Make a left and descend these 72 serpentine steps, grouped together in sets of three, to top of S. 21st St. Follow paved road on left down to the staging area where you started. From the staging area you can join the East/Black Route. Please see map and directions.
StepTrek Route: Gold Route 2025
StepTrek Gold/West Route 2025
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Saber Way
Turn left and descend lane to steps on left before the guard rail.
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S. 18th St.
Use crosswalk to cross S. 18th St. Make right and walk 40 feet to entrance to “South Side Park” at Saber Way.
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Crosman St.
Turn right and walk to S. 18th St.
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Roscoe St.
Make right. Across Roscoe are 9 steps on the left side. Continue to first street on the right, which is Crosman St.
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Oporto St. Steps
The steps turn right. Begin descending the 115 steps to Roscoe St. To the right was the site of a former brick yard that was active in the Slopes until the 1950s.
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Baldauf St.
Turn right and climb 5 steps to upper sidewalk on right. The houses on the left sit below grade, a feature seen on a few streets tucked into the Slopes. Continue to the end of the street. Just past 1929 Baldauf, on the left, is a set of steps. Descend the 10 steps to Oporto St. Steps.
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S. 18th St.
Use caution to cross S. 18th to the steps on the opposite side.
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Lower Quarry St.
At the bottom of the steps turn left. Continue walking lower Quarry St. to where it joins Gable St.
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Gable St.
Make slight right and follow to end where you’ll meet St. Patrick St.