The KTA Spring Board and Council Meeting will he held remotely on April 18th at 3:00pm.
Stay tuned for more info about how to join.
Stay tuned for more info about how to join.
Back by popular demand - KTA returns to Wellsboro - Home of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon!
April 9-11, 2021
April 9-11, 2021
Health Alert: due to the covid-19 pandemic this event has been cancelled and rescheduled for 2021.
The Wellsboro area offers hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails from flat packed surfaces to rugged mountain terrain. Stroll the gas-lit streets of Wellsboro where you’ll find family-owned businesses offering personal attention to your needs.
Early in the 20th century, Wellsboro was the shipping point and trade center for a large area. It had fruit evaporators, flour and woolen mills, a milk-condensing plant, marble works, saw mills, foundry and machine shops, and manufacturers of cut glass, chemicals, rugs, bolts, cigars, carriages, and furniture.
Early in the 20th century, Wellsboro was the shipping point and trade center for a large area. It had fruit evaporators, flour and woolen mills, a milk-condensing plant, marble works, saw mills, foundry and machine shops, and manufacturers of cut glass, chemicals, rugs, bolts, cigars, carriages, and furniture.
Our base of operations is the Penn Wells Hotel. Built in 1869, our Historic Penn Wells Hotel, located at 62 Main Street, is an iconic marker of downtown Wellsboro. The interior of the Hotel portrays an elegance of earlier times, with mahogany woodwork, deep colors, and a large wood-burning fireplace in the Lobby. Every guestroom in our Wellsboro Pennsylvania Hotel is unique in some way, but the rooms are notable for their period architectural features, such as high ceilings and mahogany woodwork. Guestrooms and bathrooms tend to be smaller as was the norm in 1869.
The Pennsylvania Grand Canyon is a hiker's Paradise. Famously referred to as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, and scientifically known as the Pine Creek Gorge area of Pennsylvania, it is a must-do for avid hikers and nature lovers. The area’s most celebrated and publicized Trail, the Pine Creek Rail Trail, is a converted Railroad Bed that allows hikers to have an easy walk through the PA canyon along Pine Creek. This is a low impact trail with only a slight grade and it is handicap accessible.
The Pennsylvania Grand Canyon is a hiker's Paradise. Famously referred to as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, and scientifically known as the Pine Creek Gorge area of Pennsylvania, it is a must-do for avid hikers and nature lovers. The area’s most celebrated and publicized Trail, the Pine Creek Rail Trail, is a converted Railroad Bed that allows hikers to have an easy walk through the PA canyon along Pine Creek. This is a low impact trail with only a slight grade and it is handicap accessible.
Hikers will have a fabulous time discovering the many backwoods hiking trails that The PA Grand Canyon / Pine Creek Gorge area offers. The Black Forest Trail, a 42-mile trek, travels through both the Tiadaghton State Forest and the Tioga State Forest. Hikers get a one of a kind perspective of the Canyon area’s backcountry.
And if you want to discover the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon's cache of backcountry views, then you will want to follow the West Rim Trail. This 30 miler is a rugged, must do hike If you're looking for the real Canyon experience.
The more extensive Mid State Trail travels through parts of 5 State Forest areas and the Susquehannock Trail System is also nearby.
There will be many options for short hikes/ day hikes. These smaller side trails can be accessed throughout the Canyon/ Gorge area. The trails serve well for shorter, day hikes and some of these seldom-used hiking trails are certainly worth discovering during this weekend.
And if you want to discover the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon's cache of backcountry views, then you will want to follow the West Rim Trail. This 30 miler is a rugged, must do hike If you're looking for the real Canyon experience.
The more extensive Mid State Trail travels through parts of 5 State Forest areas and the Susquehannock Trail System is also nearby.
There will be many options for short hikes/ day hikes. These smaller side trails can be accessed throughout the Canyon/ Gorge area. The trails serve well for shorter, day hikes and some of these seldom-used hiking trails are certainly worth discovering during this weekend.
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PRICING
Per person Weekend Package Single Occupancy $330 Double Occupancy $235 Triple Occupancy $210 Kids under 16 $70 Includes two nights lodging (Friday & Saturday), five meals (Saturday breakfast, lunch, & dinner, and Sunday breakfast & lunch), and registration for all hiking and programs for the weekend |
A La Carte Saturday Evening Banquet and Program $50 Kids under 16 $25 Hiking Registration $10 per day |
2020 WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Subject to change.
Friday
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Check-in
1:00 - 5:00 PM: Hikes and Activities
6:00 PM: Dinner on your own
7:30 PM: Screening: Documentary on Bob Webber
Saturday
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM: Check-in
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast - Dining Room
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM: Hikes and Activities
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM: Spring Advocacy Forum
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM: KTA Board & Council Meeting
6:30 PM: Banquet
7:30 PM: Evening Program by Silas Chamberlain, Author of On the Trail: A History of American Hiking
Sunday
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Hikes and Activities
*You must check-out by 11:00 AM.*
Subject to change.
