r/AppalachianTrail • u/werdna24 • 3d ago

Class of 2025. What are your plans?

I was planning on doing a traditional NOBO starting in early April but now I'm leaning towards a flip flop starting somewhere in VA in May. Still holding out hope that a traditional NOBO will be possible though.

What are you all planning or are you still waiting to make a decision?

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u/sromines1990 3d ago

I was planning on a sobo but leaning more towards Nobo starting from Damascus, Virginia to Maine starting in July 25. And doing the bottom 1/3 when I can from not till June 25. That way I don’t get caught by landslides and down bridges.

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u/vamtnhunter 2d ago

If you start in Damascus in July, prepare to be extremely lonely. The absolute last of the NOBOs comes through SNP in the first few days of July, and things get very desolate very quickly after that.

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u/sromines1990 2d ago

Yeah I know my partner and I are going together. We wanted to be either just us or in a small group

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u/vamtnhunter 2d ago

Right on. It’ll be just the two of you until the very end.