Based at an old farmstead in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic Crew works on the Appalachian Trail from Rockfish Gap in Virginia to the New York-Connecticut state line. Sponsored by the National Park Service, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and the A.T. maintaining clubs of the mid-Atlantic region, its normal season is an eight-week program from late August to late October.
Base Camp
The crew is based at ATC’s Scott Farm Trail Work Center, along the Appalachian Trail near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Crew quarters and a common area are located in a recently constructed bunkhouse, and a dining room/meeting room, kitchen, showers and laundry facilities are available in the nearby farmhouse
Crew Week
Crew members arrive at base camp on the Wednesday afternoon before their work week for dinner and a mandatory orientation session. The crew travels to the project Thursday morning and spends the rest of the day setting up field camp and working on the project if time allows. After working on the project Friday to Sunday, on Monday, the schedule is the reverse of Thursday’s—field camp is packed up, some work may be done on the project, and the crew travels back to base camp. Volunteers who will be working the next session are welcome to stay at the base camp between sessions.
Special Bear Mountain Session in 2013
The crew will be working on the Bear Mountain (New York) relocation project for an extended session, from Thursday September 5—Sunday September 15. This session will follow a different schedule—it will last for 11 days with a rest day in the middle of the session. While preference will be given to volunteers interested in participating for the entire session, volunteers who can provide their own transportation to Bear Mountain may be able to work for a half-session.
Contact Us
Give us a call at (540) 953-3571 or e-mail
[email protected] with any questions.
2013 Trail Crew Schedule
Start a mile-long relocation of the A.T. on Loudoun Heights near Harpers Ferry, WV with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Work will consist primarily of digging full bench side-hill tread, with some rock work also possible. The crew will stay at a nearby PATC cabin.
| Week 1 | 8/29 - 9/2/2013 | Alllentown Hiking Club Shelter, PA | Hand tools will be used to create more stable footing on a steep section of the trail. Work will consist mainly of digging full bench side hill, but may include stone step and crib wall installation. The crew will tent at a nearby A.T. shelter. |
| Weeks 2 and 3 | 9/5 - 9/15/2013 (rest day 9/10)
10-day session:
Volunteers able to meet the crew at Bear Mountain may be able to register for a partial session (Thursday-Tuesday or Tuesday-Sunday)
| Bear Mountain, New York | Work with the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference to continue construction of new trail in this project to redesign and relocate the A.T. on Bear Mountain, NY. Work will include splitting and shaping stone, transporting it with rigging equipment and installing it as steps and crib wall. The crew will tent at a camp in Harriman/Bear Mountain State Park. |
| Week 4 | 9/19 - 9/23/2013 | Eckville, PA | Install turnpiking and other drainage structures on the Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club's Trail section near Hamburg, PA. The crew will car camp at a nearby A.T. shelter. |
| Week 5 | 9/26 – 9/30/2013 | Eckville, PA
| Install turnpiking and other drainage structures on the Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club's Trail section near Hamburg, PA. The crew will car camp at a nearby A.T. shelter.
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| Week 6 | 10/3 - 10/7/2013 | Raven Rock Hollow, MD | Work with the Mountain Club of Maryland to install stone steps and crib wall on eroding tread on a steep side slope near MD 491. The crew will tent camp at a nearby state park.
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| Week 7 | 10/10 - 10/14/2013 | Loudoun Heights, WV | Start a mile-long relocation of the A.T. on Loudoun Heights near Harpers Ferry, WV with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Work will consist primarily of digging full bench side-hill tread, with some rock work also possible. The crew will stay at a nearby PATC cabin.
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| Week 8 | 10/17 - 10/21/2013 | Loudoun Heights, WV
| Start a mile-long relocation of the A.T. on Loudoun Heights near Harpers Ferry, WV with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Work will consist primarily of digging full bench side-hill tread, with some rock work also possible. The crew will stay at a nearby PATC cabin.
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