Swamp Trail (PA) Trip Report

“this weekend i went on some dayhikes to my regular stomping grounds. i parked at awesome hoagland vista and hiked the swamp trail, short but incredibly scenic with deep hemlock/ pine forests and babbling streams, plus mtn laurel and ground pine. some great potential campsites. i also hiked gooseberry trail, with cool boulders, ledges, outcrops and hemlock. still a bit of snow, so i got a workout.”

“jmitch, what area of pa are these hikes in?”

“wyoming state forest, NE of williamsport, NW of wilkes-barre/ scranton”

“i went to pick up a horse one time out there and it took about 6 hours to find the place i was looking for. i knew where i was going. hahahahaha”

“I went winter backpacking up there about 10 years ago and camped up near East Branch. It's a small creek that flows out near Bear Wallow pond. There was a lot of people ice fishing on the pond when I hiked by in the afternoon. I didn't think many people would be out because it was so cold. Below zero wind chills and -5 at night, but ice fisherman are a hardy bunch.”