S25-0320P VIRGINIA'S LOST APPALACHIAN TRAIL
Class | Available (Membership Required)
For more than two decades hikers on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia walked through some of the most beautiful landscapes of the southern mountains. Then, in 1952, the Appalachian Trail Conference moved the trail more than 50 miles to the west. Lost in that move were opportunities to scramble over the Pinnacles of Dan, to sit on Fisher’s Peak and gaze out over the North Carolina Piedmont, or, for the price of a nickel, to cross the New River on a flat-bottomed boat called Redbud.
Dr. Kelly will share with us deeply researched and fascinating stories of the events that led to the move and of the people and places left behind.
Copies of Dr. Kelly’s book, Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail, will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
LLI Coordinator: Valerie Kenyon Gaffney