PA AT: Lehigh Gap

One of the "gaps" in my PA AT section hiking is the 5-mile section from Lehigh Gap to Little Gap. Lisa and I went on this hike last Sunday.

We arrived later in the afternoon, guaranteeing longer shadows for the hike. This trail goes almost straight up from Lehigh Gap, where you sometimes have to do a little hand-over-hand scrambling. After that, it's pretty might a fire road ridge walk. The wind was pretty strong as we were climbing up the ridge, as it funneled through the gap in the ridge. Once we passed all the rocky areas, we can across fields of golden grass, contrasted by the late afternoon sun and low autumn clouds. It was interesting in this area, as it was a former Superfund site. The rocky side slopes, with "driftwood" trees gave us an eerie feeling. However, there were signs of life present in the flowing grass. These grassy areas reminded my of a high mountain meadow in CO.

We finished at 615p, awfully close to the 630p sunset. We made good time on the hike, despite fighting waning daylight. Pictures.

For those of you who are counting, I have completed the AT in MD and NJ. I am currently working on PA - I hiked from the Delaware Water Gap to Hamburg (some 75 miles in PA). I still have 150 miles left in PA, and 1985 miles remaining overall.