Welcome to Keystone Trails Association, the statewide voice of Pennsylvania’s hikers!

OUR MISSION: To provide, preserve, protect and promote recreational hiking trails and hiking opportunities in Pennsylvania.

Our programs:

Trail Advocacy

• We support measures that protect our hiking trails.
• We oppose illegal ATV encroachment on public lands.
• We oppose Sunday hunting.

Trail Protection

• We train and support volunteers to work with land owners and land managers to secure more permanent access to hiking trails.

Trail Care

• Each year we organize eight trail care weekends and three week-long trail crews to build and maintain hiking trails in Pennsylvania.

Curt Weinhold photo

• Our Trail Care and Trail Crew volunteers contribute 3000 – 4000 hours of trail labor annually.
• We provide training workshops on chainsaw safety, trail erosion control, rock work and wilderness first aid.

Local Club Trail Support

• Our member clubs contribute another 20,000 - 30,000 hours of volunteer labor building and maintaining trails
• KTA is providing $61,000 in grants to local clubs to fund the purchase of tools, equipment and materials.

Promotion of Hiking Trails and Hiking Opportunities

• With DCNR, we co-sponsor Pennsylvania Hiking Week (May 24-June1)
• We organize the Prowl the Sproul hiking weekend (July 18 – 20), the Susquehanna Gorge Megahike (September 6), and full hiking programs at our spring and fall meetings.
• We publish Pennsylvania Hiking Trails, the PA Appalachian Trail Guide, and other maps and guides.