10.5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
I went back east to Virginia to visit my son and he took me to hike this fabulous hike called "Old Rag" in the Shenandoah National Park. OMG I had so much fun on this hike! This is a hike/scramble type of hike. The first mile is a boring road walk and then the next two miles starts a steady climb up. Around mile 3, the scramble starts. You can see blue on the rocks in some of the pictures I added. That is how you find your way through the maze of boulders. You have to crawl, climb, shimmy up, down and around these humongous boulders on the ridge line. This goes on and up for the next two miles until you reach the summit which is around 3200 feet. Then its a steady decline down the mountain and back to the car. I've read this is one of the most popular hikes on the east coast and to go during the week if possible. We went on a Thursday and ran into one person coming down as we made it to the scramble section. After that we only saw one group of guys. We mostly had the entire day and hike to ourselves. Couldn't have been more perfect!
