StepTrek Route: Black Route 2022

Make a right. Stay right and descend the 42 steps on the right hand side to Berg St. Continue on the right side of Cologne down another 61 steps to Patterson. Though SSSNA lobbies to repair and restore badly damaged steps

In this section of the Slopes are a couple of smaller churches. Cobden Street Baptist Church is on the left corner at 2500 Cobden St. The Second Primative Methodist Church is at 2430 Cobden St.

Ascend 51 wooden steps to Cobden St.

Make left and climb one block to Wellington St. and Clover St. Steps.

Make left. Continue along Burham past Niles St. to Clover St. Notice views to right of Uptown and Oakland across the Mon River.

Turn around to view Oakland and University of Pittsburgh. Then

Make right and take in the view as you descend to Burham St.

Northview curves to the right and passes Mission St. Continue past Stomberg to Cobden St. Here

Step around the guardrail to enter the park. Years ago the area here was a water reservoir. The basin was filled with earth in the 1950s. Many local groups use this large

Turn right. These 115 steps climb through a nicely shaded hillside. On the left are the remains of a house foundation. At the top of the steps