Hey everyone, I wanted to get the 2011 Trail Days on everyone’s calendars. It’s on May 13-15 in Damascus, VA. It’s a thru-hiker festival in southwest VA the weekend after Mothers Day. The bulk of thru-hikers are in the area at that time, and previous thru-hikers drive in from all over the US. Damascus has the rep of being the “frieldiest town on the AT” and it’s always been a fun weekend.
Here is link to the official site. They don’t have a final schedule, but they will fill it as time gets closer, so keep checking.
Although you might think that UL backpacking has the strongest support in CA, I have found that most of the major UL cottage manufacturers are in attendence at Trail Days (e.g., Go-Lite, MLD, Hennessey Hammock, Trail Designs, AntiGravity Gear, Jacks R Better, BPL, Gossamer Gear, Etowah Outfitters, Packa, Enertial Trail Foods, Speer Hammocks, Nemo, Lightheart Gear, Terra Nova, Vargo, Six Moons, etc, etc…in no particular order since there are so many).
Here is a link to my trip report from last year, to give you a flavor of the event.
My 2010 Trail Days Trip Report
I am planning to go down this year (but no firm plans), and thought it might be fun to have a BPL meet-and-greet at the booths or tent city. Let me know if people are interested!!
Tom
