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pittsburgh to ohiopyle in day 1
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jerseydinerguy from cape may,NJ on 8/31/2016 10:24:53 AM:
my wife and i are riding both trails next week pittsburgh--georgetown and have all lodging reservations made for the week.we rented a room at yough plaza in ohiopyle for first night of the start and was wondering if that initisl 75 mile day seems crazy.we are both expierienced riders.has anyone else done that?
 
Anonymous on 8/31/2016 11:37:11 AM:
If you've ever done 50-75 miles in a day before, you'll have no problem riding the GAP for 75 miles. The surface is almost like riding on pavement. In fact the first 20 miles or so to Boston will be paved. If you can ride 12-15 mph it's relatively easy to do the whole 150 mile GAP in a day. I've done it a few times, but you enjoy the journey more breaking it up to 2 or 3 rides for the GAP. Once your on the C&O it's a bit harder on the body. While I've done the 180 miles in 1 day, it's not a fond memory. Though it is totally flat while the GAP has a small grade.
 
Anonymous on 8/31/2016 3:47:27 PM:
If you are an experienced rider, I don't believe you'll have any problem. I did Cumberland to Ohiopyle...then Ohiopyle to downtown Pittsburgh in back-to-back days without any problem (on the heals of doing 3 62-68 mile days back-to-back on the C&O coming out of DC. 5 days DC to Pittsburgh worked GREAT for me). As noted, the trail surface on the GAP is great and was a welcomed relief after 3 days of lots and lots of mud/rain on the C&O!
 
John W. from Pittsburgh, PA on 8/31/2016 6:24:47 PM:
Perfect mileage!

On my one 5 day trip my mileage was:
--Pittsburgh to Ohiopyle (78 miles)
--Ohiopyle to Cumberland (74 miles)
--Cumberland to Hancock (67 miles)
--Hancock to Harper's Ferry (72 miles)
--Harper's Ferry to Washington, DC (77 Miles)

The trail is only 335 miles so these include the trips into town along the way.

 
Anonymous on 9/1/2016 11:41:17 PM:
The schedule outlined above is what I rode a few weeks ago. Worked GREAT for me....I just rode it east to west.
 
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