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Did You Know...

You can get an award just for hiking. The Keystone Trails Associations offers seven different awards for hiking the trails of Pennsylvania, including an award for kids under the age of 13. Award recipients are recognized at the annual KTA fall meeting. Interested? Click here to learn more.

 

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:

Morning mist at Pine Creek Gorge
Photo by Curt Weinhold

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.
  • 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.
 

Trail News

House of Representatives passes "Pennsylvania Hiking Week" Resolution

  The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently passed House Resolution No. 744 designating May 24 through June 1, 2008, as "Pennsylvania Hiking Week."
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Keystone Trails Association Presents 5th Annual Prowl the Sproul Weekend

IMPORTANT UPDATES to the 5th Annual Prowl the Sproul weekend!
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Just off the Press: Pennsylvania Hiking Trails

Pennsylvania Hiking Trails is a terrific guidebook that features the best trails by region from experienced hikers with local knowledge. Directions, trailhead locations, hiking times,...
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KTA in the Indiana Gazette

The Keystone Trails Association and our executive director Curt Ashenfelter were recently featured in an article about Pennsylvania Hiking Week in the Indiana Gazette.
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Meet Curt Ashenfelter, Executive Director

I first became acquainted with the Keystone Trails Association in 1987 when I bought the little orange Appalachian Trail Guide Book and black and white trail maps. I read the book from cover to...
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