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.

QUICK CLICKS:

Prowl the Sproul Hiking Weekend

Susquehanna Super Hike & Ultra Trail Run

Oaxaca, Mexico Hiking Trip

Couples' Trail Care Fundraising Weekend (Fallingwater)

Photo by Curt Weinhold

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 a minimum of nine trail care weekends, four week-long trail crews and three Code Orange one day events 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 provides 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
• We organize the Prowl the Sproul hiking weekend 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

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