Distance

5.0 mi total

Elevation

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Vertical

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Time

2 hr 0 min total

I miss real winters, the kind you see in a Bergman film. Down here in the lowlands, our 21st century winters are a dull gray November from Halloween to Easter. Chilly but not cold, and very little snow. But a thin ghost of Old January still holds the highlands east of Pittsburgh, where it was snowy and 32 degrees--compared to the 42 degrees in the city. My little car couldn't negotiate the snowy dirt road. I followed Boy Scout Road to the weird intersection near Outdoor Odyssey, taking the leftward track and circling around to a clear cut where the summit of Sugar Camp Hill looms to the right. There's a logger's lane to the top with decent views due to the clear cut. It's public land till you see the No Trespassing signs. At 2,910 feet, this is a high ridge for these parts. The name Sugar Camp Hill probably means they used to extract maple syrup somewhere on this summit.

Route to summit

Boy Scout Road near Boswell, PA

out-and-back
Obstacles

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Key gear

GPS device