Join Sara and I for some Spring Backpacking, Camping in the Rain, and Trail Cooking on the Pinchot Trail southern loop.
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For this early spring camping trip, my wife Sara and I set out to do some backpacking with our dog and explore Pennsylvania’s Pinchot Trail southern loop. I had done the northern loop a couple of weeks before and it was quite nice, so I was looking forward to seeing what this new section had to offer.
For shelter, we packed in our 4 person tent as well as a huge tarp to give us some extra living space during the rain storm that was forecasted to hit in the afternoon and turn into snow by the next morning.
The bottom of the Pinchot Trail South loop runs along Choke Creek, which offers a string of 6 or so beautiful waterside campsites over the course of a mile or so. Legend has it that the last of those campsites is the most picturesque, so our goal was to hike in a few miles to the creek and get to that coveted campsite before the afternoon rain started. If the weather broke early, we would aim to take one of the earlier campsites.
Route Overview – Pinchot Trail South Backpacking Loop – Sintax77