10/03/2019
In case you don't get the emails.... Our Mountain Day Hike on Saturday, October 19th
8:45 am: Meet at Vienna Metro Station for carpool
10:00 am: Meet at Sky Meadows State Park Visitor Center
11012 Edmonds Ln., Delaplane, VA 20144
GO HERE TO REGISTER:
https://williams.imodules.com/dcmountainday10-19-2019
(Registration will help us with carpooling number and other logistics - see below)
Celebrate Mountain Day, a Williams autumn tradition, with a hike in Sky Meadows State Park, Virginia. Our group will take a five-mile hike (with an option for two more), and meet at a high meadows overlook for lunch. Williams DC alumni, parents, friends, children, and dogs (on leashes) are all welcome.
Hike Description
Sky Meadows State Park features hillside trails climbing up about 800 feet of elevation to the Appalachian Trail, which in this area follows a NE/SW route along the hilltop ridge. Hikers can choose a short or long hike along the A.T., before stopping in the high meadows and viewing the “Paris Overlook” (of Paris, Virginia). We will hike together up the South Ridge trail, connecting to meet the Appalachian Trail after about 2.5 miles. From there, a group who want to go longer and faster will follow the Old AT along the side of the ridge to where it meets the current AT, then looping back, for another 3 miles before lunch. The main group will go about a mile directly along the AT to the Ambassador Whitehouse trail and to its viewing point, where we will have lunch at about 12:30/1:00. Latecomers can come straight up the North Ridge and Ambassador Whitehouse trails to the viewing point to meet the group. After lunch at the viewing point, we’ll trundle down past the Piedmont Overlook to the parking lot, about another 1.5 miles.
In the event of rain, we will still hike. In case of heavy rain, we will hike through and have our lunch on the porch of one of the park buildings at the center of the park at around 1:00 p.m.
Where to Meet
Everyone will meet Grant Eskelsen at 10:00 a.m. at the visitor’s center at Sky Meadows State Park to begin the hike. Please pay the entrance fee to the park of $10.00 per car on your way in, and also bring a lunch because we plan to eat at the meadows at 12:30/1:00 p.m. We expect to be off the trail by about 3:00 pm and back to the Vienna Metro Station or the beltway around 4:00 p.m.
Carpooling
Those carpooling should meet Jake Russin at the Vienna Metro Station, in the Kiss & Ride area to the North of the station, at 8:45 a.m., with the last car departing at 9:00 a.m.
If possible, please register so we can calculate numbers for carpooling. But last minute, unannounced arrivals are welcome to meet us at the park’s visitors center too. And thanks to Jake Russin '94 for again organizing and leading this event!
Header Content Williams DC Mountain Day Hike Date: 10/19/2019Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM WILLIAMS WASHINGTON DC REGIONAL ASSOCIATION invites you to join your fellow alumni, parents, friends, and families for a Mountain Day Hike in Sky Meadows State Park Saturday, October 19, 2019 10:00 ...
