GET Going with TuGuNu & WVSTA

The Great Eastern Trail (GET) will provide a 2000 mile hiking experience in the western Appalachian Mountains.  It will connect pre-existing trails (like the Mary Ingles, Allegheny, Tuscarora, and Appalachian Trails in WV) and existing outdoor recreation areas from Alabama to New York.  This mighty trail will cross eight counties in West Virginia; Mingo, Wyoming, Mercer, Raleigh, Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier, & Pocahontas.

The GET Committee of the WVSTA was formed in 2009, and is focused on developing the GET along the Mary Ingles and Allegheny Trails in Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier, and Pocahontas Counties, WV, and Craig and Alleghany Counties, VA.  If you reside in any of these six counties and wish to help develop the GET, please contact Doug Wood, Trail Coordinator for Section 4 of the Allegheny Trail, 304-755-0440, chingwe1755@yahoo.com

The TuGuNu Hiking Club was formed in Wyoming County, West Virginia in 2010 to support the creation of the GET in the Mountain State, particularly in Mingo, Wyoming, Raleigh, and Mercer Counties.  The club name stands for the Tug (Tu), Guyandotte (Gu) and the New (Nu) Rivers.  Local communities are eager to have the GET cross our state and we hope you will join us in this project.  The club is blazing new adventures while hiking and maintaining local trails.  We applaud the volunteer spirit and enthusiasm.  If you live in any of the four counties mentioned above, please join us.

To become involved contact: 

Tim McGraw, TuGuNu President, 304-732-8412, timmcgraw14@hotmail.com
Joanna Swanson, 320-279-3959, joannamswanson@gmail.com