Upcoming Events

Dickey Gap to Fox Creek hike Aug. 28, 2026 TRAIL WORK: Clearing trail north of Damascus Aug. 26, 2026 Sat. Sept. 5: We will meet at the Slabtown Rd (Rte 672, Smyth County) AT crossing at 9:30. From there we will hike south about 2/10 of a mile and will widen the area just north of the Slabtown pasture gate. The trail in that short stretch is quite brushy and narrow. From there we will backtrack to Slabtown and make the short drive over to Dickey Gap to work on a blowdown

Beartree hike Aug. 21, 2026 TRAIL WORK: Wed., Aug. 26. This trail work day plan might be in a location close to a Virginia Creeper Trail reconstruction area and is awaiting approval from the USFS. If approval not received in time, trail work will be performed at another location. To get on the list to be notified of the final trail work plan for Wed., Aug. 26, respond to this event posting. Trail work. Location TBD. | MRATC MRATC HIKES: Fri., Aug. 28: Join us for this poin

Aug. 14, 2026 TRAIL WORK: The next scheduled workday is planned for Wed Aug 26th. The details are pending but please send a msg. to trails@mratc.org to receive updates. Details will be posted to our website once defined. MRATC HIKES: Fri., Aug. 21: AT detour on Iron Mtn. Trail Hikers: join us on a hike that AT thru hikers are having to detour on to due to Helene and the repairs that are underway. Your hike leader is an AT Trail monitor and it will giv