PEEC: Ridgeline Trail

Ridgeline Trail, Pocono Environmental Education Center (12/14/2012)

It's been over four years since we hiked this rugged terrain just west of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania. At that time we hiked most of the trails in the park but (for reasons I can't quite remember) decided to skip the Ridgeline Trail, a trail famous for being so steep in one place that a long rope is supplied for the intrepid hiker. So today, a frosty morning and a perfect day to take off from work, we headed back to do Hike #4 ("Ridgeline Trail") in Hiking the Poconos: A Guide to the Area's Best Hiking Adventures (1st edition). Frost was on the ground when we got there and pretty much still there when we were done 2.5 hours later. Still, it was a beautiful day and we didn't see another hiker at all.

Total distance hiked today is a bit unclear. The hike description, which we followed, specifies that the hike is 5.4 miles, 5 of those miles being on the Ridgeline trail On the other hand, the park map indicates that the Ridgeline trail is only 4.5 miles in length. Finally, my pedometer recorded 3.7 miles while the GPS on my iPhone computed a total of 3.8 miles. So who knows? Somewhere between 3.8 miles and 5.4 miles, give or take. :)

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