I am planning a section hike on the AT between Rockfish Gap and Buena Vista. Our plan is to do southward slackpack over a couple of days to the Tye River, then jump south back to Buena Vista and hike north over The Priest and back to Tye River. Question is: how best to slack the distance over The Priest? I see a FS Road 246 (if it's open) that we could possibly park a car and hike to which would make one day around 10 miles, then go back and hike on out over the Priest to Tye River making the next day 15.7 miles. Is there another alternative hiking plan for slacking this section?

If needed we can always backpack to Seely Woodworth and then on out the next day. Just trying to make sure it's not slackable! Thanks!