 miles. Here the road simply ends and the southbound trail continues as a footpath. Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 15.5 The trail south end of the old road that the AT follows for 2 miles. Here the road simply ends and the southbound trail continues as a footpath.
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Pearis Mtn and Wilburn Valley from Sugar Run Mtn. Courtesy atbits@hotmail.com
Pearis Mtn and Wilburn Valley from Sugar Run Mtn.
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mm 16.7 Another view towards Pearis Mountain from near the summit of Sugar Run Mountain. Unfortunately it was not as nice a day as the one when the previous picture was taken. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 16.7 Another view towards Pearis Mountain from near the summit of Sugar Run Mountain. Unfortunately it was not as nice a day as the one when the previous picture was taken.
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mm 16.7 View to the northeast Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 16.7 View to the northeast
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mm 16.7 Winter (January 2012) view from Sugar Run Mountain Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 16.7 Winter (January 2012) view from Sugar Run Mountain
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Approaching the highest point of the trail on Sugar Run Mt. Taken about mm 17.6 Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
Approaching the highest point of the trail on Sugar Run Mt. Taken about mm 17.6
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