September 6, 2008
Time: 9:30 am- 4:30 pm
Program: Tour de Cut
Leader: Forest Committee - Sherman Bamford
Location: Shenandoah County Library, Interstate 81, Exit 279 East
Contact: Sherman Bamford - 540 343-6359 bamford2@verizon.net
We'll hike a superb ridgetop trail surrounded by spectacular views of the northern Shenandoah Valley. Enjoy high grassy ridges, rock formations of a variety of colors and sizes, and wooded groves atop North Mountain. The trail overlooks the site of the future Laurel Run/Road timber sale 1000 feet below, where the Forest Service plans to cut 484 acres of the forest in 22 separate even-aged cutting units. Difficulty: Easy, with one short moderate section Ups/Downs along ridgeline one section elevation gain 300ft.