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Recent Trips

OCVT Interest Meeting

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2022 Trip Type: Official Meeting    Full Details   

Come join us on our Interest Meeting to learn more about the club and what we offer!

Cascades Hike

Sunday, Sep 11, 2022 Trip Type: Dayhike    Full Details   

Always wanted to cross hiking the cascades off your bucket list? Let's go!

Peters Mountain Trail Work

Saturday, Sep 10, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

Clearing overgrowth on the Appalachian trail from Flat Ridge access to Rice Fields.

Blacksburg BioBlitz - Get Outside!

Saturday, Sep 10, 2022 Trip Type: Special Event    Full Details   

Volunteers needed to hike and help log plant species with inaturalist on Brush Mountain - PLEASE READ THE FULL TRIP DESCRIPTION, ESPECAILLY THE TEXT IN ALL CAPS, BEFORE SIGNING UP

Helvey's Mill Shelter Maintenance

Monday, Sep 5, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

Spend Labor Day on the Appalachian Trail maintaining the Helvey's Mill shelter and privy.

Virginia Triple Crown Backpacking Trip

Monday, Sep 5, 2022 Trip Type: Backpacking    Full Details   

3 Days and 2 nights of backpacking in Virginia's beautiful blue ridges

Peters Mnt Work trip

Sunday, Aug 28, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

Trail work on the Appalachian Trail along the Peter's Mountain ridgeline. We'll be hiking and beating back the overgrown vegetation with loppers, saws and trimmers.

Sunrise hike Raptor Observatory

Sunday, Aug 28, 2022 Trip Type: Dayhike    Full Details   

It's worth the early rising for this sunrise. Also hoping to catch some balls eagles and other migrating raptors.

Peters Mountain Trail Work

Saturday, Aug 27, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

Trail work trip on Peters mountain.

Peters Mountain

Friday, Aug 26, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

Trim vegetation on the Appalachian Trail along the border with West Virginia.

John's Creek Mountain Trail

Saturday, Aug 20, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

A lightly used access trail to the Appalachian Trail needs to be cleared and blazed

John's Creek Mountain Trail

Saturday, July 23, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

A lightly used access trail to the Appalachian Trail needs to be cleared and blazed

Symm's Gap Smack Down

Saturday, June 25, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

The grass gets high through the fields south of Symm's Gap. We need to beat them down (with trimmers) to clear the trail for hikers.

Heritage Community Park Loop

Sunday, June 19, 2022 Trip Type: Dayhike    Full Details   

Come join us and get outside on this easy trail right next to campus!

Rice Fields Tall grass knock down

Sunday, June 5, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

Rev up the trimmers - we're going to Rice Fields to clear a path through the tall grass. While we are up there, we'll do some privy and shelter maintenance.

Bland County / Helvey's Mill Shelter

Sunday, May 22, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

Delivering a fire ring to Helvey's Mill Shelter and if time, privy maintenance.

Stiles Fall

Saturday, May 21, 2022 Trip Type: Dayhike    Full Details   

Hiking around 3-miles roundtrip to a waterfall.

Meet our new USFS contact

Thursday, May 5, 2022 Trip Type: Social    Full Details   

Come out and meet Jeremy Evans, USFS, joining to the Eastern Divide Region from Mt. Hood, Oregon. He is our Forest Service contact for our area of the Appalachian Trail on the GWJeff National Forests

War Spur Trail trailwork with SAWS

Saturday, Apr 30, 2022 Trip Type: Worktrip    Full Details   

We are teaming up with the Sothern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards (SAWS) to tackle some big blowdowns on the War Spur Trail (near Mountain Lake). Since it is Wilderness we'll be using cross-cut saws

Hiker Happy Hour / Rising Silo Brewery

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022 Trip Type: Social    Full Details   

A chance to connect and catch-up. The VT Science on Tap event is also happening with Brandon Jutras talking about of Lyme disease in the NRV.


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