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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!

Hiking Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park

This video contains trip highlights of a mid-week day hike up Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park.

This loop hike starts at the Old Rag parking lot and goes up the Ridge Trail over the summit and back down the Saddle Trail then along the Weakley Hollow Fire Road back to the parking lot.

All aerial footage was shot outside of the Shenandoah National Park no drone zone.

Backpacking & Exploring the High Country of Mount Rogers National Recreation Area

Follow us on a three day backpacking trip through the high country of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area.

This trip started and ended at Elk Garden and followed the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail, the Cabin Ridge Trail, the Rhododendron Gap Trail, the Wilburn Ridge Trail, the Mount Rogers Summit trail, and the Appalachian trail.

All aerial footage was shot outside of wilderness areas and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail no drone zone.