About This Event

Join the Maine Trail Crew and work on some of the most pristine, remote sections of Maine's Appalachian Trail. Help preserve this precious and wild resource for future generations of hikers. An enthusiastic staff awaits your arrival and is looking forward to building trail with you.

Projects focus on rebuilding and restoring heavily impacted sections of the Appalachian Trail, utilize rigging equipment and hand tools. This project will rehabilitate 800 feet of the Appalachian Trail between the junction of the Third Mountain Trail and the West Chairback Pond Trail; rock steps, rock waterbars, step stones, and check dams will be installed. Crew must be able to surmount a 10-foot-high stone cliff with steel rungs.

Persons 18 years old or older – of all backgrounds – are welcome. Enthusiasm, good health, energy and adaptability are vital. Willingness to follow instructions, comply with safety rules, and share chores is essential. Experience helps, but we teach trail skills.

The Maine Trail Crew will be working on the Appalachian Trail all summer, from June 20 through October 1, 2022. Trail projects will run from early Monday morning (you must arrive Sunday, by 4pm) to Friday midday. Some weeks start on Tuesdays due to holidays. Volunteers are welcome to join the Maine Trail Crew for one or more weeks, if space is available.

Benefits to Participating:

• Transportation to and from Portland, ME air, train and bus terminals
• Tents and packs provided if needed
• Housing and meals provided, including off time between work sessions
• Days off housing at Lake George Regional Park in Skowhegan, Maine
• Training in trail work including stonework
• Enjoy hiking and camping on the beautiful Appalachian Trail
• See Maine moose and hear the loons
• Enjoy recreational trips to the mountains, ocean, and lakes on days off
• Receive a Maine Trail Crew T-shirt
• Feel great about what you have done for the Appalachian Trail
  
  

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required. Sorry, no pets are allowed.

To reserve space, please complete an application. Upon receiving your application, we will contact you via phone.

Email us with any questions!

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