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JLACHO49 from Chesapeake on 4/3/2022 6:05:19 PM:
What’s the latest and greatest with the Paw Paw tunnel? Can you bike through? Or do you still have to bike-a-bike over the mountain? I’ve visited the website, but it doesn’t seem like it’s been updated lately. Anyone been through this year yet?

Thanks I’m advance!
-Jake-
 
Rivnuts from Homestead,PA on 4/3/2022 7:00:45 PM:
If you don’t hear from a rider that’s been through that area recently you should be able to get confirmation of the status of that area by contacting the National Park Service at 301-739-4200 itself or one of the local lodging options in Paw Paw.
 
John W. from Pittsburgh, PA on 4/5/2022 11:46:42 AM:
I just heard back from a C&O employee and there are no changes in 2022. The tunnel status is the same as last summer. It’s technically “open” but the downstream side is closed and they recommend the detour up and over the hill to bypass the bad parts of the rock fall.

That said, many have gone through and carefully negotiated the debris after you exit the tunnel, most of which you will be walking your bike over. The risk, besides rocks falling on you, is that it’s so muddy and impassable that you have to do a 180 and go back through the tunnel to reach the detour. That will at be an hour of wasted time minimum. You can attempt it but be prepared to have to turn back. Like Rivnuts said, as you are 10 miles or so from the tunnel, ask approaching riders what they did. Did you ride through or take the detour? If the majority say they went though then you know its a relatively easy pass. That’s what I experienced last summer when I went through.

The person that I spoke to added that they are hoping the project gets completed by the end of 2022 but no guarantees so this whole summer riding season will see the detour question appear again.

Good luck.
 
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