The trail that started it all for us. We've shuttled GAP riders' bags since 2012 — 150 miles of crushed limestone through three states, river towns, and the Allegheny Mountains.
The Great Allegheny Passage runs 150 miles between Pittsburgh, PA and Cumberland, MD on a continuous, mostly flat surface. At Cumberland it meets the C&O Canal Towpath — together, they form a 335-mile continuous off-road route from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C.
From Confluence to Ohiopyle to the Big Savage Tunnel, the GAP is the kind of ride that earns its reputation one trail town at a time. We've been moving bags between those towns for over a decade.
Point State Park
Mon River
Riverside Hamlet
Yough Crossroads
Yough River
Falls & Gorges
Three Rivers
Casselman Valley
Salisbury Viaduct
3,295 ft Tunnel
Mountain Top
C&O Junction
Smooth, hard-packed surface the entire way. Hybrid bikes, gravel bikes, and even most road bikes handle it well.
Maximum 1.75% grade — built for trains, not climbers. The ride from Pittsburgh to Cumberland gains under 2,000 feet over 150 miles.
Confluence, Ohiopyle, Rockwood, Meyersdale, Frostburg — small mountain towns with good food, comfortable beds, and warm welcomes.
The 3,295-ft Big Savage Tunnel, the Salisbury Viaduct, and the Pinkerton Tunnel — engineering marvels of the old Western Maryland line, now part of every ride.
The Monongahela, the Youghiogheny, and the Casselman — the trail follows water nearly the whole way, threading river towns and Pennsylvania forest.
At mile 124 you cross the divide between the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay watersheds — the highest point of the trail before the long roll into Cumberland.
"Three rivers, two states, a continental divide, and a 3,295-foot tunnel — the GAP earns every mile of its reputation."— Why we've shuttled it since 2012
At Cumberland the GAP joins the C&O Canal Towpath — 184.5 more miles to the Capitol. We shuttle the whole route, end to end.
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