Boy Scouts in my troop are planning a six day, 50-60 mile backpacking trip to Cranberry Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. They are looking over some maps but I'd like to give them enough resources to make informed decisions.
I'm looking for recommendations on:
guidebooks
trails
I have a trails.com subscription but find it difficult to get an overview of a given area. If I already know which trail I want, it's great.
The troop is going to summer camp at Goshen. After camp, seven Scouts will go directly to the Cranberry Wilderness while the rest return to Silver Spring, MD. I need to find a laundromat near Goshen, VA, to wash away a week's worth of grime between summer camp and backpacking.
The schedule is:
2-9 July Goshen Scout Reservation, Goshen, VA summer camp
8 July wash clothes, configure backpacks for the trail
9-14 July Cranberry Wilderness backpacking
Thoughts? I know WV is fond of the area.
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