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Blue Knob & East Wall Glades via MTB Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Frigid, PA. The route passes Blue Knob before reaching East Wall Glades at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 954 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,142 – 3,110 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Connector Trail 40.28764, -78.56106
Nearest town Frigid, PA

Directions

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Blue Knob & East Wall Glades via MTB Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 954 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 2,142–3,109 ft

Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park

Trailhead: Connector Trail · 40.28764, -78.56106

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Connector Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Blue Knob.
  3. 100 ftSharp left onto MTB Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 1 miSharp left, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miPass East Wall Glades.
  13. 250 ftReach Blue Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 1.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

52% dirt48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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