March 2025

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An advertisement for a spring sale for members only

PATC Spring Sale 50% Off

By Chris Irick • March 4, 2025
PATC Member 50% Off Sale! Add an additional 30% off to your already 20% membership discount. (Must be logged in ) PATC Logo with Short Sleeve Kelly Green Maps 1 PATC Logo with Short Sleeve Raspberry Maps 2-3 PATC Logo with Short Sleeve Blue Map 12 PATC Logo with Short Sleeve Gray Map 13 PC118 Great Eastern Trail Map G PC320 Lewis Mountain Man Map H PC115 Hikes in Western MD Map J PC230 Lost Trails PC340 Civil War Trails Guide PATC Logo Long Sleeve Triblend Tee- Maroon (XXL only) PATC Logo Long Sleeve Triblend Tee - Navy (XXL only) PATC Logo Long Sleeve Triblend Tee - Green (XXL only)  Contact sales@patc.net with any questions.
Looking up at the sun through the trees in a forest.

Membership Dues Increase

By Jim Fetig • March 2, 2025
Membership Dues Increase By Jim Fetig
A help wanted sign is taped to a window

March Help Wanted (Current Volunteer Opportunities)

By PATC • February 25, 2025
Help Wanted:
An old log cabin is sitting in the middle of a grassy field.

Marvelous Views at Mutton Top Cabin

By Jess LaPolla • February 25, 2025
Marvelous Views at Mutton Top Cabin By Jess LaPolla
A man with a beard and a blue shirt is smiling for the camera.

President's Logbook

By Jim Fetig • February 25, 2025
President's Logbook By Jim Fetig
A close up of pink flowers on a tree branch

What's that Flower: Riprap Hollow

By Richard Stromberg • February 25, 2025
What's that Flower: Riprap Hollow By Richard Stromberg
An outdoor journal adventures and reflections by jimmy carter is a book about fishing.

Keep Calm and Read On: The Good Fisherman

By Wayne Limberg • February 25, 2025
Keep Calm and Read On: The Good Fisherman By Wayne Limberg
A group of people wearing hard hats are posing for a picture.

Celebrating our Volunteers

By Jess LaPolla • February 25, 2025
Celebrating Our Volunteers By Jess LaPolla
Two black birds perched on a tree branch

"What on Earth?"

By Ray Barbehenn • February 25, 2025
"What on Earth?" By Ray Barbehenn Photos by Ray Barbehenn, David Cox, and Suzy Oliver.”
A group of people are sitting around a wooden table with laptops and notebooks.

New Strategic Planning Effort for PATC

By Lee Congdon • February 25, 2025
New Strategic Planning Effort for PATC  By Lee Congdon
A group of people are standing in the snow in a parking lot.

A cold and icy start to the Cadillac Crew’s season

By By Karen Brown, Eddie Becton, Martha Becton et. al. • February 25, 2025
A cold and icy start to the Cadillac Crew’s season By Karen Brown, Eddie Becton, Martha Becton et. al.
A book titled appalachian trail guide to shenandoah national park with side trails.

INTRODUCING the Sixteenth Edition of APPALACHIAN TRAIL GUIDE TO SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK WITH SIDE TRAILS

By Emeline Otey • February 25, 2025
Introducing the 16th Edition of the Appalachian Trail Guide to Shenandoah National Park with Side Trails  By Emeline Otey
A man is standing in front of a sign that says entering shenandoah national park on the skyline drive

Photo (left)  by Mark Perschel: Great Cross Country Skiing on Skyline Drive. Mark Perschel and Marit Anderson at Rockfish Gap