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Proposed PGE Okome Area Gas/Water Pipeline Route Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE) is proposing (Chapter 105 permit and Section 401 Water Quality Certification) to construct a gas/water pipeline through one of the more remote and primitive sections of the Mid State Trail between Little Pine State Park and Blackwell. This pipeline will not only have a significant impact on Eastern States 100, but all outdoor recreationists and the water quality in the area. The permit application appeared in the October 7, […]

Race Update (aid station changes) We’re pleased to announce two changes to the race for 2023: First, we’re closing the aid station at Slate Run (the old AS10, at mile 63.9) and moving it a mile downstream to Tomb Flats (mile 62.9). Now, as part of your ES100 grand tour of the Pine Creek watershed, you’ll finally get to dip your feet in Pine Creek. Actually you’ll wade across it (with a safety line and qualified safety personnel on-site) to […]

No parking at AS10 Slate Run! Now—->Park at Tomb Flats Campground (1.5 miles south on PA-144). We will provide a shuttle service back and forth from Tomb Flats to AS10 Slate Run during the entire duration the aid station is open. Thank you Pine Creek Outfitters for providing the shuttle service.

[Originally published in the Olean Times Herald, by Marcie Schellhammer, December 30, 2021] BRADFORD, Pa. — Another non-profit organization has made its opinion known as to the proposed low-fly zone over the Pennsylvania Wilds. While not coming out against the proposal, the Eastern States Trail-Endurance Alliance of Port Matilda listed a series of concerns and requested mitigation measures. The proposal, by the Maryland Air National Guard, is for jet pilot training at low altitudes — as low as 100 feet […]