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Mile:16 RT 3:01Forest Road 267 We go back to FR 267 where we were earlier and take it across the tracks. Wait around for the train to go by. |
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Makes a lot of smoke going downhill too.
After the smoke clears head up FR 267. There is a short uphill section then it's all downhill to Shavers Fork. This section of FR 267 is dual/single track. |
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Mile:17 RT 3:11Forest Road 267 |
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Mile:18 RT 3:21Forest Road 267 |
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Mile:18.3Forest Road 267 Cross both sets of tracks and go right and then left and around the gate. If you were to go straight instead of left this road will take you to the site of the historic town of Spruce in about a mile. Old foundations are all that remain. A short history of Spruce HERE. |
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Mile:18.5Shavers Fork Here is where you cross Shavers Fork. It will join with the Black Fork at Parsons to create the Cheat River. This is the highest large stream in the eastern U.S. It marks the boundary between Back Allegheny Mountain and Cheat Mountain. |
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Mile:19 RT 3:35Forest Road 267 |
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Mile:19.5A sure sign of civilization. A sewage treatment plant. You know what they say flows downhill. So Snowshoe must be uphill from here. Nice place for a break. A rather comfortable rock. |
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Mile:20 RT 3:42Forest Road 267 |
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Mile:20.5Forest Road 267 gate There are no signs but this is the type of gate the Forest Service uses so I'm callling this the end of Forest Road 267. Turn right onto the access road. |
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Mile:20.9Silver Creek Lodge On the right. |
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Mile:21 RT 3:54Silver Creek Lodge Road All kinds of traffic on this road. |
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Mile:21.7Silver Creek Lodge Road The lodge road ends at Snowshoe Drive. Turn left onto Snowshoe Drive and get ready for a sharp increase in traffic. |
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Mile:22 RT 4:01Snowshoe Drive |
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Mile:23 RT 4:09Snowshoe Drive |
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The view looking west.
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Snowshoe Mountain Resort
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Mile:24 RT 4:15Snowshoe Drive When you get to the top of the hill in front of you, Rejoice! This will be the second time today you will have reached the second highest point in the state, depending on who you ask. Except for a couple of short streches, it's all downhill from there. |
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360 degree view from the top of Snowshoe
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Mile:25 RT 4:21Snowshoe Drive Going downhill. |
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| The view looking southwest. |
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Mile:26 RT 4:26Snowshoe Drive Short uphill section. |
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Mile:27 RT 4:31Snowshoe Drive ends Turn left (east) onto Route 66. The Cass sign is on Route 66. |
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Mile:28 RT 4:38Route 66 |
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Mile:29 RT 4:43Route 66 |
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Mile:30 RT 4:47Route 66 Really flying by now. |
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Mile:31 RT 4:50Route 66 |
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Mile:31.7Turn off for Gum Road Turn left here from Route 66 onto Gum Road. |
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Mile:32 RT 4:53Gum Road The gap in Back Allegheny Mountain on the left is the location of Leatherbark Run. In the early 1900s surveyors for the lumber company concluded that a railway up alongside of Leatherbark Creek was the only feasible way to cross the Allegheny Mountains to reach the vast spruce forests that thrived above 4,000 feet. This is the route that Cass Scenic Railroad still uses. |
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Mile:32.9 RT 5:02Turn from Gum Road into Whittaker Campground. The End. |
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