Little Allegheny Mtn trail from. WV CO Rd 14 (west of Neola)
Oct 1, 2019 8:59:06 GMT -5
Post by virginiapine on Oct 1, 2019 8:59:06 GMT -5
Hi folks,
I wanted to ask if anyone has ever hiked on the Little Allegheny Mountain trail (FS #843) down in the southern Monongahela NF in Greenbrier Cty?
My son and I attempted to find it from its northern terminus along WV CO 14, west of Neola. There is a trailhead (room for about 3 cars) and a sign with the correct trail number. I noted on my copy of the Mon NF big map an old FS road splitting off from 843 very close to the TH, and this is indeed what we found after a couple hundred feet - a nice grassy roadway headed right (W/NW), and an overgrown track heading S.
There is an old cement-block storage building within a few feet of the start of this overgrown track, and then another similar building one hundred yards further along, in a clearing. The clearing is getting filled with foot-tall oak saplings. We could not find a trail leading out of the clearing...
We backtracked and hiked for a mile on the grassy roadbed, confirming that it heads NW, away from Little Allegheny Mtn.
This trail is described in my 7th ed. Mon NF Hiking Guide (deHart/Sundquist).
We did "salvage" the day by heading a mile further along CO 14 to where the Allegheny Trail crosses and hiked north up Meadow Creek Mtn - lovely hike, though there is some blown-down along the trail. Nothing anyone who likes this very under-utilized trail (& I hope it remains this way!) would have any problems with...
Cheers from Charlottesville, VA
