This is my schedule that i will be trying to follow. It will more thank likely change after a couple weeks. So I will update accordingly....

Date  (not completely accurate) Location/ZIP code Average 15 Miles/day 12-Feb Springer Mt. Start Date Beginning 20-Feb Hiawassee Ga 30546 24-Feb Nantahala Outdoor Center, Wesser NC 27-Feb Fontana Dam NC 28733 1-Mar Gatlinburg TN 37738 6-Mar Hot Springs NC 28743 (Good Mail Drop) 10-Mar Erwin TN 37650 16-Mar Elk Park NC 08622 20-Mar Damascus, VA 24236 (good Mail Drop) 26-Mar Atkins, VA 24311 1-Apr Pearisburg, Va 24134 (good mail drop) 4-Apr Cloverdale, VA 24077 10-Apr Buena Vista, VA 24416 13-Apr Waynesboro, VA 22980 18-Apr Front Royal, VA 22630 24-Apr Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 (good mail drop) HALF WAY 29-Apr Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214 1-May Duncannon, PA 17020 7-May Hamburg, PA (no mail drops) 12-May Delaware Water Gap, PA18327(good mail drop) 17-May Vernon, NJ (no mail drops) 22-May Pawling, NY 12564 27-May Monterey, MA 01245 4-Jun Rutland VT 05701 10-Jun Lincoln, NH 03251 11-Jun Gorham, NH 03581 16-Jun Caratunk, ME 04925 (good mail drop) 17-Jun Monson, ME 04464 End of Jun, Beg of July 100 Mile Wilderness End of Jun, Beg of July Baxter State Park End

 

Just to give an idea of where Ill be hiking I am adding this photo of the trail.

Introduction

Hello, My name is Blaine Snyder. I will be starting my Appalachian Trail NoBo hike on Feb 12 2012.  Not sure how often ill be able to update this blog, but i will try my best to keep it up to date. So follow along if you like and share this experience with me.

-Blaine