So anybody on here from PA i have some info for you i just found out about Babcock camping area ingalitzenstate forest in PA it is near winber, there are miles of trails and you can camp ANYWHERE YOU WANT you just have to be at least 200 yards from any stream trail or road!!!!  I am planning a 2 night trip for next weekend Oh one other thing if you camp more than one night you need to get a permit ALL PERMITS ARE COMPLETLY FREE it is just for safety purposes u dont even take anything with you the forest station just keeps some info on  file                         

thanks for the info i have a week long trip already planned for cooks forest

thanks again

thanks for the info, I am not sure what anf is tho is that a national forrest. also do you know if camping is allowed outside of campgrounds i know the state likes to make so much shit hard to do haha, restrictions here restrictions there but i have only been to jamestown campground up there and have gone to the fire tower and all that stuff and i know there is alot more area up there

Thanks for the comments Me and my buddies already established we are going to ohio pyle state park but me and my one friend are still going to go to cooks forest

The ohio pyle trip is a post high school graduation trip with a week full of mtn biking

Has anybody on here bikepacked in Cooks forest state park i am planning a trip there, I have been there many times but for family camping trips

Also Could anybody tell me if Ohio Pyle state park In PA has good mtn biking me and some buddies are planning a trip there for a post high school graduation trip can't wait

                                    Both of these state parks are in PA

I have a question about a race my uncle told me about in colorado it is 500 miles i think and the winner did the race in 4 or 5 days last summer My question is what is the name of this race it is mtn bike only but you have to pack your sleeping gear all you bike pack neccesities

Im planning a bikepacking trip in cooks forest state park in northern PA anybody know a good site for detailed maps any info would be much appreciated, I have been going up there with my family for years and love how wild it is up there compared to western central PA accually near johnstown in ebensburg im going to be 18 so im not planning anything too long this is more of a test of responsobility for my parents to put on me

Just go on trips with what ya got because from what it sounds like with your situation you are stuck where you are at im sure you have great bikepacking terrain dude im from Western PA i havent even got barely any singletrack except for some races 

I'm a PA resident and already have both my hunting and fishing licenses To comment on the first response i have thrown out the idea of the tent cot already but Yes i plan to just do some small game hunting and some trout fishing on my next trip i figure i could easily carry both a 22 mag and my rod because the rod is a 2 peice also i will post pics of it i'm planning on sometime in may to do the trip if my i can adjust my scedule haha between work finishing up my last semester of high school and anything else Man I cant wait to graduate

I have found so far that i can get away with using just my adventure med kit bivy sack for short trips but i have a question regarding my TENT COT made by camp rite if anyone on here has one or has heard of it is there a cheap and easy way to just take that on a trip it is so convineint and assembles in seconds and the rain fly accually works i could just put it on my quad but now that is nothing like bike packing i was concidering making my own homemade bike trailer but im not sure how to go about it

                           

Im new to bike packing i have posted a couple times on here tho, I have only bike packed once with my brother it was the first time to bikepack for both of us that trip was last august if anyone is interested there is video of it on Youtube title an august campout and its posted by pickngrinn anyway on to the reason im posting The trip went great until we went in for bed we packed a 2 person tent and only brought 1 tarp which didnt cover the entire tent on top of that it downpoured the entire night (i should have brought my adventure med kit bivy) other than that it was a good trip except we decided to be cheap and bought 25 dollar canvas topload bags instead of investing in some real gear we ended up having bruised shoulders by the end of the trip


                                Im planning another trip this spring hopefully i can plan a 100 mile trip the only one i did so far was 36 that i just mentioned Im glad my bad experience didnt ruin my enjoyment and interest of bikepacking lookin forward to the spring 2011

Ive seen the personal setups on here and it looks like alot of people pack light. My question is if you pack that light amount of gear how is that enough for these east coast west coast trips or other long trips like that do you stop at stores along the way or take a riffle and hunt game and fish for food (which would be awesome and im planning on doing that this year)


                                             THANKS KRUZ

Thanks for the tips bike packing on the wilderness 101 course does sound fun i have 1 other question tho ive only bike packed once so i dont know anything about this is it better to use a backpacking backpack with chest straps and stuff like that or pack everything on the bike on racks my first and only trip so far i used a canvas topload sack which was basically a duffelbag with straps and i acually bruised my shoulders video on youtube an august campsite posted by pickngrinn

Does anyone on here know of any good bike packing trails in PA Im very new to this Ive only done it once but i can handle technical terain im racing in the wilderness 101 100 mile race in state college this year im looking for around a 30 mile loop to help with training