#trailcrew

[midcarder]

i like the part where i get paid to hike, i don't like the part where i am just so fucking tired all of the time.

[kevinjarrett]

Solid effort by our @monmouth_county_parks trail crew today at Clayton Park (NJ).💪🏼The ‘Glen’ loop is short but faster and flowier now.👌Rated as a ‘green,’ it seems closer to a ‘blue.’ Grateful for the opportunity to work with people who really know what they’re doing (I’m still learning.)🤯Beautiful weather too, 60’s and sunny. Fantastic.😎 Swipe through for a short video of @pooriggy testing it out.👍🏼 #nodignoride #trailmaintenance #trailcrew (at Clayton Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXmjqQrOTib/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thejawnshop]

I didn’t make it into the shop yesterday, but it was a day well spent nonetheless. I took a big step towards becoming the person I want to be, and attended the @black.run.preserve trail maintenance 101 course. I’ll be adopting a section of trail and performing periodic maintenance throughout the year as well as monitoring the environment and reporting changes and disturbances. There will be a bit of a time commitment, but the benefits from time spent in nature will far outweigh any lost shop time. I feel privileged to take on this new responsibility and look forward to some productive time in the woods. In order to further the continuum of woodworker and woods-worker, beginning today, a portion of all TheJawnShop profits will go towards supporting the maintenance of trails in BRP. I’ll also be organizing trail maintenance sessions a few times a year if any of my followers are interested in volunteering their time. Thanks in advance for your support! . . . . . . . . . . #wood #woodworker #woodsworker #woodworking #woodworkingcommunity #hike #bike #biking #mountainbike #mountainbiking #trail #trailmaintenance #trailcrew #hiking #southjersey #newjersey #cedar #cedargrove #pinelands #nj #blackrunpreserve #sphagnum #thejawnshop #pinelandsalliance https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm-8EiNAqwQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fqqu0oqdjlqr

[doublegrr]

Trailspace or Green Crew? Either way, gettin’ the band back together. #lovecincyparks #reforestation #greenspace #trailcrew (at Badgley Run Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWrDfb7vgpl/?utm_medium=tumblr

[seedsofastrawberry]

Three years ago I volunteered with Konnarock Trail Crew for the first time. It was my first trail crew experience, and we dug side hill the whole the time. The work was backbreaking, but making the AT better and spending time with great folks made it all worthwhile. Every summer since my thru hike I've volunteered with at least one AT crew. Can't wait to do it again this summer! #hiking #appalachiantrail #at #trailcrew #konnarocktrailcrew #volunteering #makingtrails #getoutside #getoutstayout #optoutside #adventure #takeahike #explore

[emrahcalik]

#adventureisoutthere #bucketlist #travel #adventure #photooftheday #picoftheday #explore #photography #holiday #earth #backpacking #travelling #exploremore #travelphotography #exploreeverything #traveladdict #explorer #adventuretime #wanderlust #wanderer #wander #nomad #travelbug #igtravel #worldtraveler #trailcrew #mountainview #explorealbera #estonia #europa

[gobeyondthefence]

Tune in tonight 5/20/2020 at 6pm PT/9pm ET @paradoxsports in collaboration with @timmyoneill will be launching the TimmyO show via Instagram Live w/ special guest @cedarwright - the first of many Paradox Sports adaptive advocates. ••• 60 mins to talk, laugh and learn about making and sharing art - from film & music to painting & first ascent rock climbs. The creative adventurous life. ••• They will be sharing the stoke of Paradox Sports as Cedar was on the 7 day ascent of El Capitan with Timmy and his paraplegic brother @t12622 Sean O' Neill and El Cap pirate @ammonmcneely And he co-created the hilarious “Stumped” film starring @mo.in.mountains We’ll be giving away @ospreypacks and @fitssocks swag for some lucky listener/lookers. More info coming. ••• 😆photo by @luis_escobar taken in 2015 during the epic FKT of the Appalachian Trail by @scottjurek #trailcrew https://www.instagram.com/p/CAaH1y3jimK/?igshid=1pwyfrx4vnepg

