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Originally Posted by amatlis
Thank you! Is there a portion of the AT that you would recommend for a 3 week period? I hear the northern section is more scenic. One of the SF candidates I met at the WV 19th did the entire AT and he was in excellent rucking shape!
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In the winter?
Start at the southern end and see how far you can get. Alternatively, move south with the weather and start several hundred miles up the trail and see if you can make it to the end in Georgia. Twenty miles per day should be a decent smoker, maybe one day off or short per week.
It is close enough to civilization that people mail themselves resupply drops and pick them up at the local POs as they are passing through.
I doubt that you would get too far into Virginia before hitting serious snow. You could pick it up near Frederick or Front Royal. Might make a nice slow tour of War of Northern Aggression Valley Campaign battlefields.
TR
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