AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lung Buster via Switchback Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 326 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Lung Buster via Switchback Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Bloomingdale, PA. It climbs 326 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,073 – 1,431 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Switchback 40.82538, -75.85088
Nearest town Bloomingdale, PA
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Lung Buster via Switchback Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 326 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 1,072–1,431 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Upper Switchback · 40.82538, -75.85088

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Upper Switchback, heading E.
  2. 1.9 miSharp left onto Switchback Trail, heading W.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lung Buster, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miReach Lung Buster, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Switchback Trail, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftSharp right onto Upper Switchback, heading SW.
  7. 1.9 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/lung-buster-out-back-87f2

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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