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LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

4 mi · ▲ 506 ft · 1 hr 35 min

LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Seven Springs, PA. It climbs 506 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,533 – 2,832 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 40.01687, -79.30964
Nearest town Seven Springs, PA
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LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

4 mi · ▲ 506 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 2,532–2,831 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail · 40.01687, -79.30964

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.6 miTurn left onto LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miReach LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lhht-grindle-ridge-shelter-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:12 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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