Little Devils Stairs (Rating: A)

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This hike is a ~7½ miles’ loop with an elevation gain of ~2100 ft., featuring a beautiful initial hike up the steep Little Devils Stairs Trail canyon. Most of the elevation gain is in these initial 2 miles. However, there is another climb toward the end of the hike of 485 ft, starting at the 5½ mile mark where we climb the Hull School Trail from the Piney River up to the Keyser Run Rd to see the Bolen family Cemetery, before descending back to the parking lot.

Trail maps
pdf map:
https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/092HM0dNKDqTu8UpB6TGyilBQ#Little_Devils_Stairs
Shenandoah NP Keyser Run Area map
https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0dagfKAPUnQSGKiNVAD0_73-A#MP_20-26_KeyserRun_RoadTrail
GaiaGPS map:
https://www.gaiagps.com/map/?loc=11.9/-78.2829/38.7286&pubLink=Chv9qJv1m8rhovXfXYaM4lo4&trackId=23e27e16-b81c-4813-b34e-64e759df2618

Difficultly Rating: A
At 7½ mi + 2100/400 =12¾ mi, this makes this a hard B-hike.
However, the last time I hiked this it came out 8¼ mi + 2000/400 = 13¼ mi, which is an easy A-hike, and some of the hikers commented it was too hard to be a B.
So it's listed as an A-hike.
https://nvhc.com/hikeinfo/ratings/

Pace: ~2.5 mph
We'll go slower up the canyon, but may go a bit faster elsewhere.

Trailhead: We'll meet at the Little Devils Stairs Parking Lot which is at the end of Keyser Run Road. To get there take US 211 west to Gid Brown Hollow Rd (Rt 622), then 1.9mi to Keyser Run Rd.
TH Coordinates: 38.7305, -78.2583.
It's a 65 minute drive from Centreville Park & Ride.

Dogs permitted per NVHC Dog Policy: https://tinyurl.com/nvhcdogpolicy