US East Reoccurring - Shenandoah Valley VA Rigs & Coffee - 02/02/2019

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chinsH3

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Thanks for the site, the videos of the trails were great! I tried calling the North District but they have been having phone problems. The closure of Flagpole Knob is no longer listed on the FS USDA website as a closure alert. I will attempt to call again this week but going with the assumption that the alert is off the website, the route is open. I had not considered going to Reddish Knob from Flagpole, might try that as well. Right now I have routes mapped on Dunkle, Union Springs, and Briery Branch to Flagpole. May try them all, but am looking at least Dunkle and Union Springs to Flagpole to run, with a different route down the mountain than going up it.
 
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ok great I am pretty set up my goosegear platform is not here yet. but j have my hammock and e everything else
 
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init6Overland

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Init6Overland said there are spots along some of the trails, I know there are other campgrounds in the area. You could always look at those for availability.
Flagpole has a bunch of campsites.
Also you can camp on top. Union springs as a great camp site that’s on our video. Meadow knob. It’s breathtaking. The base of flagpole fills up quick but thins out the closer you get to the top. I would go with meadow knob on union springs. It’s about 2/3 going up and it ends at flagpole. However my fav route if you get stated early is flagpole up and union springs down. Camp at meadow knob.
 
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Flagpole has a bunch of campsites.
Also you can camp on top. Union springs as a great camp site that’s on our video. Meadow knob. It’s breathtaking. The base of flagpole fills up quick but thins out the closer you get to the top. I would go with meadow knob on union springs. It’s about 2/3 going up and it ends at flagpole. However my fav route if you get stated early is flagpole up and union springs down. Camp at meadow knob.
thanks is it a very hard trail can you advise as this is my first test trip
 

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Peters mill is easy too. Just really rocky. Just make sure you air down. And you will be fine. It’s also a Jeep badge of honor trail
 

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Give me the location an address I may just take a ride
 

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I should be able to come this time.
thank I really appriciate putting in the location an address i have not an fo nit understand yet finding what an how when just saying rally point
 

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We are going to be in Gordonsville VA from 2Aug until 5Aug, I'm Member# 16310, anyone interested in doing an outing that would be an easy / medium trail outing? Went out this spring in Washington / Jefferson Park but the trail turned out to be so technical we reversed about half way up and came back down again. There were 4 Nissan Frontiers, 2 stock height, 2 with 2" lifts. No one had full HD skid plating or rear diff armour. Ryan D
 
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Hi all. I'm from Staunton. My '01 Jeep Cherokee is getting a new engine this weekend, but I would sure like to make it to a meetup soon. Hope it runs ok after the swap!
 
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