Originally Posted by
tdoczi
one of those things thats often said that ive found to be completely untrue. does NJ have rocks? sure. but theres one spot of all of maybe 2 miles where NJ is rocky in the way that PA is rocky enough to earn the reputation it has.
in fact, the PA rocks, imo, end several miles before PA does. from around the last shelter in PA all the way to shores of sunfish pond in NJ theres barely a rockfield to be found anywhere (on the AT anywhere at least, the mount minsi fire road and the red dot mt tammany trail arent the AT, which often seems to be forgotten). thats a good 10 miles of easy hiking the likes of which you will not find anywhere in PA from port clinton to wind gap at the very least.