[at-l] Aqua Blaze

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

A Google (or Dogpile) search on "Shenandoah rafting Harpers Ferry" turns up a
wealth of information. I have used RiverRiders and was very happy with them. One
option would be to hike down the Tuscarora Trail from the AT to Bentonville on
the South Fork Shenandoah - there are two river outfitters there at the trail
crossing. Another would be to hike down the Dickey's Ridge Trail to Front Royal.
Both are neat hikes. Or you could start from the "Trespassers will be Eaten"
crossing, an easy hitch. Usually, a river trip is downstream back to base, so I
would look to your target destination, in this case Harpers Ferry. Also, if your
pack will accompany you (as opposed to the outfitter taking it back to the
take-out point) you need to consider canoe versus raft/tube. If the latter, the
outfitter can generally provide a waterproof container/float for your pack.
Tubing, IMHO, is more fun.

Hope this helps.

- Gary from Fairfax

Jan Leitschuh wrote:

> Can anyone give me any info on the so-called AquaBlaze on the AT?
>
> As I heard of it, it is an opportunity to do a canoe section of the
> Shenandoah River. It may start somewhere around Front Royal, and end up in
> Harper's Ferry? This is all from vague memory, so I may have all the facts
> wrong.
>
> It was my understanding that one could rent a canoe, do the stretch, and the
> outfitter would collect the craft downstream.
> Does anyone know the put in/take out points?
> Does anyone know the outfitter I heard about?
> How long is the trip river miles/days?
> Rough cost?
>
> I realize this is not the purist way to do things, so discuss the issue if
> you will.
>
> But realize that I would like the facts to make up my own mind. Life is
> short (who knows if we will even make it to 2003?), and as a waterbug, the
> experience is my primary gauge.
>
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