A few friends and I are tentatively planning to backpack the Loyalsock Trail in a few weeks. We're looking at doing it over 5 days, Mon-Fri, so roughly 11 miles and change per day. A few questions:
Give the choice to do this trail eastbound or westbound, which is the better option? I know there's a couple of hefty climbs on the west end- if we went eastbound we'd get them out of the way early on, but if we went westbound our packs would be lighter for the climbs as we'd have eaten most of our food by then.
Also, is there any considerations with scenery regarding the direction hiked?
Where are there nice campsites located along this trail? A few of us have hiked the Loyalsock-Link Loop previously, so we have some knowledge about the campsites on this eastern-most end of the trail- the Haystacks, Sones Pond, etc. But west of World's End is new to us- so any info on campsites on the rest of the trail would be helpful- especially on sites that can accommodate 3-4 tents.
Specifically, if we stick pretty close to our 11 mile per day plan, that has has camping at the following locations (assuming we hike west to east):
Night #1: Near Grandad Run. AllTrails indicates that there's a couple of campsites on Grandad and Little Grandad Runs.
Night #2: In the vicinity of Kettle Creek Wild Area. MidAtlantic Hikes indicates that there's a few sites along Kettle Creek in Kettle Creek Gorge.
Night #3: Near Ketchum Run. MidAtlantic hikes also indicates that there's a few sites along Ketchum Run, plus a dry site up high near the Alpine View about a couple of miles beyond.
Night #4: Along High Rock Run, north of World's End State Park. I don't remember seeing any campsites along High Rock Run during our previous Loyalsock-Link Loop trip, but from the photos the forest is fairly open so primitive camping might not be too hard. We could also continue a few miles further on to Big Run/Toms Run where there's sites, but from what I recall those sites were kind of on the smaller side.
Is there anything along the trail we should make sure not to miss? AllTrails mentions a cemetery near the 19 mile marker. I know there's a number of waterfalls, and also the Haystacks. Anything else worth checking out along the way?
Thanks in advance.
Give the choice to do this trail eastbound or westbound, which is the better option? I know there's a couple of hefty climbs on the west end- if we went eastbound we'd get them out of the way early on, but if we went westbound our packs would be lighter for the climbs as we'd have eaten most of our food by then.
Also, is there any considerations with scenery regarding the direction hiked?
Where are there nice campsites located along this trail? A few of us have hiked the Loyalsock-Link Loop previously, so we have some knowledge about the campsites on this eastern-most end of the trail- the Haystacks, Sones Pond, etc. But west of World's End is new to us- so any info on campsites on the rest of the trail would be helpful- especially on sites that can accommodate 3-4 tents.
Specifically, if we stick pretty close to our 11 mile per day plan, that has has camping at the following locations (assuming we hike west to east):
Night #1: Near Grandad Run. AllTrails indicates that there's a couple of campsites on Grandad and Little Grandad Runs.
Night #2: In the vicinity of Kettle Creek Wild Area. MidAtlantic Hikes indicates that there's a few sites along Kettle Creek in Kettle Creek Gorge.
Night #3: Near Ketchum Run. MidAtlantic hikes also indicates that there's a few sites along Ketchum Run, plus a dry site up high near the Alpine View about a couple of miles beyond.
Night #4: Along High Rock Run, north of World's End State Park. I don't remember seeing any campsites along High Rock Run during our previous Loyalsock-Link Loop trip, but from the photos the forest is fairly open so primitive camping might not be too hard. We could also continue a few miles further on to Big Run/Toms Run where there's sites, but from what I recall those sites were kind of on the smaller side.
Is there anything along the trail we should make sure not to miss? AllTrails mentions a cemetery near the 19 mile marker. I know there's a number of waterfalls, and also the Haystacks. Anything else worth checking out along the way?
Thanks in advance.
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