South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association

"Neighbors working together to make the Slopes a more livable, beautiful, and safe community"

StepTrek Route: Black Route 2026

StepTrek Black/East Route 2026

  • Eola Way Steps

    Make a left and walk to the stairs built in 1947. As you climb these 96 steps, each 4-ft wide, notice the ruins of stone or brick foundations perched over the hillside on the right. At the top of the steps is Leticoe St. and the back side of St. Josaphat Church.

  • Pittsburgh StepTrek 2026 – East Route

    If joining from the West Route, begin here.

  • Greeley St.

    Turn right and continue up Greely 75 yards to Eola Way Steps on the left.

  • Josephine St.

    Make right and walk east toward S. 22nd St. Continue to Greeley St.

  • * South Side Park

    Efforts continue to reclaim a 64 acre park that extends from Josephine St. below to the heights of the Slopes. In this wooded hillside are streams, ball fields and pathways. Volunteers have removed invasive knotweed and vines that choke the park and built its trails. With funding from The Brashear Association, South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) partnered with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Landforce and the Student Conservation Association to create this neighborhood asset. Friends of South Side Park manage its ongoing work.

  • S. 21st St.

    You are standing at the top of S. 21st St. in South Side Park. From StepTrek Marketplace and registration, walk down S. 21st St. to Josephine St. and make right.