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The first notable stop along the way is about 9.4 miles in when you reach the Clover Lick Depot. There are also slabs with the letter “W” along the trail, which were used by railroad engineers to know when to blow the whistle when they were approaching road crossings. Mile markers are posted along the way to help you plan your distance along the trail.
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Our shuttle driver also told us that many people find the area between Cass and Marlinton to be the prettiest, but he thinks the entire trail is nice (with the exception of the more populated area between Marlinton and Seebert).Īfter being dropped off in the parking lot at the Northern Terminus of Slabtown (.5 miles from the town of Cass, WV), we got our gear together and headed down the trail.
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A friend of mine from work is one of the few known people to run the entire trail in a single effort (I think he and a couple friends did all 78 miles in a little over 16 hours). He frequently runs on the trail and told us about his goal to organize a Greenbrier River Challenge t0 raise funds with sponsorships for people to run the entire length of the trail. Below: The trail follows the river for almost all of its 78 miles Adam bikes along the crushed stone trail A view of the lovely river. Water levels were very low on the Greenbrier River. We actually thought he was joking the first time he told us that JMU won. We had been completely “off the grid” for a few days without any cellphone service, TV, or internet. He was actually the one that gave us the news that JMU beat Virginia Tech in football. It was nice to talk to our driver (wish we caught his name) about his impressions of the trail. We were the only people signed up for the shuttle, so we were able to arrange our own time. We arranged the shuttle through Appalachian Sport. We started our day with a car shuttle up to the northern terminus of the trail near Cass, WV. Christine and I really enjoy the solitude more than anything, so it was great to get away for a nice, quiet, long bike ride. You’ll have lots of solitude on this trail, but there are also fewer amenities along the way (other than occasional restrooms at campsites).
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However, the Greenbrier trail lacks the dense crowds that you find on the Virginia Creeper. The scenery may have been a little nicer along the Virginia Creeper with mountain views and lots of bridges and trestles. They are both rails-to-trails biking trails and don’t take a ton of cardio effort or biking skills to complete. The trail was very similar to the Virginia Creeper. A few friends of mine that had done the Virginia Creeper Trail told me that we should do the Greenbrier River Trail sometime. Our main reason for staying around the Marlinton, WV area was to do some biking on the Greenbrier River trail. Below: Due to drought conditions, the Greenbrier River was very low Trail signs mark each entry to the trail The Clover Lick Depot is one of the old train stops you’ll pass on the trail. Adam crosses Sharps Bridge on the Greenbrier River Trail. This portion we biked was about 25 miles from Cass to the little town of Marlinton. The Greenbrier River Trail is a rails-to-trails bike path that meanders 78 miles along the Greenbrier River in West Virginia.