Originally Posted by
paddybogman
If you are planning on doing the whole trail when you have more time you could do an alternative route. Drive to Cumberland Thursday and do Cumberland-Pitt-Cumberland on Friday Saturday Sunday.
That's Plan B if the weather is bad or I can't make Plan A work. The GAP is better than the C&O towpath if there is a lot of rain. Actually, I would drive to Cumberland on Friday (about 4 hours) and do an out and back to PGH. Plan A is certainly a lot of miles, but I like putting in the miles on a short solo trip like this, rather than poking along and stopping to take in the scenery.