KEYSTONE TRAILS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL HIKING TRIP
Wales
August 3-14, 2025
Experience Welsh culture with KTA on a hiking adventure through the rugged mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia) and the eclectic island of Anglesey. Spend three days exploring Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park in North Wales. Hike to the top of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales.
Not feeling up for the hike? Take the Snowdon Mountain Railway to the top! The second half of the trip will be spent exploring the Anglesey Coastal Path. The path traverses a landscape that includes farmland, coastal heath, dunes, saltmarsh, cliffs, and woodland. The trip includes roundtrip airfare from Dulles (IAD), ten night's lodging, all ground transportation, guided daily hikes, breakfast each morning, and lunches on hiking days. Optional transport to and from Dulles is provided at an additional cost. Luggage transport is included so that participants will never need to carry more than a daypack while hiking. Accommodations are in modern hotels/inns.
Not feeling up for the hike? Take the Snowdon Mountain Railway to the top! The second half of the trip will be spent exploring the Anglesey Coastal Path. The path traverses a landscape that includes farmland, coastal heath, dunes, saltmarsh, cliffs, and woodland. The trip includes roundtrip airfare from Dulles (IAD), ten night's lodging, all ground transportation, guided daily hikes, breakfast each morning, and lunches on hiking days. Optional transport to and from Dulles is provided at an additional cost. Luggage transport is included so that participants will never need to carry more than a daypack while hiking. Accommodations are in modern hotels/inns.
The trip organizer and guide is Julie Queen.
Julie is a passionate outdoor and adventure educator currently serving as the Manager of the Appalachian Trail Museum in Gardners, PA. She is an avid backpacker, hiker, biker, paddler, and snowboarder and is certified as a Wilderness First Responder.
Julie received a BS in Environmental Biology from Millersville University before going on to serve in the Peace Corps as a Natural Resource Conservation Volunteer in Ecuador.
She has worked for the PA Department of Agriculture, PA Bureau of State Parks, and Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA. Julie thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2016 and served as a Ridgerunner in 2017.
This is a fundraising hiking trip with all net proceeds benefitting Keystone Trails Association. You are not required to be a KTA member to register.
Julie is a passionate outdoor and adventure educator currently serving as the Manager of the Appalachian Trail Museum in Gardners, PA. She is an avid backpacker, hiker, biker, paddler, and snowboarder and is certified as a Wilderness First Responder.
Julie received a BS in Environmental Biology from Millersville University before going on to serve in the Peace Corps as a Natural Resource Conservation Volunteer in Ecuador.
She has worked for the PA Department of Agriculture, PA Bureau of State Parks, and Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA. Julie thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2016 and served as a Ridgerunner in 2017.
This is a fundraising hiking trip with all net proceeds benefitting Keystone Trails Association. You are not required to be a KTA member to register.
NEEDS UPDATED How to Apply
This trip is limited to 12 participants who will be preliminarily selected by a lottery. To submit your name for the initial drawing, please complete the interest form at www.kta-hike.org/NFinterest by January 15th.
On January 16th, we will randomly select 12 names from the interest form submissions. If you have indicated a roommate, you will both be added if your name is drawn.
If you have been selected, you will be notified and invited to submit your full application and deposit by February 2nd.
If you have not been selected, you will instead be notified that you have automatically been added to a waiting list.
Failure to submit your application and/or deposit by the deadline, or a review of your application that finds your hiking experience or ability to be a poor fit for the trip will forfeit your spot. Any deposit made will be refunded and a substitute name will be drawn.
This trip is limited to 12 participants who will be preliminarily selected by a lottery. To submit your name for the initial drawing, please complete the interest form at www.kta-hike.org/NFinterest by January 15th.
On January 16th, we will randomly select 12 names from the interest form submissions. If you have indicated a roommate, you will both be added if your name is drawn.
If you have been selected, you will be notified and invited to submit your full application and deposit by February 2nd.
If you have not been selected, you will instead be notified that you have automatically been added to a waiting list.
Failure to submit your application and/or deposit by the deadline, or a review of your application that finds your hiking experience or ability to be a poor fit for the trip will forfeit your spot. Any deposit made will be refunded and a substitute name will be drawn.
NEED UPDATED Cost: $4995 per person double occupancy. Single supplement ($800) will be added if single accommodations are requested and available. Cost includes:
For those interested, limousine service with free parking will be provided round-trip from Harrisburg to Philadelphia Airport on a cost-sharing basis. For more information, contact KTA.
- Round-trip airfare from Philadelphia to Deer Lake NL including luggage fees. Group seating is assigned by the airline.
- All accommodations and meals as stated in the itinerary. All accommodations have private bath except Quirpon Island which has a mix of private and shared baths.
- Guide services.
- All transport after arrival in Deer Lake including airport taxi, charter bus, and zodiac transport to Quirpon Island.
- Day passes to Gros Morne National Park.
- Entry fee to L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site.
- Boat excursion on Western Brook Pond Fjord.
- Zodiac whale and iceberg watching tour from Quirpon Island.
- One year membership in Keystone Trails Association.
- Travel insurance / trip cancellation insurance.
- Personal gear (gear list will be sent to you after you register).
- Meals not specified in the itinerary.
For those interested, limousine service with free parking will be provided round-trip from Harrisburg to Philadelphia Airport on a cost-sharing basis. For more information, contact KTA.
