[at-l] Roanoke area hike in March

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In a message dated 2/27/2006 8:52:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
hawkwing3141@gmail.com writes:


> Subj:[at-l] Roanoke area hike in March 
> Date:2/27/2006 8:52:36 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From:hawkwing3141@gmail.com
> To:at-l@backcountry.net
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I'm visiting some relatives near Bluefield, WV starting March 16, and I have
> ten days to visit them and hopefully do some hiking.  However I've never
> hiked east of the Mississippi, so I don't really know what to expect at this
> time of year (though I've gathered that "rain" may be a popular answer).  In
> particular, I'm wondering how long it might take to hike the ~115 miles from
> Helveys Mill Shelter (http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/at/m.php?wpt=HelveysM)
> to  Roanoke (e.g. the Catawba Mountain Shelter,
> http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/at/m.php?wpt=Catawba)?  For reference, my
> longest hike was the ~100 mile Wonderland trail last summer in 6 days.
> Additionally, I would like to find out: 1) Is the terrain there particularly
> easy or difficult?  2) Is the scenery particularly worth/not worth visiting
> (and if not where in the vicinity might be better?) 3) are there likely to
> be any other hikers around during this period?  This is a sort of last
> minute trip, so I haven't had time to do a lot of research yet.  Thanks for
> any info you can share,
> Eric

You ask some good questions.  I don't know the answers but would like to read 
them when they come.

Kinnickinic