Hike 50! Celebration & 2019 PA Trail of the Year
Jan 27, 2019 18:25:31 GMT -5
Post by ki0eh on Jan 27, 2019 18:25:31 GMT -5
Mid State Trail has been selected by PA DCNR as the 2019 Pennsylvania Trail of the Year:
www.media.pa.gov/Pages/DCNR_details.aspx?newsid=543
Mid State Trail Association, the all-volunteer non-profit group that cares for Pennsylvania’s longest and wildest footpath, announces the Hike 50! Celebration in honor of Mid State Trail’s 50th anniversary.
MST began as a project of Penn State Outing Club in 1969, and grew to cross all of PA in association with Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (five state forests, eight state parks, and general support directly and through Keystone Trails Association), Pennsylvania Game Commission (six numbered game lands), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tioga-Hammond & Cowanesque Lakes, and about two dozen private landowners.
In 2019 (through New Year’s Day 1/1/2020), hike 50 kilometers (km) along Mid State Trail – 10 km each (individually or cumulatively) in at least four different parts of Mid State Trail:
• Everett Region – from MD Route 144 north to US Route 22, guidebook sections 0 through 6;
• State College Region – from US 22 to PA Route 192 at Raymond B. Winter State Park, guidebook sections 7 through 11;
• Woolrich Region – from PA 192 north to PA Route 414 at Blackwell, guidebook sections 12 through 16;
• Tioga Region – from PA 414 north to the New York State border, guidebook sections 17 through 20.
The final 10 km to make a total of 50 km in 2019, can be (individually or cumulatively) along more of Mid State Trail beyond the minimum in each region – and/or along a list of trails from Virginia to Ontario, Canada, that connect to MST.
Hikers do not need to register with MSTA until the Hike 50! is completed. However, hikers on this quest are encouraged to use the social media hashtag #Hike50MST
See form posted in the Files in the "Mid State Trail" Facebook group
, or (soon) from the Mid State Trail website www.hike-mst.org
Any questions, e-mail end2end@hike-mst.org
www.media.pa.gov/Pages/DCNR_details.aspx?newsid=543
Mid State Trail Association, the all-volunteer non-profit group that cares for Pennsylvania’s longest and wildest footpath, announces the Hike 50! Celebration in honor of Mid State Trail’s 50th anniversary.
MST began as a project of Penn State Outing Club in 1969, and grew to cross all of PA in association with Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (five state forests, eight state parks, and general support directly and through Keystone Trails Association), Pennsylvania Game Commission (six numbered game lands), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tioga-Hammond & Cowanesque Lakes, and about two dozen private landowners.
In 2019 (through New Year’s Day 1/1/2020), hike 50 kilometers (km) along Mid State Trail – 10 km each (individually or cumulatively) in at least four different parts of Mid State Trail:
• Everett Region – from MD Route 144 north to US Route 22, guidebook sections 0 through 6;
• State College Region – from US 22 to PA Route 192 at Raymond B. Winter State Park, guidebook sections 7 through 11;
• Woolrich Region – from PA 192 north to PA Route 414 at Blackwell, guidebook sections 12 through 16;
• Tioga Region – from PA 414 north to the New York State border, guidebook sections 17 through 20.
The final 10 km to make a total of 50 km in 2019, can be (individually or cumulatively) along more of Mid State Trail beyond the minimum in each region – and/or along a list of trails from Virginia to Ontario, Canada, that connect to MST.
Hikers do not need to register with MSTA until the Hike 50! is completed. However, hikers on this quest are encouraged to use the social media hashtag #Hike50MST
See form posted in the Files in the "Mid State Trail" Facebook group
, or (soon) from the Mid State Trail website www.hike-mst.org
Any questions, e-mail end2end@hike-mst.org