Trip Report: Pennsylvania’s 60-Mile Loyalsock Trail

[Evan McCarthy]

Howdy!  The last time I set out to hike the Loyalsock Trail I was trailing behind the one and only Doug Ide.  Ten years later I returned to finish the deed.  It’s a pretty special trail.

Trip Report:  https://evankmccarthy.com/2020/09/09/the-loyalsock-trail-ahab-gets-his-60-mile-trail/

[dirtbag]

Awesome timing!! Been eyeballing this trail. Already completed West Rim trail, Black Forest trail and Allegheny Front Trail.. up next for me.. Loyalsock. Thanks!!!

[BlackHatGuy]

Another wonderful Evan adventure! Perhaps I can come back east next Spring/Early Summer and we can do it together yet again. You’ll be ahead of me this time. :-) (And you give me too much credit my friend, I was just trying to keep up with the other two guys, though, unfortunately, I can’t remember their names. Was one of them Jeremy?)

[Kevin Babione]

Evan – thanks for posting.  My “White Whale” is the Black Forest Trail – I bailed on it after 1.5 days about 8 years ago.  I wasn’t in the physical shape needed for all of those ups and downs and it was a rainy April weekend and after my feet slipped out from under me the third time on one of the steep descents I decided to quit before I got hurt.

The Loyalsock is on my list – I’ve done the Loyalsock-Link Loop that begins and ends in Worlds End State Park.  When I did that loop the bridge over the Loyalsock River was closed for repairs and we had to ford the stream.  Nice to see it’s open again.

Thanks again!

[dirtbag]

Think i may tackle this trip mid October.. i am still contemplating.. was going to do the Cranberry Lake 50.. but i would like to do this, and it is a 2 hour closer drive…

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