Volunteer Opportunity
Category Path Appalachian Foothills Chapter (AFC) / Chapter Opportunities & Leadership
Work parties are a great opportunity to learn from our highly skilled BTA volunteer trail building crew. Scheduled weekend and week-long work parties around the 1,400+ miles of the Buckeye Trail take place throughout the year. The main purpose is to build new sustainable BT to National Park Service (NPS) standards to replace existing on-road routes of the BT. The Buckeye Trail Crew employs the latest techniques in trail building relying mainly on the use of hand tools and good old fashioned hard work to create the level tread and primitive trail structures necessary for a positive hiking experience.
Buckeye Trail Crew Work Parties try to emphasize both words: Work and Party. Volunteers can spend up to five continuous days at work, building and improving sections of trail, while the evenings are spent gathered together in camp, enjoying the camaraderie of fellow volunteers.
The work party attendees are sometimes served by the Buckeye Chuckwagon, a full-service camp kitchen that fuels our volunteers! If the Work Party you plan to attend is listed as a “Chuckwagon Event” you have the option to choose volunteer slots with or without meals provided. Volunteer opportunities at work parties include:
If there is no Work Party currently scheduled for this chapter, contact volunteer@buckeyetrail.org to learn how you can get notified when the next work party is scheduled.
