Join Sara and I for some hiking, trail cooking, and backpacking on a hammock camping trip in Shenandoah National Park. GPS Data at www.sintax77.com
For this hiking adventure, Sara and I will be revisiting Shenandoah National park for Sara's second dose of hammock camping out in the wild along with a healthy dose of backcountry cooking and camp food. We did a previous backpacking trip not too far from here in Shenandoah a mere two weeks before, and it went quite well. It wasn't, however, exactly the experience that we had set out to do.
**For an easier read, check out full trip report and blog post here: wp.me/p2ReUQ-ev
You see, for that particular trip, I may have sold it as a rather relaxed excursion. And depending on your perspective, it very well may have been just that. But for Sara, who's most recent backpacking memories prior to that trip were that of a grueling elevation-fest through the White Mountains, it wasn't quite the reprieve we were looking for.
The required prescription was a high dose of low mileage, potent lounging, and dense pancakes. Thankfully, the trip seen in this video hit the spot. Below are some details and trip data for the trip, although there isn't much of it. But that's exactly what we were going for.
Parking: Meadow Spring Trailhead (Mile 34 on Skyline Drive)
N38° 38.304' W78° 18.823'
Day 1 Trails Used (in order):
Hazel Mountain Trail
Turn Left on White Rocks Trail
Camp along White Rocks Trail
(see my GPS Data for potential campsites on either side of tail on my trip data page: www.sintax77.co...
After setting up camp, take a half mile round trip down to Hazel Falls, for happy hour.
Hazel Falls Day 1 Elevation Profile - Sintax77
Day 1 Stats:
Mileage: 3.2 miles (includes half mile excursion from camp down to Hazel Falls and back)
Gross Elevation Gain: 390'
Gross Elevation Loss: 1,175'
Day 2 Trails Used (in order):
Wake Up, Eat Pancakes (this is important - trip will not work properly without this step!)
White Rocks Trail
Right on Hazel Creek Trail
Hazel Falls Day 2 Elevation Profile - Sintax77
Day 2 Stats:
Mileage: 2.5 miles (not nearly enough to burn off those pancakes, you're gonna go to the gym tomorrow...)
Gross Elevation Gain: 699'
Gross Elevation Loss: 75'
Total Mileage for Trip: 5.7 Miles
Hazel Falls 2 Day Trip Route Overview- Sintax77
Notable Gear Used for Sara:
Dutchware NylonD Hammock with Aluminum Cinch Buckles & Nylon Tree Straps
Hennessy Deluxe Tarp (10' x 12' 70D Polyester)
Hammock Gear Burrow 20° Top Quilt
Hammock Gear Incubator 0° Underquilt
Osprey Hornet 46 Backpack
Thorfire BD04 USB rechargable LED Flashlight
Princeton Tech Byte Headlamp
ThruNight Titanium Keychain LED Flashlight
EMS Knitted Hat
Notable Gear Used for Shawn:
Dream Hammock Darien Ultralight Hammock
Hammock Gear Cuben Hex Tarp
Hammock Gear Burrow 40° Top Quilt
Hammock Gear Incubator 40° Underquilt w/ Epsilon 1.5 Multicam Fabric
EMS Longtrail 70 Backpack
4Sevens Preon 2 LED Flashlight
Fenix HL21 Headlamp
Generic Canister Stove (watch my review video here)
MSR Flex Skillet w/ cheap dollar store utensils for cooking
Notable Backpacking Food for this Trip:
Bisquick Shake 'n Pour Pancake Mix
Packit Gourmet Dehydrated Maple Syrup and Blueberries
Packit Gourmet Queso Dip with a regular ol' bag of Tostito's Scoops (wheat, because we're obviously healthy and stuff)
Packit Gourmet Texas State Fair Chili
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