We have so many amazing volunteers who help us during the
peak trail work season in the White Mountains from April to October, but
somehow, that is still not a long enough season for volunteering on
trails. No, we have seen a spike in
interest in off-season volunteer vacations among our adult volunteers with the
US Virgin Island Adult Crews on St. John – which we are running again this year
in February! Therefore, we decided that
we should continue this excellent trend by heading to the southwest in March to
work on the Pacific Crest Trail.
The PCT is a sister national scenic trail to our own
Appalachian Trail.
Congress designated
both trails as national scenic trails in 1968, thus incorporating them into law
and decreeing that they exist for the enjoyment of all people.
We hope to ensure that enjoyment by helping
the
Pacific Crest Trail Association maintain a portion of the trail outside
sunny San Diego.
From March 22-29, we are going to work and stay in Lake
Morena Park near the southern terminus of the PCT to help standardize the
trail, improve the tread, install drainage structures, and do whatever we can
to help the PCT be an awesome place to get outdoors.
So join us for this new opportunity, and enjoy some warmer
climes in the winter too!
And contact me, Brendan Taylor, North Country Trails
Volunteer Supervisor, at
btaylor@outdoors.org
for questions or to register.
Hope to see you on the trails!
