Trail Love: Michaux State Forest Edition” maintenance event on Saturday, June 1, 2024. The event celebrated the 40th anniversary of KTA’s Trail Care Program and National Trails Day.
The event went exceptionally well, with 56 volunteers spread over 4 projects into 6 Trail Crews. Of the volunteers who responded to the question, 15 indicated zero experience with trail maintenance before Trail Love. Many partners assisted with planning, helped at the event, or led a trail crew; funding was provided through a South Mountain Partnership mini-grant.
1. A.T. crew from Old Railroad bed Road to Pole Steeple:
Cleaned 5-6 water bars, some minor repairs
Dispersed 5 illegal campsites/fire rings
Dispersed 2 illegal tipi structures
Lopped and trimmed ~1 mile of trail
2. Hearth Tender Trail Building Crews:
Improved ~330' of trail
~500' of new trail constructed
3. Koppenhaver Trail:
Built new steps on the trail (cut, carried materials, constructed, backfilled)
Transported large rocks for upcoming rock step construction
4. Buck Ridge Trail:
1.5 miles of Boundary Trail DR mowed
Cleared/constructed 6 water bars
Installed 3 large double post trail signs
3 miles cleared with DR mower, loppers/trimmers
Trimmed and removed brush from a scenic vista
Photography courtesy of Raubenstine Productions
South Mountain Partnership
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Friends of Kings Gap
American Hiking Society
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy
Friends of Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Friends of Michaux State Forest
Michaux State Forest
Appalachian Trail Museum
Appalachian Trail Conservancy