The entrance trail follows a flat and easy path for 0.5 mile south of the parking lot, to the first junction with the main loop.

The main loop continues westbound, first over a high plateau area, but eventually heading steeply downhill toward Allegheny Reservoir.

Here the hiker will turn north and repeat the entrance trail back to the trailhead on PA Route 59.

Heading south, the cross-connector descends steeply through a gully that eventually carries a tributary of Morrison Run.

Turn south on the cross-connector trail and follow it for 1.2 miles until it ends at the other side of the main loop.

Turn north on that trail and follow it uphill for 1.2 miles until it ends at the other side of the main loop.