Bear Run Nature Reserve Black Loop (PA)

Submitted by pbakwin on Thu, 04/23/2020 - 12:26pm
Description

The Black Loop at Bear Run Nature Reserve, rated difficult by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC), runs through pines, rhododendrons, maples and oaks, crosses and parallels creeks, and consists mostly of technical, rocky paths with some soft conifer-covered ground, wide double track and large boulder gardens in places. The fist seven miles travels on the parking lot side of the reserve (beginning at the parking lot trail head), while the final (and rockiest) four miles run across the road (Rt. 381), above the train tracks with views of the Lower Yough River.

Albsteig Schwarzwald (Germany)

Submitted by Buzz Burrell on Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:15am
Description

The Albsteig Black Forest is a Hiking Trail and leads you 83.3 kilometers along the small river Alb. Contrary to the direction of flow, go from the official starting point at Albbruck on the Upper Rhine to the source on Feldberg and overcome over 2,700 vertical meters. From the Feldberg the loop leads you back to St.

Paul-Pfinzing-Weg (Germany)

Submitted by Buzz Burrell on Thu, 04/23/2020 - 06:55am
Description

ENGLISH:
Trail No. 13: "PP" on yellow background, "Paul-Pfinzing-Weg"
Clockwise loop from Reichenschwand to Reichenschwand (or Ottensoos to Ottensoos)
Length: 97,9 km / 60.8 miles
The course is dedicated to Nuremberg cartographer Paul Pfinzing the Elder. In 1594 he created the Pfinzing Atlas, a map of the areas of the imperial city of Nuremberg acquired in 1505. The marking follows the border of the then Nuremberg nursing office Hersbruck with its historical boundary stones.