Well, when there are trail numbers on the trees and on the trail list that aren't even shown on the map, and trail numbers that don't match what the map shows, it's not too hard to get lost or be unable to find the trail you're looking for in the first place.

For example, part of our plan was to come down Turtle, then turn up Spring (31) and wander over to Wet Willy (34) or Squirrel (49) to return to Turtle. We found the south end of Spring, and hadn't gone 100 yds before coming to a 3-way intersection. 2 of the spurs went back to the main road about 100 yds away, the third was labeled Cabin Spring trail (38). The rest of Spring (31) was nowhere to be found, so we went up 38. I'm still not sure what trail we ended up on that took us back to Turtle, it was marked 51 (Campground according to the list) but that doesn't show on the map. The map looks like either Squirrel or Wet Willy. Whatever it was, it was a doozy.

Even veteran visitors like the VA-based Off-Camber Crawlers who were there for the weekend too agree the map is pretty useless.

Brent