Tag: Chester Valley Trail

Day 1 of biking from Philadelphia to DC: trails (yay) and hills (too many)

Loved biking on the Schuylkill River and Chester Valley trails. The hills that followed? They never seemed to end.

How in the world did we (Komoot? Ride with GPS?) pick this metric century route to Gap, Pa., a small town in Lancaster County?

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The Chester Valley Trail now connects to the Schuylkill River Trail — here’s what it’s like

A just-opened section of the Chester Valley Trail connects with the Schuylkill River Trail. Time to try out the CVT.

Part of the newest section of the Chester Valley Trail.

Connecting two major trails is no small feat, and those 4+ miles that just opened on the Chester Valley Trail outside Philadelphia are proof.

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