any news about the Great Allegheny Passage?
10-09-05, 10:56 AM
#1
Banned.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: ny
Posts: 1,764
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 36 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
any news about the Great Allegheny Passage?
I haven't seen any updates on the website about whether the trail is going to be completed this fall between Meyersdale and the Big Savage Tunnel. I was planning on riding it in November as a late seaon tour from Pittsburgh to Washington DC. Has anyone heard anything about the Meyersdale section opening this year?
www.atatrail.org
www.atatrail.org
10-09-05, 02:06 PM
#2
RPM: 85. MPH: varies.
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 312
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Hi,
this link is from the GAP Yahoo group that explains that the Big Savage Tunnel is going to close (approximately) the week before thanksgiving.
This link is a report by a credible fellow that rode the whole trip in Sept, he has some interesting observations on trail status.
I had hoped to go in late October but it appears i'm going to be overcome by events.
Let us know how you make out.
this link is from the GAP Yahoo group that explains that the Big Savage Tunnel is going to close (approximately) the week before thanksgiving.
This link is a report by a credible fellow that rode the whole trip in Sept, he has some interesting observations on trail status.
I had hoped to go in late October but it appears i'm going to be overcome by events.
Let us know how you make out.
10-09-05, 02:25 PM
#3
Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
The Riverside trail leaving Pittsburgh is incomplete. Eventually it will extend all the way to McKeesport and link with the Yough. River Trail. As it is, you have to travel for a handful of very dangerous miles down Carson Street and over some highway on-ramps. I do it a lot.
Incredibly, my roommate and I are also planning a trip from Pittsburgh to DC in November. I'm sending you a PM.
Incredibly, my roommate and I are also planning a trip from Pittsburgh to DC in November. I'm sending you a PM.
10-09-05, 03:31 PM
#4
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Virginia Beach VA
Posts: 11
Bikes: Cannondale Super V800, Easy Racers Gold Rush, Rans V-Rex
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Just rode from Meyersdale to Mckeesport last week. We talked with a group of riders in Mckeesport who were on their way to Frostburg. They said the trail was open to Frostburg but the offical ribbon cutting won't be till next spring. From what I can gather talking to some of the locals, the major hangup is a railroad tunnel between Frostburg and Cumberland. Apparently there are still trains using the tunnel and it's a major issue on how to route bicycles through this tunnel.
10-09-05, 09:31 PM
#5
Banned.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: ny
Posts: 1,764
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 36 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Thanks for the replies fellas! I am probaly not going to ride the route this year, l will likely wait till next June
I'll post about the trip in advance and see if anyone wants to go along.
I'll post about the trip in advance and see if anyone wants to go along.
10-10-05, 12:40 PM
#6
honkydonky
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: knoxville
Posts: 6
Bikes: kona mtn bikes, felt f-65, surly steamroller, kona major jake
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
last month i rode from morgantown, wv to washington d.c. on a leg of a mid-atlantic tour. i was solo and on a road bike. if you are having trouble locating proper bike trails, i can suggest to you the highways that i traveled.
