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Woolrich
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Straddling both of Pennsylvania's mountain zones, the Tiltrock Country and the Alleghenies, Woolrich Region continues MST's dramatic views, climbing its highest relief at the Gates of Pine Creek within the Allegheny Front. Rocks in the footway gradually get smaller and smaller traveling north, making this Region popular among backpackers.
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MST's periodic growth spurts from State College reached Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon in Tioga County by 1987. Increasing threats in Tiadaghton Forest to the ever-lengthening trail caused MSTA to create its current volunteer Regional Management team in 2002, to spread the bureaucratic burden over a larger volunteer cadre.
MST in this Region passes Tiadaghton and Tioga State Forests; R.B. Winter, Ravensburg, and Little Pine State Parks; and Bark Cabin Natural Area and Wolf Run Wild Area; through Union, Lycoming, Clinton, and Tioga Counties.
Since publication of the 10th edition (2001) trail guide, MST was relocated and reblazed away from PA 880, east and southeast of Ravensburg State Park, and moved from the ford of America's largest "creek," Pine Creek, onto a rail-trail bridge at Ramsey and a new climb avoiding most of PA 44. Follow the orange blazes. KTA Trail Crew in 2004 reconstructed MST's connection from Blackwell to West Rim Trail, now a spur as the continuous MST north end has moved further north in Tioga County.
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Joe Healey, Woolrich Regional Manager, can be reached at jnlhealey AT DOmain aol DOT com or 570 655-4979. (93 Cedarwood Dr., Laflin, PA 18702).