PATC - North Chapter

......stewards of the Appalachian Trail

Contributed by Gary Bruner, Overseer for Reese Hollow Trail & Shelter

Now is the time of year when PATC overseers come out of hibernation and start, well, overseeing. That means trail and shelter projects, and when I said ³Spring Work" I was being quite literal.

The Reese Hollow Trail is a feeder tra...

Contributed by Pete Brown, PATC North District Manager

Known as a wild corridor, the Tuscarora Trail requires significant maintenance to keep it open for hikers, including dealing with large blowdowns.   Sometime you just make the trail move 'through' the downed tree.......

as shown by the skills of Patrick Willson making this b...

Contributed by Gary Bruner, Reese Hollow Shelter and Trail

As the overseer for the Reese Hollow Shelter and Trail (a feeder to the Tuscarora Trail in southern PA, just east of Mercersburg), whenever I head to the trail I’m all business. I load up my tools the night before, lay out my work clothes, and hit the ground running when I get on site.

Post contributed by Bob Wise, Pete Brown & Kathy Seiler

What is the premier event for Trail & Shelter/Cabin work ??  Cake.....and sitting on the porch of a cabin built by the members !!! 

And to prove that, over 60 members of PATC North Chapter met to dedicate the newly renovated Little Cove Cabin & participate in the Annual Corn Roast.  

Post courtesy of Gary Brunner, overseer of Reese Hollow Shelter for PATC North Chapter

The springs at the shelters along the AT (and in this case, the Tuscarora) shelters are magical places !! 

Since the first day I set eyes on the spring at the Reese Hollow Shelter, after volunteering to be the overseer of the shelter and Reese Hollow Trail back in Dec 2012, I've been smitten with it. I mean, there's just something arresting and compelling about a source o...

Post courtesy of Gary Bruner, Overseer of Reese Hollow Trail & Shelter 

Imagine waist-high ferns...indeed, the entire area is a veritable sea of ferns...and the trail running smack dab through the middle. To keep the trail open I must destroy a ton of ferns. Here's a shot I took.......

I was up at Reese Hollow T...

You can no longer hear the bridge rattle when a vehicle crosses it.  Not like the time a dump truck hauling gravel to the cabin road had one of its wheels break through the deck.  Every time a vehicle crossed, the timbers in the deck would shift, groan & allow one more crossing.  But after several months of work, on June 28th, a large group ...

The Charlie Irvin Shelter at Waggoner's Gap on the Tuscarora Trail has been a work-in-progress for Pennsylvania volunteers.  The shelter sits overlooking the valley, so on Saturday, June 21, they had to build a temporary scaffold to complete the roofing boards, underlayment & install the roofing metal.   That was after they hauled in materials.  ...