Trips
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE RESCHEDULING THIS TRIP DUE TO COVID-19. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEW DATES: Volunteers will clear blowdowns and brush along the wilderness section of the Border Route Trail (BRT) within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota’s Superior National Forest. The BRT is a remote, 65 mile footpath and part…
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: The Beaver Basin Wilderness includes 13 miles of stunning Lake Superior shoreline from Spray Falls on the west to Sevenmile Creek on the east. The wilderness is some 3.5 miles deep. The Beaver Basin Wilderness offers opportunities for quiet, solitude, wilderness recreation, and spiritual renewal. The wilderness zone includes 8.4 miles…
Chugach National Forest
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Invasive weed control is a vital and ongoing effort on the Chugach National Forest! We have relatively few infestations, thus our work in controlling weeds has a huge impact. Volunteers will be traveling via train (no additional fee) to Spencer Glacier and Lake area to control dandelions and other non-natives along…
Big South Fork River and Recreation Area
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Volunteers will spend the week working on the Oscar Blevins Loop Trail and the West Entrance Trail. Work will consist of basic trail tread such as building water bars and reconstructing a small puncheon foot bridge. On the John Litton Loop workers will reconstruct a ladder. Tools will consist of handsaws,…
Salmon Challis National Forest
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: There are multiple trails that leave from the Historic Loon Creek Guard Station, where the volunteers will be housed, that lead to Wilderness. Because motorized/mechanized equipment is not allowed in designated Wilderness areas, the Forest Service clears downed trees that have fallen across the trail with cross cut saws. Volunteers will…
Letchworth State Park, Finger Lakes Region
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: The Letchworth Branch Trail of the Finger Lakes Trail System is a 27 mile long pathway along the Genesee River as it passes through the gorge within Letchworth State Park. This trail is heavily used by hikers, runners, and visitors to the area as it overlooks the gorge and its three…
Custer Gallatin National Forest
PROJECT CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: This project consists of general trail clearing and maintenance on trails in the Clark's Fork River drainage and the Beartooth Plateau on the Custer Gallatin National Forest in the Cooke City, MT area. Trail clearing and maintenance includes clearing downed trees across trails, cleaning of water bars, and removing trailside…
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National Forest
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Be a part of the stewardship legacy of the first long-distance wilderness hiking and backpacking trail in Minnesota! The Border Route Trail is a rugged 65-mile-long hiking trail that traverses the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in the far northeast corner of Minnesota and follows the international border…
Monongahela National Forest, Canaan Mountain Backcountry
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Canaan Mountain Backcountry is located on a high elevation plateau ranging in elevations from 3,100 to 4,145 feet. This is a semi-primitive area that includes many seasonally wet places. Poor drainage from trail surfaces, dense rhododendron thickets, and broken bog crossing structure have diminished the quality of recreation opportunities…
Muddy Mountain Environmental Education Area
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Camp on the high plains of central Wyoming. Enjoy the wild west frontier and see what the pioneers of the great American westward expansion saw almost 200 years ago. The Interpretive Natural Trail is a National Recreation Trail and is handicap accessible. In order to maintain this accessibility, trail…
Bitterroot National Forest
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Big Creek Canyon has long been a major thoroughfare and destination for Native American Indians, trappers, and mountain travelers in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. The trail threads through a beautiful glacier-carved canyon and provides a perfect backdrop for a wilderness experience. With basecamp at the beautiful Big Creek Lake, SBFC…
Groton State Forest
TRIP CANCELLED due to COVID-19: Help build the Cross Vermont Trail - a new four season multi-use path spanning the width of Vermont. We are "connecting communities, their schools, and the natural areas in between." The crew will build small bridges, drainage ditches, stone structures, and surface parts of the trail with gravel to…
San Juan Islands National Monument
TRIP CANCELLED due to COVID-19: Volunteers will perform trail maintenance, noxious weeds eradication and recreation site maintenance. The crew will be transported to and from base camp to the work areas via carpools and or boat with minimal hiking involved. Dependent on the weather, projects may be performed on outer islands. Volunteers will be…
Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: After three major floods in a two year time frame, resources that would normally go into trail maintenance have gone into flood clean-up. The Goat Loop Trail and Stry Wold Trail have almost completely naturalized as a result. Help with clearing these two trails, potentially re-routing trails so that…
The Long Trail/Appalachian Trail
TRIP CANCELLED due to COVID-19: Located on the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail in Southern, VT, Stratton Pond is the most popular overnight backcountry site on the Long Trail. Stratton Pond is a destination for day hikers and the weekend backpacker and the pond has a long and storied history in Vermont trail development. It's deep…
Mount Mitchell State Park
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Volunteers will be rehabilitating one of the most popular trails in the park. The Old Mount Mitchell Trail leads to the summit of the highest peak East of the Mississippi. Volunteers will perform tread work including side-hilling, building new steps and waterbars and other water diversion structures. Some rock work…
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area
TRIP CANCELLED due to COVID-19: The A-B Wilderness Foundation invites you to spend a week with us camping out in the backcountry and working on various projects benefiting the trails in the heart of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area of Montana. Far up the Boulder River which bisects the Absaroka and Beartooth ranges we will…
