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Brian from Avon IN on 7/12/2015 7:26:31 PM:
How muddy is the trail currently I am considering to ride soon or possibly mid September any update would be helpful I plan on camping. Thanks
 
John W. from Pittsburgh, PA on 7/12/2015 8:24:00 PM:
The GAP is made if crushed limestone so it's never too muddy though you'll get a bit gritty from it but even wet it's not too bad. It drains really well. The C&O is, for the most part, almost always muddy in parts. It's a dirt trail to begin with but it doesn't dry out very well. The tree canopy is very thick and it remains wet even days after it rains. No worries though. You'll be sweaty from the heat and exertion...the wet and dirt just become second nature when riding. :-) After a few miles in it, you just plow through the puddles instead of tying to avoid them. I use lots of those huge gallon and storage zip locks to keep all of my important things dry in my bags. It's good to know that even though I'm wet, sweaty, and dirty, all of my stuff is nice and dry if I got caught in a storm or wet trail.
 
Alex from Chicago on 7/21/2015 5:52:02 PM:
Lol, I've had the same experience the last two days biking from DC westbound. At first I was avoiding the puddles at all costs, even dismounting at times. Now I just bike through them. :)

I will say that on 7/20/15 between mile makers 20 and 30 (or thereabouts) the mud was particularly bad. Since then it's been fine. (In Hancock as I type.)
 
Andrea from canada on 7/25/2015 4:35:38 PM:
Just finished it -- trail was nice and dry - that being said it had no rained in a few days, but the few days it did rain when I was on the trail, it was very wet and muddy. I was covered from the waist down -- particularly bad area was between Shepherdstown and Williamsport, and again just before Cumberland (on the C&O). Just cleaned off going swimming in the Potomac!!
 
Brian from Avon IN on 7/25/2015 6:50:26 PM:
Thanks for the updates will check in as time gets closer to my ride day in Sept.
 
Bruce on 8/2/2015 2:31:32 PM:
The GAP trail seems to absorb water very well but the C&O gets very muddy. I was told it takes 3 days for the C&O to dry out after getting rain. We ran into constant puddle after mud puddle on the C&O.
 
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