[at-l] Pennsylvania Midstate Trail Info

[Ferguson@CWF.org (Ferguson, J. Mark)]

 I'm cheating by pasting in here an earlier response to a helpful message
from Kahley, but I'm lazy, and it serves as a partial reply to you...

"Thanks for the info.  I'm goning to see about the guide/map package, tho I
may want to keep it.  I'm real familiar with the "Mountains" in this
section. I've probably been on nearly every road that crosses the trail thru
this section.  I suspect from some web sniffing, I've been a number of
pieces before it got "organized".  Did a fair amount of hiking in that area
in the early 70's (when I also got most of PA on the AT, of course the
wilderness experience was mostly forest road walks then).

The 2500 foot elevations shouldn't be a problem.  I co-lead an AT section
that starts at Harpers Creek Shelter and goes about halfway up the south
side of Three Ridges.  The top of the section is about 2800 feet up."

And as for Bechtel's...I served 7 and a half years at the "other
institution" in Lewisburg with a 4 year sabbatical after freshman year for
poor (non-existant) study habits.  And you gotta love the cow on the roof...

Skippie...

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim and/or Ginny Owen
To: at-l@backcountry.net; Ferguson@CWF.org
Sent: 3/12/02 5:04 PM
Subject: [at-l] Pennsylvania Midstate Trail Info

Skippie wrote:
>I'm planning a 4 or 5 day out for mid to late August and would
appreciate 
>any info and thoughts on the Midstate Trail in Pa, especially the
section 
>from the US 322 crossing north to RB Winter Park.  In deference to
Felix, I 
>would also accept info for the section from RB Winter SOUTH to the US
322 
>crossing.

Ouch!!!  Nice section but go prepared for ROCKS.  The AT is a pussycat
by 
comparison.  Still, this is one of the nicest sections on the trail.
We've 
been there several times.


>Anyone's personal experiences, best printed resources, most useful
>maps...you folks know the standard catagories, so I won't list them
>all.

So you don't have the guidebook/maps?  You can order them through the
KTA 
website:  http://www.kta-hike.org/ktapub.htm

Some other MST sites -
http://www.kta-hike.org/mid.htm
http://www.ragtag.org/logmst1.html
http://www.hikepa.com/gear/reviews/mst_guide.htm
http://www.hikepa.com/community/tales/creating_the_mid_state_trail.htm


>...who's going to finish the trip with a meal at Bechtels' in
>Lewisburg.

Good choice.

If you have questions, get back to us privately.  Be glad to talk about
it.

Walk softly,
Jim




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