Trail Notes: Both Long Mountain Trail and Tibbet Knob Trail are blazed with yellow paint. Follow Long Mt Trail north for a few hundred yards and then turn sharply left (south) onto an old woods road. The trail will leave the road and pass through a grassy area near a campsite. Cross Trout Run on a newly constructed bridge. This is the only significant stream crossing in the hike. Climb steeply up a footpath. The trail eventually becomes a woods road and switchbacks up Cherry Ridge. At about 1.87 miles from the trailhead pass a grassy clearing on the right and an old woods road on the left (the old Crack Whip Furnace trail, I believe) before arriving at yet another large grassy clearing. The continuation of the trail is a grassy woods road on the right side of the clearing.

Turn right here and in about 0.3 miles arrive at another clearing and the junction of 4-5 woods roads. Long Mt Trail is the one on the left and is marked with a yellow blaze. In about another 1.2 miles the fun begins as you reach the rock field discussed in the description. There is no trail but the trees are blazed rather frequently. Take your time! Once across you’ll return to a relatively smooth footpath. In about another 0.3 miles come to yet another grassy clearing. A woods road goes right and downhill. You want to turn left and follow the blazes.

In another 1.78 miles there will be another grassy opening to the right of the trail. This is a great campsite under the shadow of Ben’s Ridge complete with a fire ring. There is a small spring in the woods behind the clearing (walking towards the ridge) that some one has damned up. A better water source is a stream that crosses the trail less than 100 yards south of the campsite. This stream is not shown on any maps I’ve found but it does exist.

As you travel south from the campsite you will pass one more woods road on the right and begin to ascend Devil’s Hole Mt. at 0.69 miles from the campsite come to the intersection of purple blazed Trout Pond Trail. Turn left staying on Long Mt Trail. As you climb you will be following a narrow footpath. As you reach the crest of the mountain the trail will once again become a woods road. Pass several grassy clearings on the left and in 2.27 miles from Trout Pond Trail reach FR 691.

Turn left on FR 691 and walk 2.47 miles to a parking area on the left with a campsite and fire ring. Look for yellow blazes marking the beginning of Tibbet Knob Trail. Follow the blazes (some will be on rocks) along the spine of the ridge until you reach the overlook. Long Mt will be to your left, Halfmoon Lookout straight ahead and Mill Mt with Big Schloss on your right.

Follow the yellow blazes and scramble/slide/sush your way down the steep face of the knob. In a hundred yards or so you will regain a more normal trail that descends to the Wolf Gap Campground and your awaiting vehicles (1.50 miles from the top). On the way down you will cross over a small summit which affords nice views of Big Schloss and Little Sluice.