Aspen Mountain Drive–Ski Top Drive, 5 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Aspen Mountain Drive–Ski Top Drive, 5 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back near Laurel Summit, PA. It climbs 648 ft. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Aspen Mountain Drive–Ski Top Drive, 5 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 2,515–2,743 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Spruce Run Trail · 40.14240, -79.16007
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 71°F / low 61° · precip 14% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Spruce Run Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Summit Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Insbruck Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Timbertop Drive, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ski Top Drive, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Sun Valley Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Zermatt Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Aspen Mountain Drive, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Spruce Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Zermatt Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sun Valley Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ski Top Drive, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Timbertop Drive, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Insbruck Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Spruce Run Trail Trailhead
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- Summit Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 127 ft
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