Cambria County Highpoint Trip Report

two unnamed areas (2,860+ ft)

Date: June 6, 2008
Author: Fred Lobdell

1.5 miles north of Round Top

Follow Mike Schwartz's directions to get to this area. Although the map shows the high area as being largely in Cambria County, I agree with Bob Packard's report. My GPS unit showed me at about the county line and the land sloped gently westward, into Cambria County. Bushwhacking through knee-high ferns was not especially fun. They do lack thorns, but they also conceal many downed logs and trees. I was trying to compass-hike back to the road I had walked in on but it seemed to be taking an inordinately long time.

Finally I took out my GPS unit and discovered that I was southwest of the high area, rather than northeast which is where I needed to be. I had been reading the silver end of the compass needle as north. When I got back to the motel that night I made myself write 100 times, "The red end of the needle points north." Call me Pathfinder.

3 miles north of Ogletown

Again, follow Mike's directions. Schoolhouse Drive (not Lane) goes to Crescent Road, which in turn leads you to Hollow Road. I thought areas about 200 yards north and south of the road were perhaps a bit higher. I especially liked the area south of the road where there were some spruces that were twice as tall as the planted pines; this small grove may lie on relatively undisturbed ground.