Originally Posted by
trekkie820
I like the idea of crossing an entire mountain range. I was thinking maybe Pitt->Connelsville->Meyersdale->Cumberland (Arrows are days on the trail) and mileage would be 60, 60, 30 roughly.
You cross the eastern Continental Divide, but it's not really like crossing a mountain range. As the profile notes, the ruling grade is only 1.5%. From Rockwood south is where I really noticed the up hill.
There is trailside camping in Connellsville. The park has Adirondack shelters. When I was there in 2012 there were two, but I think there are four now. One came complete with a used condom. A trail volunteer who stopped by told me kids use them to have sex in sometimes. You can see the back of the grocery store from the park.