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 While
this hike may not have the sweeping vistas you often find
on other Shenandoah National Park hikes, it features great trails
that wind through scenic valleys. More strenuous with long
vertical ascents this hike can give you quite a workout.
Start upward on the Keyser Run Fire road which will take you
into the SNP and on a long ascent for the first 1.1 miles
to the junction of the
Hull School Trail and the Bolen Cemetery.
Veer left on the Hull School Trail for 0.8 miles downhill
to the junction of the Piney Branch Trail.
Turn right on the Piney Branch Trail and in 200 yards cross
Piney River. At 0.5
miles on the Piney Branch Trail the Piney Ridge Trail will
come in on your left. Continue straight for another 0.7 miles
where you will cross back over Piney River.
Ascend the Piney
Branch Trail for another 1.0 miles on the right side of the
valley until coming to the junction of the Poll Bridge Link
Trail on the left.
Continue on the Piney Branch Trail and pass the Sugar Loaf
Trail on the left in 0.4 miles.
In another 0.5 miles arrive at the junction
of the Keyser Run Fire road.
Turn right on the yellow blazed Keyser
Run Fire road and begin your descent for the 2.3
miles back to the intersection of the Hull School Trail
and the Bolen
Cemetery.
Turn left down the Keyser Run Fire road for the
final 1.1 miles back to the parking lot. |
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