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Cake Baking Contest and ATC Birthday Party

  • Dates: 03 – 03 Mar, 2012
  • Location: Harpers Ferry, WV, United States
  • Address: ATC Headquarters - 799 Washington Street

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) will hold a cake-baking contest to celebrate its 87th anniversary on Saturday, March 3rd from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at ATC’s Visitor Center in Harpers Ferry, WV. This event is free and open to the public.  

Contestants will bake their favorite type of cake and give it an Appalachian Trail (A.T.) theme. People can register for this contest by sending an email to [email protected] with their name, whether or not they are under 18, and type of cake they plan to make no later than Friday, March 2nd at 3:00 pm. Cake submissions must be dropped off at the ATC’s Visitor Center between 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3rd.

Judging will begin at 1:00 p.m. Judges include; Ed Wheeless, co-owner of Laurel Lodge B&B in Harpers Ferry and trained in pastry arts at L’Academie de Cuisine, Warren J. Eng, culinologist & Senior Sales Associate at Sur La Table in Pentagon City, and Gary “Babu Simba” Hill, 2008 thru-hiker and winner of last year’s cake baking contest.

Prizes will be given to the winners of three categories: best tasting, best A.T.- related design, and best junior entry (under 18).

The ATC was founded on March 3rd, 1925 to oversee the building of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.). Since then, with the help of legions of volunteers and many federal and state partners, the ATC has helped the A.T. grow from little more than a bold concept to a 2,000-mile, protected footpath that has become the world’s most famous hiking trail.  

Event:  Cake Baking Contest for ATC’s 87th Anniversary

Date: Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Location: The ATC’s Visitor Center at 799 Washington St., Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Schedule: 

  • 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: All cakes must be submitted to the ATC’s Visitor Center
  • 1:00 p.m.: Judging will begin
  • 1:30 p.m.: Winners of each category will be announced
  • 1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Cakes will be served to visitors

Contact: If you are interested in entering a cake in the contest, please contact Claire Hobbs at [email protected] or by calling (304) 535-2200 ext. 134 to provide your name, whether or not you are under 18, and type of cake no later than Friday, March 2nd at 3:00 p.m.


1 Comment

  1. 1 Julie 22 Feb
    While I'm glad you've come to this culcnosion, it seems a far cry from your assertion earlier that the AT community is comprised mostly of men with a frat boy mentality who don't respect women a change of heart for the better, that's for sure, given the extreme silliness of that earlier post.

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