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 or find a location near you.
Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone & Blowing Rock (US 321 to US 421)
Blue Ridge Parkway near Glendale Springs and Wilkesboro (US 421 to NC-16)
Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta
Croatan National Forest & Neusiok Trail
Eno River State Park in Durham and Orange counties
Falls Lake north of Raleigh and Durham
Haw River Trail in Alamance County
Hillsborough Task Force in Orange county
Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock State Parks
Sauratown Trail (North of Winston-Salem between Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock State Parks)
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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.
