{"id":13689,"date":"2017-11-03T09:26:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=13689"},"modified":"2017-11-03T09:26:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:26:23","slug":"hiking-wv-new-river-gorge-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/13689","title":{"rendered":"Hiking WV: New River Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided a couple weeks ago that for fall pictures, visiting places during the week would be less crowded and thus much nicer. We still saw people at New River Gorge, because I wanted to hike some of the best views, but it was not crowded, which was lovely.<\/p>\n

Location: New River Gorge<\/a>
\nTrail: Long Point
\nDistance: 3.1 miles
\nElevation: 1779-2106 ft (539 ft gain)
\nTemperature: 67-70 F<\/p>\n

They spent the summer doing a lot of work on Long Point, and it’s now open again. They replaced the board walk with a causeway, raised the trail in several of the muddy places, and rerouted the trail in other places.<\/p>\n

All of which is a sign of how heavily used that trail is, and why you should hike it during the week, rather than the weekend.<\/p>\n

Of course, there is good reason the trail is so busy. Because of this view.<\/p>\n

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