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Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Aristes Trail–Corduroy Trail, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 764 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Aristes Trail–Corduroy Trail, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest near Wilburton Number Two, PA. It climbs 764 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,155 – 1,755 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pogy Road Trail 40.84549, -76.35630
Nearest town Wilburton Number Two, PA
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Aristes Trail–Corduroy Trail, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 764 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 1,154–1,756 ft

Out & Back · Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Trailhead: Pogy Road Trail · 40.84549, -76.35630

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

  1. Start on Pogy Road Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Headwaters Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miBear left onto Sphagnum Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Headwaters Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right onto Corduroy Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading S.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Old Field Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Headwaters Trail, heading S.
  9. 450 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Ponds Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Weiser Lane, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftTurn left onto Roaring Enduro Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right onto Water Tank Trail, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Aristes Trail, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftReach Corduroy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 250 ftTurn right onto Water Tank Trail, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftTurn left onto Roaring Enduro Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Weiser Lane, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miBear left onto Ponds Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
  25. 250 ftBear left onto Headwaters Trail, heading NE.
  26. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Field Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading N.
  28. 150 ftTurn left onto Corduroy Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.6 miTurn left onto Headwaters Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sphagnum Trail, heading W.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Headwaters Trail, heading W.
  32. 0.9 miTurn right onto Pogy Road Trail, heading W.
  33. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/klines-reservoir-klines-reservoir-out-back-6-sights-12-km

Trail surface

1% dirt1% paved98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~95 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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