Trail Work Opportunities
The Appalachian Trail and the other footpaths we enjoy in Central Pennsylvania wouldn't exist without enlisting
persons committed to preserving good trail construction. Trail management encompasses on-the-ground stewardship
performed by volunteers and agency partners to maintain the Trail, its structures, and its natural and cultural
resources. It includes keeping the footpath clear of natural overgrowth and blowdowns; building and relocating
sections of the footpath, building and repairing shelters and other structures, and caring for overnight sites.
SATC coordinates the efforts of individual volunteers who care specifically for assigned segments of SATC's 20-mile section of the A.T., the Peters Mountain Shelter and privy, side trails to the A.T., and the entire 7.5 miles of the Darlington Trail on the Cumberland County/Perry County border along the ridge of Blue Mountain.
2013 Trail Work Trips
Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 9:00AM
Leader: Jeff Buehler, SATC Trailmaster: 717-657-8281 - AThikerJB@aol.com
Location to be determined by leader. Bring lunch and plenty of water. Wear old clothes and boots. Tools and safety gear are provided. For more information contact leader. MEET: Dauphin Park & Ride at 9:00AM.
Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 9:00AM
Leader: Jeff Buehler, SATC Trailmaster: 717-657-8281 - AThikerJB@aol.com
Location to be determined by leader. Bring lunch and plenty of water. Wear old clothes and boots. Tools and safety gear are provided. For more information contact leader. MEET: Dauphin Park & Ride at 9:00AM.
Scheduled group activities occur in the spring, summer, and fall. These group work trips are announced on this web page when scheduled quarterly with other SATC activities. SATC Trailmaster, Jeff Buehler, has served SATC for over 15 years. His experience and training ensures that SATC provides one of the best-maintained stretches of the A.T.
Read the 2012 Annual SATC Trailmaster Report.
Between ice storms, hurricanes, and sometimes even unusually good weather for ongoing projects, your help is needed for morethan work trips listed here. Call-up trail work trips are announced by e-mail alerts sent directly to volunteers on SATC's trail workers list.
- Volunteer to maintain a section of trail
- Add your name to the alert list
- Sign up for a work trip
- Report a trail problem
Training Opportunities
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy supports training opportunities and workships for A.T. volunteers that range from basic Trail maintenance to removing invasive exotic plants to certification coursesfor users of chain saws and crosscut saws.
Six Appalachian Trail (A.T.) Crews tackle large-scale projects such as Trail relocations and rehabilitation and bridge and shelter construction. The all-volunteer crews are active from May through October each year on projects located from Maine to Georgia. Trail Crew projects - which may last for a week or more - are planned and completed in cooperation with A.T. maintaining clubs and agency partners such as the National Park Service and U.S. ForestService.
