{"id":1027,"date":"2026-06-15T12:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2026-06-15T12:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:09:43","slug":"a-popular-but-deadly-hiking-trail-will-reopen-in-the-poconos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"A popular but deadly hiking trail will reopen in the Poconos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>JIM THORPE, PA. \u2014 Long considered one of Pennsylvania\u2019s most popular and scenic hikes, the Glen Onoko Falls trail was also one of the state\u2019s most dangerous. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1025\">TMI owner says Pa. nuclear plant is on track to reopen next year<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Many people have been injured on the steep rocky trail, 85 miles north of Philadelphia, in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County. Others have died. In 1983, David R. Carlyon, 23, of Hazleton, dove across the top of the falls, trying to save his 3-year-old nephew, Ian Russell. Both fell and died. Over the last 50 years, at least 10 hikers have died.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>When the Pennsylvania Game Commission closed the trail in 2019, citing safety and trail deterioration issues, Russell recounted the tragic day he saw his son die. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI saw him,\u201d Thomas Russell told the Inquirer in 2019. \u201cI saw him clutching at vegetation, at a branch or something, and I guess his hands slipped, or it didn\u2019t hold, and then he was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Russell did not want the state to close the trail, however.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Now, seven years later, it\u2019s still closed and carefully being transformed into a safer destination. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources\u2019 Outdoor Corps has begun a project that will make the trail safer for hikers and more easily accessible to first responders who have to rescue the injured. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The project, according to DCNR, is expected to take anywhere from three to five years. When finished, the trail would reopen and become part of Lehigh Gorge State Park.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Members of the Outdoor Corps have been methodically moving or smashing large boulders on the upper portion of the trail, creating a safer route for first responders to reach injured hikers with UTVs. Many of the trails would be wider when the work is completed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s sweaty, calculating work that often requires heavy hydraulics to move boulders that weigh more than cars. Some of the biggest rocks \u2014 most of them sandstone \u2014 have earned names, like Belinda, Gertrude, and Turkey Leg.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen we crush a rock open, that\u2019s the first time the inside of that rock has seen daylight in millions of years,\u201d one Corps worker said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In 2019, the Pennsylvania Game Commission cited erosion and overuse as additional factors in the decision to close the trail. More than 8,500 people signed a petition at the time to keep the trail open. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1023\">The Philadelphia-born Chinese American who tested the limits of birthright citizenship<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Despite the closure and citations issued to hikers found on the trail, it has remained popular, officials said. Officials said the trail is even more dangerous, with hydraulics under high tension to move rocks, during the reconstruction process. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEven though it\u2019s closed, the public still comes on here,\u201d said Rich Fritsky, regional supervisor for the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps. \u201cThey ignore the signs. They duck under the ropes, but it\u2019s extremely dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A hiker had to be rescued just a month after the trail closed, and in 2022, a 72-year-old hiker fell and died there. On the recent tour, two hikers were resting by the falls.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLast winter, a guy was ice climbing and had to be rescued,\u201d said Timm  Berger, the district director for State Rep. Doyle Heffley.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>On a recent gathering at the trail rehabilitation site, Berger said Heffley\u2019s office has received countless calls over the years from hikers asking when Glen Onoko will reopen. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPeople are anxious,\u201d Berger said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The popular website AllTrails.com lists Glen Onoko Falls as a difficult hike where proper shoes are required. The trail is a 3.7-mile loop and ascends easily, with flat terrain, for about a quarter-mile beyond the parking lot, following Glen Onoko Run closely. But it grows steeper and rockier as it goes upward, with some narrow ledges that do appear to be eroding and some steep drop-offs. Often, hikers need to scramble over wet rocks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>AllTrails also warns hikers that the trail is \u201ctemporarily inaccessible,\u201d but many are not heeding the warning.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt started off fairly easy, but then got fairly difficult,\u201c one hiker wrote on AllTrails in March. \u201cI can definitely understand why the trail is closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1021\">Gov. Sherrill\u2019s \u2018first real test\u2019 | Inquirer South Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project, according to DCNR, is expected to take anywhere from three to five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-outdoors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A popular but deadly hiking trail will reopen in the Poconos - Corporate Movers USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A popular but deadly hiking trail will reopen in the Poconos - 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