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Post by GaliWalker on Jun 20, 2023 9:27:23 GMT -5
Quebec Run Wild Area loop (Pennsylvania, Jun/18/2023)My last trip to the Quebec Run Wild Area was in 2015. That was a late autumn trip, when all the leaves were off the trees, so I was keen for a return trip to reacquaint myself with the place on a spring hike. Also, there was a fire in 2016, so a year after my last trip. I was hoping that its effects would have disappeared by now. I began my hike from the western terminus of the Tebolt Trail. I descended gently for about 0.2mi to the junction with the Hess Trail, where I took a left. The next 4.1mi were the prettiest part of the hike, as I walked through magnificent field ferns and past mountain laurel thickets in full bloom. It was heavenly! Who needs vistas if you have this? At the northern terminus of the Hess Trail, I continued on the Miller Trail. The mountain laurel display kept me company, but the luscious fern fields took a hiatus. After crossing Quebec Run, I headed uphill on the Miller Run Trail, and then on the Tebolt Trail. This took me westwards, all the way back to my car. I had completed a circuit of the Quebec Run Wild Area. Best of all, I saw no sign of damage from the 2016 fire. Stats: 11.8mi, 1825ft elevation gain, 7hrs
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Post by jmitch on Jun 20, 2023 11:51:18 GMT -5
Beautiful. I want to return to Quebec Run. There are many giant cliffs and rocks off trail with some potential views. I also read a sizeable cave system is in the wild area.
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Post by GaliWalker on Jun 20, 2023 13:26:03 GMT -5
My favorite part, out of the trails I’ve hiked, is the western side, although the eastern and southern sides have some lovely hemlock groves. I also remember seeing a tamarack plantation on the southern end on my first trip. I didn’t see them my past two times, I suspect because I took the Tebolt Trail, while these may have been along the Tebolt Road. I want to see these deciduous conifers in fall, when the needles turn yellow and drop. (The Quehanna Wild Area also has tamaracks, which I have seen in their full autumnal splendor.)
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Post by GaliWalker on Jun 21, 2023 7:45:08 GMT -5
Regarding the cave system, which I didn’t know existed, I found this on Wikipedia:
Since Laurel Caverns are so close, it makes perfect sense to have caves in the Quebec Run Wild Area.
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Post by hikingandwildex on Jun 21, 2023 19:18:43 GMT -5
The mountain laurel was really out in Pennsylvania last weekend, wasn't it? I was in the Pine Creek Gorge area last weekend and it was all over the place.
West Rim Trail near Barbour Rock
Stone Trail in Tioga State Forest
Twin Sisters Trail in Hammersley Wild Area
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Post by GaliWalker on Jun 21, 2023 19:39:46 GMT -5
^ Wow! That looks like an even better show than I had. I love it!
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Post by vdeal on Jun 28, 2023 6:12:17 GMT -5
I need to get back to Quebec run. It’s fairly local for me but I haven’t been there since the beginning of Covid. Does have a nice trail system that I’m able to to make loops of different lengths . Always a nice outing.
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