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Stewart McKendry
(stewby15) - F

Locale: South Central, PA
St. Anthony's Wilderness on 03/03/2008 06:15:58 MST Print View

Just a quick Sunday hike..right around 10 miles or so. This area is in PA State Game Lands #211. Some information can also be found at these links:

http://home.comcast.net/~stanthonywilderness/picpage.htm

http://www.greentreks.org/watershedstv/old_cattails/stonycreek.aspYellow Springs Water FallMore Water Fall ActionOld Incline - Really Interseting To Read AboutWelcome To PA!!!!At The Bottom On The Rail Grade

The access road was pretty slick..so I left the car up on the mountain road and hiked down in. Most people with 4-wheel drive could get down. Let me tell ya, after a decent hike, coming back up the grade to get back to the car was a killer!
Tom Clark
(TomClark) - MLife

Locale: East Coast
Re: St. Anthony's Wilderness on 03/03/2008 16:41:53 MST Print View

Yeah, looks like PA's paved hiking paths.

Joe is trying identify PA hikers, and maybe get together a UL trip sometime.
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/12037/index.html?skip_to_post=88903#88903
Stewart McKendry
(stewby15) - F

Locale: South Central, PA
St. Anthony's Wilderness on 03/03/2008 18:53:31 MST Print View

That rock path was actually a handlaid stone incline from the late 1800's early 1900's. They use to use it to drag coal cars, equipment, supplies etc. to the top of Second Mountain from the railroad. A lot of it is eroded out from the stream, but most is still intact. The eroded part actually made for a neat little rock scramble...but I was dreading taking out an ankle on one of the first trips this Spring.