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Bikepacking the New River Trail State Park in Virginia

In this video, I’m taking a 3-day, 2-night bikepacking trip in the New River Trail State Park in southwest Virginia.

Come along for the ride as I go from the Draper entrance of the park down to Fries stopping to camp and relax in the Millrace campground.

This Rails-to-Trail linear park offers easy peddling and beautiful scenery as the trail follows the historic New River along much of the path.

I used a new Spider rack, cradle and dry bag system from Aeroe to carry my gear on my bike which worked great!

Backpacking Trip in the Big Run Watershed in Shenandoah National Park – May 2019

Trip highlights and vlog-style commentary for a backpacking trip in the Big Run watershed in Shenandoah National Park over the 2019 Memorial Day weekend.

This hike starts at Browns Gap traveling north on the Appalachian Trail. It then turns on to the Big Run Loop Trail.

It proceeds north along the Rockytop Trail down to the Big Run Portal Trail.

The first-night camp is next to Big Run creek near the junction of the Brown Mountain Trail.

Day two starts up the Brown Mountain Trail over Brown Mountain and Rocky Mountain.

It then heads down the Rocky Mountain Run Trail back down to the Big Run Portal Trail.

The second-night camp is just off the Big Run Portal Trail near the junction of the Patterson Ridge Trail.

Day three continues up the Big Run Portal Trail to the Big Run Loop Trail.

It ends with a southbound section on the Appalachian Trail back to the Browns Gap parking area.

Music by Ikson
Wander – https://soundcloud.com/ikson/wander

Map of the Route