103 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Sección 2.1 - De Blue Mountain Road - Little Gap a Wind Gap
Trail photos
Author
Trail stats
- Distance
- 15.59 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,946 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 2,211 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,654 ft
- TrailRank
-
86
5
- Min elevation
- 945 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 8 hours 27 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2239
- Uploaded
- November 12, 2015
- Recorded
- November 2015
near Danielsville, Pennsylvania (United States)
Viewed 1077 times, downloaded 14 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
|
Stage 103
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 102 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Section 2.2 - Lehigh Gap to Little Gap and drive back down the old route
⇒ Link to the next stage: 104 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Section 1 - From Wind Gap to Kirkridge Shelter and Delaware Water Gap
Tour of section 2.1 of the Appalachian Trail (Appalachian Trail), passing through the state of Pennsylvania (United States), from south to north. From mile AT 1262.4, corresponding to the crossing of Blue Mountain Road with the trail, in Little Gap, to mile AT 1277.8, in Wind Gap. Measures always from Springer, Georgia.
The entire route runs through the crest of Blue Mountain, through State Game Lands No. 168, about 1,500 feet high, with a very flat profile, and with hardly any unevenness to overcome. Even the firm of the path becomes much less rocky and rugged than is usual in this area of Pennsylvania.
Along the way there are several points with unobstructed views over the surrounding valleys, to the north and south. A road with poor pavement is also crossed, in Smith Gap, and we will find the small shelter Leroy Smith Shelter, which has space for six people, fire ring and latrine.
Already in the final section of the tour, we find two interesting viewpoints, the first one, Hahn´s Lookout. with magnificent views to the south, with the neighborhood of Wind Gap and the South Mountain in the distance; and the second, very close to the previous one, Lookout Rock, with views to the north (the town of Saylorsburg and Poconos in the distance and the Aquashicola Creek, in the Chestnut Valley, in the foreground).
From these two points, the AT descends rapidly from the mountainous ridge, towards Wind Gap, through a rocky path, at the beginning, and much more gradual and comfortable at its end.
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 102 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Section 2.2 - Lehigh Gap to Little Gap and drive back down the old route
⇒ Link to the next stage: 104 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Section 1 - From Wind Gap to Kirkridge Shelter and Delaware Water Gap
Tour of section 2.1 of the Appalachian Trail (Appalachian Trail), passing through the state of Pennsylvania (United States), from south to north. From mile AT 1262.4, corresponding to the crossing of Blue Mountain Road with the trail, in Little Gap, to mile AT 1277.8, in Wind Gap. Measures always from Springer, Georgia.
The entire route runs through the crest of Blue Mountain, through State Game Lands No. 168, about 1,500 feet high, with a very flat profile, and with hardly any unevenness to overcome. Even the firm of the path becomes much less rocky and rugged than is usual in this area of Pennsylvania.
Along the way there are several points with unobstructed views over the surrounding valleys, to the north and south. A road with poor pavement is also crossed, in Smith Gap, and we will find the small shelter Leroy Smith Shelter, which has space for six people, fire ring and latrine.
Already in the final section of the tour, we find two interesting viewpoints, the first one, Hahn´s Lookout. with magnificent views to the south, with the neighborhood of Wind Gap and the South Mountain in the distance; and the second, very close to the previous one, Lookout Rock, with views to the north (the town of Saylorsburg and Poconos in the distance and the Aquashicola Creek, in the Chestnut Valley, in the foreground).
From these two points, the AT descends rapidly from the mountainous ridge, towards Wind Gap, through a rocky path, at the beginning, and much more gradual and comfortable at its end.
Waypoints
Intersection
1,144 ft
Inicio. Estacionamiento en Little Gap Road
Inicio. Estacionamiento en Little Gap Road
Photo
1,150 ft
Subida pedregosa desde Little Gap hacia la cresta de Blue Mountain
Subida pedregosa desde Little Gap hacia la cresta de Blue Mountain
Panorama
1,355 ft
Vista panorámica, hacia el norte y oeste, desde la pedregosa cresta de Blue Mountain
Panoramic view, to the north and west, from the stony ridge of Blue Mountain
|
Photo
1,549 ft
Sendero. Avanzado ya el otoño, ya no quedan hojas en los árboles.
Sendero. Avanzado ya el otoño, ya no quedan hojas en los árboles.
Panorama
1,502 ft
Bonita vista panorámica, hacia el sur, desde la cresta de Blue Mountain
Beautiful panoramic view, to the south, from the Blue Mountain ridge
|
Wilderness hut
1,412 ft
Desvío al Leroy Smith Shelter, y refugio
Desvío al Leroy Smith Shelter, y refugio
Car park
Comments (1)
You can add a comment or review this trail
I have followed this trail View more
Information
Easy to follow
Scenery
Easy
Sendero pedregoso, pero muy interesante. Pennsylvania :-)