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Red Brixton
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Date of Hike: Friday, August 27, 2010 |
My daughter and I backbacked this over two days. Our ratings:
- Neighbor Mountain and Jeremy's Run trails were beautifully maintained.
- Not many views, but nicely shaded.
- Great campsite on Jeremy's run.
- The ranger at Mathew's Arm warned us about the streams being dry but there was more than enough to re-fill our bottles.
BTW: My daughter and I printed the HikingUpward map and guide and never had to break out the PATC #9 map. Thanks!
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Trav
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Date of Hike: Saturday, June 19, 2010 |
| Three of us hiked this trail on a hot day but fortunately the tree canopy provided adequate shade. As commented by the earlier post, I was not a big fan of all the roots and rocks on the trail as it follows the stream. We also had issues with ticks on our legs and gear throughout the day. We did camp two nights with one site being ideal just past the trail head about 1/5 of a mile down near the stream (flat stretch with no roots or rocks). No scenic views as the leaf coverage blocked everything out.
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The Tick
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Date of Hike: Saturday, April 03, 2010 |
| I did this hike on a beautiful Saturday with temps in the 70s. Perfect weather for the entire hike. I hiked it with a friend and we finished it in 4 hours 40 min. which was really fast. It felt like I was running the entire time. It was a long hike which is close to 15 miles. The first 9 to the bottom of Jeremy's run was Ok, no long uphills but several shorter ones to let you know you are still on a mountain. Walked along a ridge for most of the first 5 miles and wihtout leaves we had some nice views. When we started the uphill part of Jeremy's Run which is about 5 miles, is where the hike did not get 5 stars for me. It was a very rocky trail and many high water crossing. I was over my shoes on at least 5 of them and probably all 14 were hard crossings but I got lucky on some of them. Bring water shoes as I got pretty frustrated hiking in sloshing shoes. The incline is barely noticeable on the way up but i got pretty soaked. I would have rated it a 5 if I did not get soaked. Would do again but probably not until the summer.
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Marty
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Date of Hike: Sunday, October 04, 2009 |
| Actually, I hiked over top of Knob mountain and back up Jeremy's Run which is a couple miles shorter than via Neighbor Mtn. I only saw 3 couples once I got off the AT. Took me 5 hours plus 1/2 hour for lunch. The water was flowing but low I can't imagine crossing the stream some 10 or so times in the spring. Knob Mt did not have many views at all but was fine. The Knob Mt trail was mostly an easy slope, although the Knob Mt Cutoff was a bit steep but not bad. However, I have to say that the Jeremy's Run Trail is the gentlest slope I have every been on in Shenandoah while it still brought me up 1500 feet in elevation (over about 5.5 miles) - I never felt like I was going uphill! Will try the longer Neighbor Mtn Trail now that I know the uphill is so easy.
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Date of Hike: Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
| The Luray Trail Runners ran Jeremy's Run from the bottom trail head up to about two miles, turned around and came back. Excellent path for running for the most part with a very steep switch back that made the calves and thighs burn! The run started at 7am, the weather was perfect at a balmy 62 degrees. The pools in the run were perfect for the dogs to cool off in. This will be a favorite trail.
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msdanigirl11
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Date of Hike: Friday, July 03, 2009 |
| During the AT portion of the trail, we saw several other hikers once we transferred to the yellow and blue blazed trail, we were the only hikers on the trail for the day. If you are looking for solitude, this is the hike! Although we saw several (and I mean several) droppings we believed to be bear, we did not actually see any bear on the hike. At the beginning of the trail on the AT, there is a long significant ascent. After this, the majority of the hike was fairly level along the ridge with really pretty views into the valley. Towards the end of the blue blazed trail, there was another long, fast rising ascent that was challenging. Although this trail has a large number of streams, they are pretty much contained within the blue-blazed portion of the trail. We weren't bothered too much by flys, but did see plenty of ticks (make sure you wear long pants). Great hike overall, would definitely recommend to advanced hikers who can go the distance and face the steep rises at times.
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Date of Hike: Friday, July 03, 2009 |
| I hiked down from Elkswallow, to the waterfalls and campsite--then returned the same way. By the time I reached Elkswallow again I was completely knackered. At about the 6.5KM mark I saw a big pile of scat I figured was bear. I went on about 50M and heard these birds raising a storm to my left on the high groud and when I looked up I saw a black bear cub tearing up a tree at the speed of heat. The mother stayed at the base staring at me. I took some poor, but memorable video of the mother about 50 yards away. I moved on after about 3 minutes and came across more scat. The location was between two river crossings and the scats--nicely bracketing where I saw the bears, so it should be easy to find again. Someone else was camped on the other side of the run. I turned around at the falls and fished at the crossings--catching 4 trout. The only unpleasantness was the dead snake on the trail with those huge flies in their hundreds crawling all over it--yuk. I saw 6 hikers the whole time--one of whom was doing it in flip-flops!!! If you fish, take your licence with trout and NPS stamp--I was checked by the rangers as I was walking, exhausted, back to my truck. What a great day!
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Ronnen
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Date of Hike: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
We did the Mount Knob - Jeremy;s run loop.
Mount Knob trail is poorly maintained and full of ticks. The view are standard SNP views, nothing special.
Jeremy's run is nice, but if you just try to reach the water, hundrends of elephant size flies will attack you, so you need to watch the water from far away.
Overall, too long hike, nice views at Jeremy's run.
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Date of Hike: Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| On the way down from Neighbor Mtn there is a wonderful spring with a waterfall, making a natural shower. The complete loop in one day is only suitable for hikers in good shape. I got quite exhausted by the time I got to the car. Watch out for ticks - there are plenty of them.
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Date of Hike: Saturday, March 15, 2008 |
| This is a great hike but not for the novice. Be prepared for a real workout! It's best to do it when the days are long (unless you are doing it as an overnight backpacking trip). Allow ample time to enjoy both the view and stream. BTW, it supports a native Brook Trout Population.
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CSaylorVT
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Date of Hike: Saturday, November 03, 2007 |
I did a modified longer version of this hike. Instead of turning right at Jeremy's Run Trail, I hiked up the Knob Mountain Trail to the Knob Mountain Cut-off trail I consider myself a seasoned hiker, but this loop (at 16+ miles and a crazy amount of elevation change) was probably the hardest day hike I've done in my life, but at the same time one of the most rewarding. This was done a few weeks after peak leaf color season, but still beautiful with blue skies, unlimited visibility, and 45 degree temps. If you have it in you, the combo of nice views, interesting trail design (lots of switchbacks to me make a much more interesting hike) and solitude made this hike on of my top three of all time, along with Observation Point in Zion National Park and the Frying Pan Trail in Capitol Reef National Park.
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