Friday
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Check-in
1:00 - 5:00 PM: Hikes and Activities
6:00 PM: Dinner on your own
7:30 PM: Screening: Documentary on Bob Webber
Saturday
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM: Check-in
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast - Dining Room
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM: Hikes and Activities
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM: Spring Advocacy Forum
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM: KTA Board & Council Meeting
6:30 PM: Banquet
7:30 PM: Evening Program by Silas Chamberlain, Author of On the Trail: A History of American Hiking
Sunday
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Hikes and Activities
*You must check-out by 11:00 AM.*
2020 HIKES AND ACTIVITIES
Download full list and descriptions here
FRIDAY, April 17, 2020:
1. Mid State Trail: Haunted Vista/MST Loop w/ Great Eastern Trail Board - 3.5 miles
2. Sand Run Falls – 6.5 miles
3. Wellsboro Historical Walking Tour – 1-2miles
4. Plant Identification Hike – location and distance TBA
5. Stephenhouse Trail - 1.25 miles
6. Tauscher Trail - 1.5 miles
SATURDAY, April 18, 2020:
1. Golden Eagle Trail - 9.0 miles
2. Bohen Run/West Rim Trail Loop - 8.0 miles
3. Mid State Trail: Gillespie Point/Brill Hollow Loop - 4.0 miles
4. Stony Fork Loop Hike - 5.0 miles
5. C. Lynn Keller Trail – 5.0 miles
6. Asaph Wild Area Loop – 9.0 miles
7. Pine Creek Rails to Trails Bike Ride - 24 miles
8. Sand Run Falls - 7.0 miles
9. Larry’s Loop - 6.5 miles
10. Hills Creek Lakeside Trail - 3.0 miles
11. Old Wagon Trail – 6.0 miles
12. Gas Line Trail – 4.0 miles
13. PA Grand Canyon – variable
14 Lumber Heritage Museum
15. Corning Museum of Glass
SUNDAY, April 19, 2020:
1. Mid State Trail: Fork Hill Loop w/ G.E.T. Board - 4.7 miles
2. Bear Run/West Rim Trail/Barbour Rocks - 3.0 miles
3. Colton Point CCC Walk - 1.5 mile
4. Sand Run Falls (short version) - 3.25 miles
ADVOCACY FORUM
2:00 pm Saturday
KTA’s Executive Director Joe Neville and invited guests will discuss current legislative and advocacy issues important to hikers and take questions and comments from the audience. This session will focus on all-terrain vehicles, their impact on public lands and recent policy proposals that could produce a surge of ATVs in State Forests. Legislation that would affect easements for hiking trails will also be discussed. This session is recommended for all hikers. Representatives of KTA member clubs are encouraged to weigh in and to take these issues back to their local clubs for discussion and possible action.
Download full list and descriptions here
FRIDAY, April 17, 2020:
1. Mid State Trail: Haunted Vista/MST Loop w/ Great Eastern Trail Board - 3.5 miles
2. Sand Run Falls – 6.5 miles
3. Wellsboro Historical Walking Tour – 1-2miles
4. Plant Identification Hike – location and distance TBA
5. Stephenhouse Trail - 1.25 miles
6. Tauscher Trail - 1.5 miles
SATURDAY, April 18, 2020:
1. Golden Eagle Trail - 9.0 miles
2. Bohen Run/West Rim Trail Loop - 8.0 miles
3. Mid State Trail: Gillespie Point/Brill Hollow Loop - 4.0 miles
4. Stony Fork Loop Hike - 5.0 miles
5. C. Lynn Keller Trail – 5.0 miles
6. Asaph Wild Area Loop – 9.0 miles
7. Pine Creek Rails to Trails Bike Ride - 24 miles
8. Sand Run Falls - 7.0 miles
9. Larry’s Loop - 6.5 miles
10. Hills Creek Lakeside Trail - 3.0 miles
11. Old Wagon Trail – 6.0 miles
12. Gas Line Trail – 4.0 miles
13. PA Grand Canyon – variable
14 Lumber Heritage Museum
15. Corning Museum of Glass
SUNDAY, April 19, 2020:
1. Mid State Trail: Fork Hill Loop w/ G.E.T. Board - 4.7 miles
2. Bear Run/West Rim Trail/Barbour Rocks - 3.0 miles
3. Colton Point CCC Walk - 1.5 mile
4. Sand Run Falls (short version) - 3.25 miles
ADVOCACY FORUM
2:00 pm Saturday
KTA’s Executive Director Joe Neville and invited guests will discuss current legislative and advocacy issues important to hikers and take questions and comments from the audience. This session will focus on all-terrain vehicles, their impact on public lands and recent policy proposals that could produce a surge of ATVs in State Forests. Legislation that would affect easements for hiking trails will also be discussed. This session is recommended for all hikers. Representatives of KTA member clubs are encouraged to weigh in and to take these issues back to their local clubs for discussion and possible action.
Registrations must be received by March 1st, 2021. No refunds will be issued after this date.