Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club improves trail on on Stony Mountain

SATC volunteers construct a rock waterbar on the Appalachian Trail

This past weekend, volunteers from capital-area based Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club (SATC) climbed Stony Mountain to improve trail along the route to the Stony Mountain fire tower where the A.T. meets the Horse-Shoe Trail.  SATC is one of thirty-one groups that maintain part of the 2,184-mile Appalachian Trail, maintaining 20 miles of trail between PA-225 in Dauphin County and Rausch Gap in Lebanon County.

From the trailmaster's report:

On some of our other work trips this year, we worked on improving trail conditions on Stony Mountain where the A.T. follows an old fire tower road for two miles up the mountain. On some of the steeper sections, we built rock waterbars and check dams to curb erosion and improve footing for trail users. On a November work trip we had a huge turnout to work on this section as we had new volunteers from the US Green Building Council for Central PA join us along with some volunteers from Day Hikers of Central PA, an online group.