[madison-county-nc-blog]

Bailey Mountain Trail Maintenance day on Sunday! Was a great time working with Friends of Bailey Mountain. Can’t wait until all these trails in Mars Hill are ready to show off! Thanks @marshillu for organizing this! . . . #madisoncountyoutdoors #madisoncountync #marshillnc #828isgreat #828 #mountains #trailbuilding #trailcrew #trailmaintenance #trail #hike #hiker #hiking #hikingadventures #wnc #ashevillenc #avl #northcarolina #visitnc #monday #getoutside #workhard #sweat #intothewoods #happy #summer #fall (at Mars Hill, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2eLy8QB2va/?igshid=7j384r7hbn

[dearfutureladyfriend]

Some of my favorite photos from last week working for @friendsofacadia in @acadianps . . . #acadia #acadianationalpark #nps #nationalpark #friendsofacadia #mainemag #downeast #lanscape #trailcrew #mainephotographer #mainephotography #newenglandphotography #getoutside #hikeme #Frog #detail #lillypad #deer #pollen #chipmunk #canon #downeastmaine #DownEastMagazine #mainewildlife #maine #yourshotphotographer #natgeo (at Acadia National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz8HuMzlbLp/?igshid=v0wo1cbi7la2

[wilddirt]

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Part 3 of hiking in Yosemite National Park. . #wilddirt #california #yosemite #protectpubliclands #yosemitenationalpark #nevadafalls #nevadafallstrail #trail #hike #trailcrew #adventure #adventuretravel #optoutside #wilderness #nationalparks (at Yosemite National Park)

[northsouthnorth]

Woodworks at Skálafellsjökull (yes, try to pronounce that one right)

After 2 weeks with the short-term volunteers in Skaftafell, I spent my last 3 weeks in Iceland with the Blue team. A pretty diverse team, with the Italian Teo, Scottish Laura, English Max and Latvian Ekaterina. And for that first week I wasn’t just working with them; also Julie, Kerry (one of the short term volunteers) and Hannah (last year’s Purple team) joined us for some work a little drive away from Höfn. We had a nice and easy drive over there from Skaftafell that Sunday, and as soon as we set up our camp, we headed over to the pool where we would spend many hours that week – especially on the slides.

On Monday, we drove to our worksite at Skálafellsjökull, where you can go on a nice 1 hour-walk that loops around to the glacier and back. We split the team up here, where a third of the group continued with the gravelling that Red Team had started earlier on in summer, and the others started building 2 sets of stone stairs. Where Julie and her team seemed to work pretty well with some nice and manageable rocks, somehow my team ended up with massive monsters again. Loads of grunting and trembling muscles both that day and the following, so it was perfect to be able to soak in a hot hottub every evening. There were also a few nice glacier tongues and lakes to see, so we took both our truck and our Skoda over some bumpy roads to get there – one guess which one of the two cars wasn’t optimal for that kind of use..

Afraid that we would run out of rocks and out of working spines, I asked the ranger if we couldn’t build some boardwalks over the boggy parts of the trail, and luckily she was alright with that. Actually, she seemed more than alright with that; we had just finished a small first boardwalk from scrapwood when she called to say that a huge load of wood was headed our way. The local farmer brought the wood pretty close to us, so we only had to carry over all those planks and beams for the last couple of hundred meters. Now we knew the measurements of our stringers for the boardwalks, we started hammering away on some frames before heading back to Höfn.

That evening, after our daily hottub-soak, Elvar arrived who would join us for a day of trailbuilding. Using the fact that he has a truck that also could handle all the bumps, we drove over an even longer dirtroad to yet another glacier lagoon. Thursday was a day of high-speed building, divided up in 3 teams. Whilst one team was cutting into the dirt to be able to fit the structure in, another team was cutting wood whilst the last team was putting together another woodframe. During lunch, we had yet another visitor that day, when my friend Marianne and her parents and sister rocked up to our worksite. So fun to finally see someone from back home in Iceland, and to be able to show our work – even though our work at that time was munching away our massive sandwiches. After they had left again, we continued digging in the strangely fibrous mud, doing loads of measuring and fitting in the frames. Eventually we had put in 3 connecting frames plus another separate frame, all put firmly into place with the stobs that one of our “sub-teams” had made. Only the slats had to go on now, but we left that for the next day and decided to explore the rest of the hiking trail instead. The walk is definitely worth it if you are ever in the area, especially because it is very diverse. It is a steep walk up towards a canyon, after which there is a very bumpy and barren landscape that will make you feel like you’re on the moon, through which the trail leads you towards the glacier lagoon. After that, you follow the banks of a broad river through a mossy landscape, followed by some kilometers where you walk high above the river before getting back to the intersection where we were working.

