Spent a lovely evening here in October 2001. The David Lesser Memorial Shelter (there was no indication as to who David Lesser was) is a clean, beautiful shelter with a lovely porch and skylight. There was a big Adirondack chair on the porch as well as seating along 2 sides of the porch. A separate, covered dining area also had a beautiful 2-person swinging chair that I sat on while filling out my trail log as the sun went down. Here's a picture that fails to do justice to this lovely shelter: http://www.jmclum.com/spring2000hike/050100c.jpg

The only drawback is that the spring is a good quarter-mile down the mountain (knowing this ahead of time, I brought down my 4-liter water bag to avoid a morning trip).

There's an overflow camping area below the shelter that looked fairly well used.

The hike north into Harpers Ferry was easy, quick and pleasant.

Does anyone know what the history of the David Lesser Memorial Shelter is? I was asked tonight by a friend Who it was named for and the story that goes with the name. Any leads would be appreciated!

Contact the PATC on their forum.

http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/trails/PATC.html

Wonderful time here in Spring '06 on a section hike. There were (I think) 13 of us, and our group had the site to ourselves. We pulled in after a rough day (every day is rough on the rollercoaster) just ahead of some rain and, somehow, all of us managed to fit into the shelter confortable. Whoever David Lesser was, he must have been a great man for people to build a shelter like that in his name. Great picnic area off to the left if you're standing in the shelter. Only complaint is that water is a long, steep ways downhill. Tent sites on the hillside, too.