Umstead Park

Who: HA Patrol – Philmont bound Scouts

What: Make up training hike for postponed Neusiok Trail trip

When:

• Meet up on Saturday, 2/5 will be 1:00 p.m. and step off will be as soon thereafter as we are assembled and ready to hike (probably somewhere between 1:30 and 2:00).
• Pick up on Sunday, 2/6 will be at 8:30 a.m.

Where:

• William B. Umstead State Park
• Rendezvous point for Saturday drop off and Sunday morning pickup will be the second parking lot you come to after you have passed the visitor center. To get to this parking lot you must enter the park from the Hwy 70/Glenwood Avenue entrance (The Glenwood Ave. entrance is located at 8801 Glenwood Ave. Raleigh, NC 27617). To get to the parking lot rendezvous spot, stay on Umstead Parkway until it runs out/dead-ends at the designated parking lot.
• Please note, we will not be rendezvousing at Mr. Traylor’s Farm or taking the vans. It is your responsibility to get to and from this training hike.

How:

• Umstead park does not have much elevation change. Therefore, during this training trip, we will concentrate on maintaining a decent pace (3 mph) and doing so for sustained periods of time without stopping (at least 1 hour at a time).
• We have a 10.5-12.5-mile route picked out but Umstead has a good number of trails so we will be able to easily adjust the route if we desire.