1. Start on The Wagon Road, heading W.
2. 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
3. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
4. 250 ftPass Pisgah Vista.
5. 150 ftBear right onto Pisgah Plane, heading E.
6. 0.5 miSharp left onto Galen's Revenge, heading E.
7. 0.8 miReach Upper Switchback Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
8. 350 ftSharp right onto Galen's Revenge Part 2, heading NW.
9. 2.1 miTurn left onto G-Up Pisgah, heading S.
10. 0.4 miBear left onto The Blue Trail, heading SE.
11. 0.3 miBear left onto To Blue Heaven, heading NE.
12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto The Blue Trail, heading E.
13. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
14. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
15. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
16. 0.3 miPass Upper Switchback Viewpoint.
17. 150 ftSharp left onto Upper Switchback, heading E.
18. 150 ftBear right onto The Wagon Road, heading E.
19. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-switchback-viewpoint-pisgah-vista-out-back-9-sights