Hike· Saba· Leeward Islands
The Ladder (Saba)
17° 37.8′ N · 63° 15.2′ W
About 800 steps of stone and concrete dropping from The Gap down to Ladder Bay - for three centuries the only way cargo (famously including a piano) and people got onto Saba, hauled up by hand past a lonely cliff-top customs house.
Practical
Coordinates are the trailhead signpost on The Gap Road between The Bottom and Well's Bay (OpenStreetMap). Strenuous: about 1 hour round trip down and back up (SCF). Dry forest with mahogany and cinnamon trees and big views over Ladder Bay - spot your boat on the moorings. The bottom 2 m were badly damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017, so this is a walk, not a dinghy landing. Bring water; hot by midday. Check the SCF monthly trail advisory for closures.
Best for
Historic leg-burner with a view straight down onto the Ladder Bay moorings
Nearby
- Saba Cares Clinic & A.M. Edwards Medical Center0.2 NM away
- Ladder Bay Dive Sites (Ladder Labyrinth, Babylon, Hot Springs)0.3 NM away
- Ladder Bay Moorings0.3 NM away
- Saba Day0.3 NM away
- Saba Emporium Market (The Bottom)0.3 NM away
- Saba Summer Festival (Carnival)0.3 NM away
- The Bottom0.3 NM away
- Bottom Bean Cafe0.4 NM away