A friend and I are looking to do a hike for about 4-7 days. Pretty flexible on time because we're both recently unemployed. Haven't hiked in a while and this will be a much needed escape for the both of us. I started doing some research today and the Mt. Rogers area around Damascus has a 40 mile hike that caught my eye. Here's a link to said hike: https://www.hikingupward.com/JNF/MtR...ysonHighlands/

Any recommendations for other hikes around that length would be appreciated. The more options I have to pick from the better. Again time isn't that big of a factor so if there is something longer you can recommend I am definitely open minded to that!

ALSO does anyone have recommendations on water purification? I've done aquamira in the past but would like to hear from others what they use.