Cabin Ridge & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback
4.3 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Cabin Ridge & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It climbs 474 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cabin Ridge & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback
4.3 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 1,061–1,401 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Switchback Trail · 40.84381, -75.80579
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Switchback Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Upper Switchback, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp left onto Stone Steps Connector, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cabin Ridge, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto UTV Trails, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Cabin Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cabin Ridge, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Stone Steps Connector, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Upper Switchback, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Switchback Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 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 1.6 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Switchback Trail Trailhead
- Upper Switchback 1.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Lung Buster & Summit Hill Singletrack via Switchback Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Switchback Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Upper Switchback 6.3 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- Lung Buster–Summit Hill Singletrack, 3 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 673 ft
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