@JimF22003 8068 wrote:
Have you ever ridden the short section of Rt 7 from Round Hill to the top at 601 (Blue Ridge Mtn Road?) I usually end up going down Airmont/Snickersville to Bluemont, which is nice, but sometimes I want to avoid the extra leg. It looks fairly rideable, but I’ve never tried it.
It’s doable (I’ve done it), and I frequently see loaded tourers doing it. That said, the weekday 3-7pm rule applies here. If for no other reason than traffic in that right lane won’t have the opportunity to get over even if they want to. You have to hug the right line, but you’re really only talking about from the store where the covered wagon is to the base of the mountain before you pick up a wide shoulder again. From there to the other side of the Shenandoah river it’s wide shoulder, and then it narrows again to Berryville, and then after Berryville again for about 2 miles. Sight lines are pretty good – albeit not perfect so I’d obviously recommend hi-vis, but no one’s been hit in that stretch that I’m aware of and I see riders on it several days a week.
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