On this one you’re often on much smaller trail systems but you have to maintain a high pace.” Unlike a marathon course, the Great Western Loop does not have a standard route—there are long ...

In other words, you have to hike the entire distance of the Appalachian Trail twice in less than the length of a single season. Although the Great Western Loop reaches some of the highest elevatio ...

A few friends and I went riding East County's Great Western Loop on a clear November morning ... Honey Springs Rd & Skyline Truck Trail), and, a further mile to the mountain oasis that is the ...