Jacks River Trail in Both Directions (80+ river fords)

We will be doing the entire Jacks River Trail in both directions starting from the Alaculsy trailhead. I have not done the part of the trail from the trailhead to the intersection with the Rice Camp trail but do not expect this to cause any problems.

There are over 80 river and creek crossings on this trip ranging from ankle to waist deep depending on the amount of rain recently received. You will get wet repeatedly. 

While a lot of mileage will be covered each day(~16 miles) with many river crossings the elevation gain on the trip is gentle with only a few midsized hills as it follows the river.

I plan on keeping a steady fairly quick pace but we will obviously be slowed by river crossings. The plan is to find a campsite after the last river crossing.  After setting up camp anyone who wants to can walk the remaining mile or so to the end of the trail. It isn't the most interesting trail but you might want to do it for completeness. Then the next day we get to do it all again in the opposite direction.

I am not a huge fan of sitting around in camp so we will likely get a fairly early start Sunday morning. Also I don't make camp fires but if others want to make one that's ok.

I don't expect the event to last all the way to 10pm on Sunday but you should not plan other things for your Sunday afternoon/evening in case something out of the ordinary happens.

*Most people really like the added balance offered by hiking poles so they are recommend but not required.  Additionally you will need footwear that you can hike in while they are wet. We will not be stopping at every river crossing to change/remove shoes. I like my trail runners because they drain well. Avoid waterproof shoes/boots.

Car pool note: The last 9 or so miles to the trailhead are down gravel roads. The roads are generally in good shape and cars should have no problem making it.

Map of the route seen below. Please note that this is simply traced on the map and not an actual GPS track. 

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