Makoshika State Park
TRIP CANCELLED due to COVID-19: Volunteers will pull trail signs and revegetate a trail that connects to Gunner's Ridge Trail. The crew will reestablish the connection where Graveyard Coulee Trail connects with Hungry Joe Trail and will install new signage and rock delineators along Hungry Joe Trail and Gunner's Ridge Trail. The crew will…
Appalachian Trail
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Help protect the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) and enjoy the early fall foliage of Maine! On this project, we will monitor and maintain the boundaries of the land preserved for the Trail. This public land is the backbone of the largest natural corridor that remains east of the Mississippi River,…
Cherokee National Forest
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Volunteers will be working on a 2.8 mile long trail that has not been worked on for over 10 years and was in danger of being decommissioned. But it will make a great loop hike when used in conjunction with the Benton MacKaye Trail/Sycamore Creek Trail. We will log…
California Coastal National Monument, Trinidad CA
Trip CANCELLED due to COVID-19: Volunteers will work on two public trails to spectacular beaches along the Trinidad coastline in northern California, where the redwoods meet the Pacific Ocean. These are amazing ocean front public use areas that highlight the California Coastal National Monument’s offshore rocks and islands, coastal forests, sand bluffs and shoreline…
Monongahela National Forest
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Tread restoration, building rolling dips, removing berm to out slope tread on segments of the the Blue Bend Loop Trail located in the Big Draft Wilderness on the Monongahela National Forest. There are various segments of this trail that require work varying from less than 50 feet to several…
Hungry Mother State Park
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Since implementing the Trail Master Plan we have provided rehabilitation, re-routes, and new trail construction to bring our current trail inventory up to standards. It is crucial to provide sustainable trails and recreation areas to meet an increase demand for hiking trails. We will address current needs to make…
Cumberland Trail
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Volunteers will be building trail in moderate to steep terrain to extend the footpath of the Cumberland Trail in East Tennessee. The Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail (CTSST) is a backcountry hiking trail that extends from a northern terminus at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park across eleven Tennessee counties…
Tonto National Forest – Arizona National Scenic Trail
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: The Arizona National Scenic trail travels 800 miles across the state of Arizona between the Mexican border and Utah. It highlights the diversity of wild landscapes in Arizona from the iconic Sonoran desert to deep ponderosa forests. This project is located in the rugged and mysterious Superstition Mountains east…
Buckeye Trail, Hocking State Forest
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Join us during the peak of fall foliage in Ohio's Hocking Hills to relocate the BT off of roads and into Hocking State Forest, Shieck and Little Rocky Hollow State Nature Preserves! Our project consists of new trail construction, re-benching the trail tread, heavy trail maintenance, and vegetation management.…
Adirondack Park/Champlain Valley
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Volunteers will help create new trails and maintain existing trails in the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) network of trails. Tasks may include building simple infrastructure like water bars, small bridges, etc., as well as clearing brush and small trees. CATS will provide the tools for the project.
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge is situated in a bottomland hardwood forest. Volunteers will be working on trail maintenance on the Knobby Knees and Great Egret Ridge Trails. These trails offer scenic views of symphonies of knobby knees peeking through the silent, still waters of the backwood swamps, Spanish…
Natchez Trace State Park
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: This project will focus on re-routing a section of the 40 mile Red Leaves Backpacking Trail, within the 48,000 acre Natchez Trace State Park and Forest. Volunteers will learn about sustainable trail design, trail maintenance, and hone their trailbuilding skills utilizing various tools including Pulaskis and Mcleouds. The new…
Virgin Islands National Park
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Virgin Islands National Park comprises about 70 percent of the island of St. John and is home to 30 miles of hiking trails, over 20 historic ruins sites, and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The island was devastated from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the…
Virgin Islands National Park
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Virgin Islands National Park comprises about 70 percent of the island of St. John and is home to 30 miles of hiking trails, over 20 historic ruins sites, and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The island was devastated from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the…
Grayson Highlands State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Volunteers will spend most of the week re-routeing the Cabin Creek trail out of a drainage area. The new section is approximately 0.21 miles in length and will have to be laid by hand. If we are able to complete that section prior to weeks end, we will work on some drainage issues closer to…
California Coastal National Monument – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Volunteers will work with CA State Park trail supervisors on the Trinidad State Beach trails, a unit of Patricks Point State Park and a highlight of the CA Coastal National Monument. Located along the Trinidad coastline in northern California where the redwoods meet the Pacific Ocean, these trails provide public access to the beach and…
Chugach National Forest – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Gull Rock trail in Hope, Alaska is very scenic as it parallels the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet (well above high tide). The trail passes through diverse vegetation: birch-aspen woods; alder-choked gullies; spruce forests; tundra with tiny spruce, mosses, and low cranberry bushes; hemlock forests with a carpet of moss. Many breaks in the woods…
