
Appalachian Trail from James River north to Fullers Rocks and back. 7.4 miles.
You could do a whole lot of hikes and then try to pick a top 10, say, but it would be silly, because they're all great. (Well, that one hot August day down near Pearisburg . . . )
But maybe this one would make the finals anyway. And at least in part because we hadn't done it for several years, owing to my recollection that The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All, despite her well- and repeatedly earned title, had griped about the endless switchbacks the last time we'd done it. Which, as I recall, was a hot summer day.
Blue Ridge Country editor-in-chief 

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 beyond McAfee Knob to Campbell Shelter and back. 8.8 miles.


