West Rim Trail (PA) itinerary
Every mile marker on the West Rim Trail (PA) route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the West Rim Trail Pennsylvania permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The West Rim Trail (PA). One reservation is an ordered sequence of nights at named sites, issued by reservation.
- Stops mapped
- 6
- Across the markers
- 30.0 mi
- Published route length
- 30 mi
- Published ascent
- 4,711 ft
How long it takes: typically 2-4 days. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
Adding up only the climbs between markers gives 1,202 ft, which is a floor rather than the total: anything that rises and falls between two markers is invisible to it.
The West Rim Trail (PA) route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
1,134 ft
Ansonia trailhead (north terminus)
14.4 miles · 501 ft up to Bradley Wales Overlook
Mile 14.4
1,635 ft
Bradley Wales Overlook
12.3 miles · 472 ft down to Owassee
Mile 26.7
1,163 ft
Owassee
0.7 miles · 701 ft up to Barbour Rock overlook
Mile 27.4
1,864 ft
Barbour Rock overlook
1.4 miles · 254 ft down to Matson Spring
Mile 28.8
1,610 ft
Matson Spring
1.2 miles · 404 ft down to Blackwell trailhead (south terminus)
Mile 30.0
1,206 ft
Blackwell trailhead (south terminus)
Getting a West Rim Trail (PA) for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. West Rim Trail (PA) dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks West Rim Trail (PA) around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.