  On Friday we had to say goodbye to Elvar, but nonetheless we had a great day where we had a woodcutting team, whilst the others were hammering nails into slats like there was no tomorrow (as Teo would say). We all worked together as a well-oiled boardwalk-creating machine, and we even took the gamble of starting to work from both ends of our long boardwalk. We were just the luckiest puffins in Iceland when all slats ended up fitting perfectly, with 2 ramps connecting the three frames making up for our long boardwalk. With those ramps, we made a structure with a nice gentle curve, following the slight downhill grade of the trail. Needless to say I have never been more proud of a boardwalk any of my teams have made (yes, I know that is a little dramatic, but it was just so pretty!).

That afternoon, when we were just finishing up, our final visitor of the week arrived – Siggi! He stayed over for a pancake dinner and pitched his tent in our camp. We had a great time on our last night as such a big trail team. The next morning, Kerry and Julie had to leave early to get on their bus back to Skaftafell, Siggi had to head back in that direction as well and Hannah was picking up Red Team to get them to their new location. The Blue team and I drove even further East to set up camp in Egilsstadir for a night before diving into the highlands!

 Max moving one of our smaller rocks of the day.. 

Hannah and her trail-widening work

Team down..

Getting them beams over to site

ICV efficiency!

On our evening hike

Working that strange dirt to get our frames in

Hit it Teo!

Long-distance cairn destruction

Icelandic version of “walk like an egyptian”

Bourbon-fuel!

Headed East!

[dancingiswhatmusiclookslike]

Pitstop. Smoke break. Etc. Selva's shades have Harris in them, along with the Warrant Officer. . . . . . . . . . . #greece #pitstop #blue #bluesky #shotonnikon #nikonphotography #landscape #clouds #trailcrew #photography #c130 #myback #itsspinal #flightline (at Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqBB11DlM0X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cwze17yw10ud

[danholmesphoto]

Packing the Pass, A National Parks horse and mule team in Kings Canyon Ntl Park hauls a Trail Crew's gear out for the season. The four man trail crew had spent the last 6 weeks deep in Kings Canyon Ntl. Park, building and maintaining trails. I saw the packers on their way into LeConte Canyon and the following day fully loaded on their way out and down Bishop Pass. A couple of impressive things here - the dedication and enthusiasm of the Packers and Trail Crew and the amazing work they do on these trails! They all love their jobs! The crew was finished for the season and headed to town for well earned beer. #kingscanyonnationalpark #bishoppass #packersarepeopletoo #trailcrew #muleteam #ourpubliclands #easternsierra #horsewrangler #nationalparkservice #danholmesphoto #ShotOnCanon #canon #photography #photooftheday #california #mountains #muleskinner #ilovemyjob https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHYRrEgb4r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wx7ffut4mnp0

[bikejoel]

Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz Trail Crew Field Trip: Walking the Emma McCrary Trail looking at Trail Features • 10/21/17

Now that we’ve had some in-class time learning the concepts of trail design and construction, it’s time to go walk some trails and see how it’s all implemented.

[themightychickadee]

#trailcrew (at Caratunk Country Club)

[sgehman-blog]

I had a lot of fun @mtbachelor this weekend. It wasy first time riding the #bikepark all season and it was awesome to see all the hard work #trailcrew has been putting into maintenance and option lines, I definitely got #mtbachelorstoked! #mymountainbikelife #ridebikes #eryday #backyardbend #chromapop (at Mt Bachelor)