Allegheny Front Trail

The Allegheny Front Trail (AFT) is a 41.8-mile loop in western Centre County, built in the late 1990s to complement the Rock Run Trails System for cross-country skiers. The AFT visits a wide variety of forest environments including wetlands, mountain streams, and high meadows. The trail roughly encircles Black Moshannon State Park and crosses PA 504 twice.

The trail includes about three miles on the edge of the Allegheny Front, with six maintained vistas and some areas of nearly continuous views; extensive stretches of the Ridge and Valley Province to the southeast are visible. The AFT has two spurs, The Moss-Hanne Trail and Shingle Mill Trail, that originate within Black Moshannon State Park, while the AFT passes through the southern section of that park as well.

The AFT is described in the point-to-point Guide to the Allegheny Front Trail by Ben Cramer (2014), and a history of the trail and its surrounding region can be found in Foot Trails of the Moshannon and Southern Elk State Forests by Ralph Seeley (2014). Those books and the AFT patch are available at the KTA Bookstore.