Saturday & Sunday (March 31 & April 1st)
We hiked a total of 13 miles from US 421 to Backbone Rock.
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We had a great hike through the fog on Saturday to Abingdon Gap shelter where we camped with a couple of thru hikers on their 2,184 mile journey from Georgia to Maine. The weather was great on Sunday morning for our descent to Backbone Rock where pizza and cold drinks were waiting.