Trail Workdays
If you'd like to help build and maintain trail, we have a workday going on somewhere in the state almost every weekend of the year and on some weekdays too. You can find workdays by location below by finding the area you are interested in and following the link to more information about work in that area. To find a date that works for you, search the calendar.
Asheville Area
Help the Carolina Mountain Club maintain 140 miles of the MST and extend the trail westward toward the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Contact Piet Bodenhorst; pietboden@bellsouth.net
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Morganton-Linville Gorge Area
Help the Central Blue Ridge Task Force maintain 80 miles of trail through Linville Gorge and along Harper and Wilson creeks – a very scenic and tough section of the MST.
Contact Bob Benner at (828) 437-6635
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Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone & Blowing Rock (US 321 to US 421)
Help the Watauga Task Force build new trail in this section and prepare to open nine miles in October 2010!
Contact John Lanman at jelanman@charter.net; (828) 963-6901
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Blue Ridge Parkway near Glendale Springs and Wilkesboro (US 421 to NC-16)
Help the South Ashe Task Force get this section ready to be officially opened in October 2010!
Contact Jim Hallsey at (336) 877-8831; jhallsey2@cs.com.
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Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta
Help maintain the trail on the Parkway near Doughton Park
Contact Steven Joines at sjj1@skybest.com or 336-372-2754
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Sauratown Trail (North of Winston-Salem between Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock State Parks)
Help the Sauratown Trails Association maintain their section of the MST.
Contact Bob Silcott at 336-351-0849 for times, directions and more information.
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Greensboro & Guilford
Help maintain 20+ miles of MST along Greensboro’s watershed lakes and build new trail to connect the lakes with the Haw River State Park.
Contact Matti Carey at Madeleine.carey@greensboro-nc.gov or 336-373-3816.
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Haw River Trail in Alamance County
Join this new task force to build trail for the MST near Burlington
Contact Megan Squire at megansquire@gmail.com
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Eno River State Park in Durham and Orange counties
We’re building new trail here!
Contact Fred Dietrich at fred.dietrich@duke.edu
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Falls Lake north of Raleigh and Durham
Help build new trail and maintain more than 60 miles.
Wednesday workday schedule
Contact Jeff Brewer at jdbrewer@bellsouth.net or 919-868-6274
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Croatan National Forest & Neusiok Trail near New Bern and Havelock
Help the Carteret Wildlife Club maintain the 20+ mile Neusiok Trail which is part of the MST.
Contact John Jaskolka at jajask@suddenlink.net or 252-637-6737
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Workdays are sometimes new trail construction and sometimes maintenance of existing trail. Work may include using a rake and mattox (similar to a pickaxe) to dig new trail and remove small roots, brush clearing, moving logs, and picking up debris.
FMST will supply most of the tools for workdays, but extra loppers and mattox are welcome.
Please wear work clothes and a bag lunch, plenty of water, work gloves, hiking boots, and sunscreen. Sorry no dogs allowed at our workdays for safety reasons. If you are under the age of 18, please consult us before attending workdays.
