Appalachian Mountain Club - Delaware Valley Chapter

Trails Committee
trails@amcdv.org

On-going Projects
Trailwork Schedule
Trailwork Report Forms
Map Links
Ways to Volunteer
Volunteer trail crews

Contact the DV Trails Chair, at trails@amcdv.org if you would like to volunteer or have any questions.

On-going Projects

AT Corridor Monitoring. Early spring and Fall are good times to do corridor monitoring along the Appalachian Trail. If you are interested in going for a hike and searching out the corridor, please contact - Mike Manes, 215-855-1315, AMCDVTrails@aol.com

Appalachian Trail Section Maintenance. Our chapter maintains a 15 mile section of the AT between Wind Gap and Little Gap, the Leroy Smith Shelter and two side trails to the AT. If you are interested in helping out please contact Dan Schwartz 610-746-3404 NCA 9PM, Dan.Schwartz@lehigh.edu

Valley Forge National Historic Park We are working the park to re-hab and maintain trails in the Mount Misery and Mount Joy areas of the Park. If you are interested in helping this project along, pleasesend email with your contact info to Mark Kern, bikermjk@amcdv.org or call him at 610-558-9628.

Nockamixon State Park. We are currently maintaining about 3 miles of trail in Nockamixon SP (near Quakertown, PA). If you'd like to help work on trails in this park, call Peter Jarrett, 610-282-4635.

Trailwork Schedule

Unique opportunities to give back for outdoor experiences
View chapter trailwork events in the online trips database.

Various Forms and Links

Trailwork Signup sheet (Word doc, 192k) or PDF (22k)
General Trip Checklist (word doc, 196k)
Read the ATC AT Register Online!
AMC trails webpage
AMC Volunteer crews

Maps

Road map to Katellen parking lot - The trailhead for the Leroy Smith Shelter. Google map to the same
The trailhead for delps parking lot via topozone.com.
PA Game Lands maps
National and PA State Forest Hiking Trails
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ is the main PA DCNR webpage with links to state parks, state forests, river trails and more.
NJ Parks and Forestry
Use Google to find an address, directions or more info:

Ways You Can Volunteer

Here's a list of some of the things you can do to help.

You can join us on a group trailwork trip. See the list above for the current schedule. There are opportunities in several locations including Nockamixon State Park (near Quakertown, PA), Valley Forge National Historic Park (new King of Prussia, PA), and The Appalachian Trail (in the Lehigh Valley - North of Bethlehem, PA).
You can volunteer to help take care of a section of the AT or side trails. Our clubs area of the AT is between Wind Gap and Little Gap, 15 miles, which we divide up into 2 miles sections, plus the Delps and Katellen side trails. This usually involves brushing back in May and June when it grows in fast, and repainting blazes when they start to fade. Some sections need a little string trimming in late june, but most are ok. There is a booklet from ATC which explains the standards about how the trail is maintained.

Side trails and steep areas also have problems with erosion. If a section of trails is becoming eroded we'll try to get a group together to work on it.
Corridor monitoring - Hiking the NPS boundaries of the AT and checking and refreshing the blazes for the AT corridor. This involves hiking off-trail (bushwhacking) and is usually done when there is no foliage or snow on the mountain.
Shelter watch/care. Pat Sacks takes care of organizing the shelter watch. Shelter watch involves going up to the Leroy Smith shelter to check on the conditions and do some chores around it to keep it clean and nice.
Sign work. Making new signs and repairing/replacing old ones.

We try and keep track of the time spent on trailwork for various annual reports to organizations such as AMC, ATC, KTA.

Volunteer Trail Crews

If you are looking for a slightly longer, more involved trailwork project, please check these links for work trips you can join!

Training Opportunities

[No Training scheduled]

updated Aug 24, 2007

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