Week 10: July 18-22, 2019

Crew 1: War Spur Relocation

working with Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club

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On week 10 the Konnarock crew returned to War Spur for the third and final time this season. The project is a mile long relocation which will likely take a few seasons to complete, and we’ve made some really great progress over the past few weeks.












This week we had a small crew of four volunteers, but that didn’t stop us from getting some awesome work done and having a great time. Most of the work this week involved lots of sidehill digging, crushing rocks, and cutting through the super-thick mountain laurel jungle that our new trail will be going through.

The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) came out and worked with us some this week as well and they helped us pull out tons of huge stumps. Not only did RATC come out and help us work, they also invited us to the infamous yearly Corn Boil.

There was probably enough food there to feed the entirety of Sugar Grove and everything was so delicious. I tried to get a little bit of everything on my plate and at one point had to keep shoveling food into my mouth as I worked my way down the line to make room. We all fell into a food coma by about 7 pm.

Another fun thing we had the chance to do was walk back up to Wind Rock and catch a gorgeous sunset up there. The overlook is only a 10 minute walk from our campsite so some of us went a few nights in a row. What a great week!


--Sarah Ellsworth, Assistant Crew Leader