21. Condolence
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... National Park and the Jefferson & George Washington National Forest. Mark formed, trains, and leads the Flying McLeods volunteer trail crew in the South District of Shenandoah National Park.  ...

22. Spring In The South District
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

Hiking in the spring! There’s never a dearth of things to do, to see, to experience, in the South District of Shenandoah National Park. Spring is a beautiful time of year, and it’s especially so ...

23. Working On Weaver Mountain
(The Stacks/Flying McLeods Archives)

Last spring, Shawn Green asked the Flying McLeods to help out on his section of trail going south out of Simmons Gap. We got a start on it in August with some regrading. On a chilly, breezy October Saturday, ...

24. Trail to Every Classroom joins the Flying McLeods
(The Stacks/Flying McLeods Archives)

The Flying McLeods will be joined on our next worktrip by a group of Honor Society students from Riverheads High School who are involved with Trail to Every Classroom (TTEC). The students are led by their ...

25. 2008 District Report
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... within the district. Sadly, I am not exempted from this task. The nice part of it is, that I have the opportunity to credit and brag on all of y’all, who do the actual work. The South District is an ...

26. Doing the Dips
(The Stacks/Flying McLeods Archives)

What’s going on with this August weather? Where’s the heat? Where’s the humidity? Today’s only hangup was the fog we valley-siders had to drive through to get to the park. Then, from the overlooks, above ...

27. First Annual South District Trail Maintenance Workshop
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... the power of their spare time at the first annual South District Trail Maintenance Workshop. In addition to the fourteen PATC volunteers, we were privileged to have Roger Dovel and his NPS trail crew ...

28. Regrading the AT at Ivy Creek
(The Stacks/Flying McLeods Archives)

An astonishingly large crew of nine people turned out on yet another hot day to dig in the dirt on the Appalachian Trail going north from the Ivy Creek crossing. Liz Young, Michael Groah, Mike ...

29. Black Rock Prescribed Burn
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... Project Introduction The Blackrock prescribed burn project is a 282 acre (113 ha) unit located in the South District. The boundaries are the Appalachian Trail and old Blackrock Fire Road on the northwest ...

30. A Massive Case of Frustration
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

Gas prices+ If there’s one thing that really frustrates me, it’s when I confront a problem for which I can find no real solution. What’s caused this recently? Petroleum and petroleum speculation, ...

31. How Many Times...
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

Striking deep into the dark fen Does It Take…to scout a relocation of a trail? (Hint: As many trips as it takes.) An intrepid troupe of trail people (overseers, managers, crew leaders, and so forth) ...

32. Privacy Statement
(Admin/Policies)

... are not further usable. E-mail Notifications If you register to receive the South District HTML e-mail newsletter, your e-mail address will be added to the recipeent list. This list is secured on the ...

33. Terms of Use
(Admin/Policies)

... in the South District of Shenandoah National Park. Such data are not intended, and may not be used, for any commercial purpose. The owner of SouthShenandoah.Net does not sell or otherwise provide any membership ...

34. New SNP Trails Coordinator
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... Campbell hired Melissa to work on the North District Trail Crew. Since then, she has worked at least one season in each district of the park (she worked for four seasons with Roger Dovel in the South District). ...

35. Clearing Little Calf Mountain summit
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... of warning to get lost. When the top of Calf Mountain was clear once again, we packed up and headed to Dundo picnic grounds for Don White’s annual South District picnic. We brought rain with us, so it’s ...

36. We Arrived, We Met, We ATE!
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... fact, this is the third such Adventure in Picnicing conducted by elements of the PATC within the South District of Shenandoah National Park. (The previous events were conducted in 2006 and 2007 in Dundo ...

37. Hut? Shelter?
(History/Park History)

... The three Maintenance Huts are: Indian Run (North District) South River (Central District) Ivy Creek (South District) An Aside (or Two) PATC also agreed to be a Park concessionaire, responsible ...

38. It’s a Living Trail!
(The Stacks/News Archives)

Those Who Braved the Elements on Calf Mountain On Sunday, April 4th, a hardy group of PATCers (plus one suspected NPS resource manager) gathered in the fog, mist, and rain at the Beagle Gap Parking ...

39. Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut
(Overseers/Support)

Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut provides shelter for PATC overseers and crews who work in the South District of Shenandoah National Park. All PATC overseers and crew leaders ...

40. What's Happening?
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

What’s New…within the South District of Shenandoah National Park along the Appalachian Trail? A New Trail Crew Mark Gatewood, having little to occupy his time, volunteered to develop and lead The Flying ...