1. Trail Maintenance and Construction tasks - Their Hazards and Recommended Safety Gear
(Documents)

This chart is intended as a guide and is not comprehensive. Basic safety equipment for all trail work includes a first-aid kit, boots, work gloves, long pants, and appropriate dress for the weather. Common ...

2. Join PATC
(PATC/Membership)

... the forest. That is what a trail would look like in a very short time without diligent trail maintenance. How about the trailside shelter you had lunch or overnighted in, or used to escape a storm? PATC ...

3. 2009 District Manager's Report
(District Manager/Blog)

...  Reconstruction of the side trail to Calf Mountain Shelter Hut or trail maintenance at either Black Rock Hut or Pinefield Hut Beagle Gap–Little Calf Mountain I plan to go out in November, after ...

4. Spring In The South District
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... Long Green Tunnel. So, we crawl out from our short winter hibernation and venture out for another season of trail maintenance. There’s lots to do, too. Shenandoah Trail Crew Join The Shenandoah ...

5. 2008 District Report
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... I think it’s a fine thing for current and experienced overseers to come out and participate; we can never learn too much. On the other hand, a goal of mine for this workshop is to introduce trail maintenance ...

6. Getting Trail Tools
(Maintenance/Trail Maintenance)

Over the years, the trail tools I normally use have changed. Although things on trails can be lost or suffer fates unaffected by their quality, I have decided that I cannot afford to use inefficient tools. ...

7. First Annual South District Trail Maintenance Workshop
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... the power of their spare time at the first annual South District Trail Maintenance Workshop. In addition to the fourteen PATC volunteers, we were privileged to have Roger Dovel and his NPS trail crew ...

8. New SNP Trails Coordinator
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... for four years—this was her introduction to trail maintenance. Then, she decided to hike 1000 miles of the AT at the end of the summer camp season one year. So, she hiked from southern Pennsylvania to ...

9. Clearing Little Calf Mountain summit
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... it be said that the PATC Charlottesville Chapter’s trail maintenance outings are a drag. Our May 31 excursion included an awesome wildlife sighting, followed by a picnic, and capped off by a visit to a ...

10. We Arrived, We Met, We ATE!
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

The Brazen Band of PATC Picnicers Not the Associated Press, June 6, 2008: At least 17 of 20 known, card-carrying members of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, an organization recognized for its ...

11. Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut
(Overseers/Support)

... picnic shelters were constructed. Regardless, today it is officially an Appalachian Trail Maintenance Hut.  ...

12. What's Happening?
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... trip for you. District Trail Maintenance Workshop We will offer a workshop in trail maintenance techniques, planning, and project execution the weekend of August 9th. We’re looking to conduct this ...

13. Branded: One Trail Crew
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... much discussion as to how the crew and its members would be marked so as to be universally and unmistakably identified with PATC and its trail maintenance program. (After all, we’re so invisible to the ...

14. Clearing Fallen Trees and Windfalls
(Standards & Techniques/SNP Trails Standards)

Objectives Perform safe removal of dangerous trees and allow passage along the trail while retaining features contributing to trail maintenance and to user enjoyment. Timely removal of trail obstructions ...

15. Ben Meadows Company
(Web Links / Outfitters)

The Ben Meadows Company is a major supplier of trail maintenance supplies and tools. ...

16. Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club
(Web Links / Appalachian Trail Sites)

The ODATC is a trail maintenance club and a member of the ATC. Their mission is the construction and maintenance of foot trails for hikers, including that portion of the Appalachian Trail. ...

17. Melissa Rudacille
(Contact / NPS Contacts)

Melissa Rudacille, Acting Trails Coordinator, Melissa began working with Shenandoah National Park in 1996 as a seasonal trail maintenance technician. In the intervening years, she worked in all three Park ...

18. Trail Maintenance
(Category)

19. Standards & Techniques
(Section)

Trail building and maintenance is the centerpiece of our mission. PATC maintains 240 miles of the Appalachian Trail and almost 1000 miles of other trails in the Mid Atlantic region. The effort requires ...