>>1083159>Here's what you're up against. The 25 miles of major elevation on that ride might be your biggest hurdle.I just did the C&O/GAP ride.
I found the mud south of Cumberland to be a bigger challenge.
There are miles with no gravel, just pure mud.
It was like riding in a 2" deep pond.
The other thing is the PawPaw detour.
The tunnel's closed, so you have to go up and over the mountain they dug the tunnel through.
It's only a mile and a half, but it's way too steep and treacherous to ride with a touring load, I had to push my bike almost the entire way.
Oh, and some retard put up a cryptic detour sign a mile and a half before the real detour: "Tow Path Closed 1.5 Miles Ahead, Use Detour".
But they put the sign right next to a side trail.
Ok, if the side trail is the detour (it wasn't), why no arrow?
If the side trail isn't the detour, why put the sign right there?
Just ignore the sign.
