• We will be camping at the Beartree Campground near Damascus, VA off Highway 58. We will bike down the Virginia Creeper Trail from the Whitetop Trail Head down to Damascus on Saturday morning. It's liable to be cold, and maybe wet too.

Friday	8.00am	Depart from the Subway at Timberlyne shopping center
	11:30am	Lunch on the Road (Eagle Patrol)
	2:00pm	Meet at Beartree Rangers Office
	2:30pm	Load into Campsite/set up
		Short Hike around site if time permits
	5:00pm	Begin supper (Eagle Patrol)
	Evening	Overnight at the group campground

Saturday		Breakfast (Dragon Patrol)
	8:15am	Leave campsite toward Whitetop
	9:00am	Head out from Whitetop Trail Head
	12:00pm	Lunch on the trail (Dragon Patrol)
	4:00pm	Head back to Campsite from Damascus
	5:00pm	Begin supper (Dragon Patrol)
	Evening	Overnight at the group campground

Sunday		Breakfast (Eagle Patrol)
		Pack up gear
	10:30am	Scout’s Own
	11:00am	Load out from Campsite
	12:30pm	Lunch
	5:30pm	Arrive at Church in Chapel Hill

• Pack for potentially cold, wet weather. See the troop equipment list for details.

• Check your bike and your bike supplies (extra tubes, change kit, chain lubricant, pump, helmet, etcetera). Maybe gloves for the trail.

• Food and equipment will be coordinated at the troop meetings by patrol for the scouts. Adults and leaders need to coordinate as well.

• Telephone contact may be tried; call 919-593-0037 (Mr. Gerdau). Cel coverage will be spottier the farther up the trail we go. Beartree’s phone number is 276-388-3642.

• Reliable water is available at camp. Be sure to have 2 liters of canteen space for the Saturday bike trip.

Directions/ Driving route:

Driving time should be about four and a half hours, not counting lunch.

• I-40 West to exit #206 (US 421 North)

• Merge onto I-40 Business Route West/ US 421 North

• Merge onto US 52 North at Exit #6B

• Merge onto I-74 at exit #140 (on the left toward I-77 Wytheville)

• Merge onto I-77 North via exit #5 toward Wytheville

• Merge onto I-81 South via the exit on the left toward Wytheville

• take exit #29 at Glade Spring

• turn left at bottom of ramp and go about ¼ mile to stop sign.

• Turn right onto US 11, then immediately left onto SR 91.

• Follow SR 91 for 13 miles to Damascus.

• Go east on US 58 for about 7 miles to Beartree entrance on left (paved FS 837).

• From the entrance off US 58 to the entrance station is approximately 1 mile. The group camping loops are approximately ½ mile from the entrance station.