In March, we hiked the northern section. It appears the trails will be steeper terrain in this section so be prepared for some potentially steep hills. Hays Woods encompasses 660 acres of undeveloped forest, valleys, and streams along the southeast end of Pittsburgh and across the Mon from Hazelwood and is now home to the largest new urban park project undertaken east of the Mississippi River in 75 years. It appears that we will have some warmer weather so snow and ice should be gone but conditions may be muddy. There is some steeper terrain so be prepared for some hills as I have not hiked these trails.

We will meet at 9:00 a.m. in the main parking lot and carpool to the trailhead. The trailhead is about a 30 minutes or less drive. The hike should take about 2 hours. So, we will be back around 12:00 p.m. If…