Following this map, we left the inn, on 24 Broadway (also noted as Route 209 on the map). We walked east along Broadway, then north with Molly Maguires restaurant on our right. We then climbed Packer Hill road, passing the Asa Packer and Harry Packer mansions to our left. This road is quite steep, and at the high temperatures, we were out of breath before reaching the top. This road became Center Street, which we continued following west. Making a right on Pine Avenue, we headed north, then west on North Avenue (well above the town at this point), where we found the trailhead on the northern side of the street. At nearly a mile from the inn, we were drenched in perspiration before even stepping onto the trail.

A series of switchbacks climbed and climbed. When we got to the Upper Switchback trail, we headed west to a viewpoint over Jim Thorpe (not indicated on the map). Then we backtracked and continued east until we reached the spectacular view north. We could see the railroad bridges over the Lehigh River, and the bicycle path where we walked a bit the next day. At this point, instead of heading back down the same way, we took the Pisgah Plane, a steady, straight-line descent all the way to the back of a ball field further east on North Street. We then walked back to the inn from there.