Appalachian Trail Section hiking: Highway 850 to Boiling Springs

Day 9

Wednesday, April 6
Highway 850 to Boiling Springs, Southbound
16.6 miles

We got on the trail at 8:40, slackpacking. Shuttled by Mike Gelinas. Mike told us the news that yesterday afternoon a suicide victim had been found along the trail somewhere on Peters Mountain – just where we were headed.

Very pleasant easy hike --flat and even trails through farmland and wooded area.

At the Conodoguinet Creek Bridge, the trail goes under the bridge through a tunnel. When we came out on the other side we saw a confusing U turn sign on a tree. The trail turned to go across the bridge, then over a boardwalk along the creek.

We met Soul Keeper headed north as we were going south along the boardwalk.

At 3:30 p.m. we entered Boiling Springs. Then we drove to the Comfort Inn in Harrisburg for the night.