Monongahela National Forest – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Seneca Creek Backcountry offers something for everyone seeking adventure. This area boasts some of the best native trout fishing and backpacking loops that transport visitors through a diverse collection of ecosystems. Nearly 60 miles of trails wind through stands of red spruce, open meadows, and along fast-flowing mountain streams with elevations ranging from 3,000 feet…
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Join our 2021 trip as we head for the spectacular Maxwell Lake nested high in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. We'll depart the Maxwell Lake Trailhead along the Lostine Wild and Scenic River and backpack into the basin that holds this alpine gem. Pack stock will carry all food and group gear, giving us time for…
Groton State Forest – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Help build the Cross Vermont Trail - a four season multi-use path spanning the width of Vermont. We are connecting communities, their schools, and the natural areas in between. The crew will build small bridges, drainage ditches, stone structures, and surface parts of the trail with gravel to make it universally accessible. Contribute to the…
Letchworth State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
The Letchworth Branch Trail of the Finger Lakes Trail System is a 27 mile long pathway along the Genesee River as it passes through the Letchworth Gorge. This trail is heavily used by hikers, runners, and visitors to the area as it traverses several overlooks of the gorge and its three waterfalls. Much of the…
Mount Mitchell State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Volunteers will be rehabilitating the most popular trails in the park. The Balsam Nature Trail is near the summit of the highest peak East of the Mississippi. Volunteers will perform tread work including side-hilling, building new steps and waterbars and other water diversion structures. Some rock work will be involved. Tools will be provided including…
Appalachian Trail, Maine – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Help protect the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) and enjoy the rugged beauty of Maine! On this project, we will monitor and maintain the boundaries of the land preserved for the Trail. This public land is the backbone of the largest natural corridor that remains east of the Mississippi River, creating a haven and migration path for…
Sheep Mountain – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Sheep Mountain Trail is a non-motorized trail that winds up an impressive box canyon to the top of Sheep Mountain. The trail is a popular destination due to its desirable settings and close proximity to both Buffalo Bill State Park and US Hwy 14, which connects Cody to Yellowstone National Park. The trail starts at…
Pike National Forest – Volunteer Vacations 2021
There are 2 trails in the same area which are located on the Forest Service’s AG Ranch which was the home of the Rocky Mt. Regional Specially Pack String from 1990 to 2018. The Brookside AG & the Ben Tyler trails lead into the Lost Creek Wilderness. There are 2 sections of the Brookside AG…
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Volunteers will help maintain sections of the Border Route Trail / North Country National Scenic Trail (BRT for short) that are in need of basic maintenance work. This entails using hand tools to remove blowdowns and clear brush from the trail corridor. We will be working on about a roughly 5-mile stretch of the BRT…
Hocking Hill State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Join us during the peak of fall foliage in Ohio’s Hocking Hills to relocate the Buckeye Trail off of roads and into Hocking State Forest, Sheick, and Little Rocky Hollow State Nature Preserves! Our project consists of new trail construction, re-benching the trail tread, heavy trail maintenance, and vegetation management. Come and leave your mark…
Mark Twain National Forest – Volunteer Vacations 2021
The crew will help construct a brand new hiking trail from Greer Spring Trailhead to the historic Greer Mill. Volunteers will be trained on proper trail tread construction techniques. The trail will be flagged out in advance. The trailhead also provides access to Greer Spring -- the largest spring on national forest system land. The…
Hungry Mother State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Raider's Run Trail was historically used as a horseback riding trail and has been turned into a hiking/biking trail. Many sections of the trail need to be re-routed to make it more user friendly and sustainable. The trail will be bench cut on moderately steep slopes but will be laid out sustainably with water diversion…
Tonto National Forest – Volunteer Vacations 2021
In 2020 more than 125 miles of the Arizona National Scenic Trail was impacted by wildfire. The largest of the fires to impact the trail was the Bush Fire in central Arizona which consumed more than 190,000 acres and closed 40 miles of the AZT through the Four Peaks and Pine Mountain. As initial assessments…
Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail – Volunteer Vacations 2021
The Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail (CTSST) is a backcountry hiking trail that extends from a northern terminus at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park across eleven Tennessee counties along the Cumberland Plateau, to a southern terminus at Signal Point, part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Signal Mountain, Tennessee. Of 322+ planned miles…
Moab – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Participants will repair some of Moab's most iconic hiking trails, including but not limited to Fisher Towers, Grandstaff Canyon, and Corona Arch (all of which are National Recreation Trails). Moab's hiking trails are heavily visited and in rugged terrain. They often require frequent major repairs as well as constant maintenance so that visitors from all…
Natchez Trace State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
This project will focus on re-routing a section of the 40 Mile Red Leaves Backpacking Trail, within the 48,000 acre Natchez Trace State Park and Forest. Volunteers will learn about sustainable trail design, trail maintenance, and hone their trailbuilding skills utilizing various tools including Pulaskis and Mcleouds. The new trail segment will be built near…