Enjoyed this 4-mile loop in mid-November for a chilly hike in search of old railroad structures. While we didn't find any railroad structures on the Big Trestle Trail itself, we found an old railroad embankment along the STS that clearly showed the old railroad ties spaced evenly in the ground. Most of the ties are covered in moss, which helps identity them as well. Either way, this was a nice loop and was well worth the hike especially to revisit Spook Hollow not long after Halloween.
Brought a group of friends on this hike to try and reach Chimney Rock Vista, but I didn't expect the vista to lie 1/2 way down the other mountain's ridge. Following information from the book: Short Hikes in Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon (2011) by Chuck Dillon, lead me to want to explore an off-trail rock vista named Chimney Rock Vista; however, it appears as though there are likely 2 different rock ledge vistas by the same name. This led my group to get confused. We ended up stopping the hike atop Cedar Mountain before the trail heads down the mountain ridge (85% of the way to the vista). We then made lunch on the mountain's spine of a rock just off of the trail before heading down. Snapped some nice photos of the foliage, fog, and waterfalls along the way, but came back to actually find the vista later that week.
Re-tracked the Cliff Walk Trail in its entirety for the first time since the full trail has been open all the way to Milbury Lane. The trail was quiet with light traffic (only 3 other people) on an early Thursday morning before Memorial Day Weekend.