Ski Top Drive–Summit Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Ski Top Drive–Summit Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Laurel Mountain Village, PA. It climbs 393 ft. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Ski Top Drive–Summit Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 2,576–2,743 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Timbertop Drive · 40.16223, -79.13585
Weather Sep 5: Heavy drizzle, high 70°F / low 61° · precip 13% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start on Timbertop Drive, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sun Valley Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ski Top Drive, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Timbertop Drive, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Insbruck Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Timbertop Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Summit Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Insbruck Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Timbertop Drive, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ski Top Drive, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Sun Valley Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Timbertop Drive, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive 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 2.4 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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