South Side Slopes Guided City Step Tour

Feeling Adventurous? Come see the most prolific collection of neighborhood city steps, while trying some local bites and brews!!
About this Event

For my third guided city step tour we will visit the historic neighborhood of South Side Slopes, formerly part of the city of Birmingham. City steps are not a novelty piece of infrastructure in the Slopes, and are still regularly used and maintained due to the steepness of the neighborhood, and also how early it was developed when compared with other hillside neighborhoods. On this adventure we will take city steps, greenways, and city parks to see amazing unique views, take well-deserved breaks at local establishments, and talk a bit about some of the history of one of the oldest parts of Pittsburgh!

This will be one of my more challenging hikes, with about 3 miles of walking and 880 ft of elevation gain across the whole hike. However, we will be taking regular breaks, with food and beverage, and we always stick together and go at a pace that works for all. Most of my hikes also start and end at the same location, but because I wanted to show off more of the Slopes we will be starting around 10th st. and ending up on 27th st. at the South Side Flats. I promise future step tours will not be always be so ambitious, but if you are up to it it will be fun!

Recommended to bring:

• Hiking/Running shoes
• Layers (it's cold now, but stairs get you warm)
• Water
• Light snacks (we will be stopping at places with food)
• Camera
• Walking stick

Agenda

🕑: 11:00 AM
Start hike at Encanto Coffee
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Baked Goods, Bites & Brews @ 350* Bakery & Corner Cafe
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Bites & Brews @ Garvey's (Optional)
🕑: 02:30 PM
End Hike at Cupka Cafe, cool off have a Beer!