​TRAIL LOVE: MICHAUX EDITION  May 31 - June 2
Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Gardners, PA

 --Trail Work Details--

Trail work sites in collaboration with:
* Michaux State Forest * Friends of Michaux State Forest * Pine Grove Furnace State Park * Friends of Pine Grove Furnace State Park  * Friends of Kings Gap * Mountain Club of Maryland * ​

TRAIL PROJECTS:

Hearth Tender Trail Building Crews 1, 2, and 3:

• Requires 10-minute drive to Trailhead. We hope to use vans to transport volunteers (multiple trips)
• Total hiking should be less than a mile
• Michaux State Forest staff will instruct volunteers on sustainable trail building methods
• This is an exciting new trail system being built just east of Pine Grove Furnace State Park
• Volunteers will use tools such as fire rakes, pick mattocks, pulaskis, hazel hoes, shovels, and garden rakes to hew new trail treadway
• Once the treadway is defined, it is further smoothed out by cutting roots and vegetation
• Water diversion swales may be dug

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Buck Ridge Trail Signs & Water Bars​​:

• Requires ~25 minute drive to Kings Gap Environmental Education Center
• Friends of Kings Gap volunteers will lead trail volunteers
• Work will include siting new sign placement, digging holes, placing signposts, filling holes, and leveling
• Volunteers may also assist Friends volunteers with water diversion structures

Appalachian Trail Clean-Up Crew:

• Requires ~20-minute drive to Trailhead. We hope to use vans to transport volunteers (multiple trips)
• Total hiking should ~3 miles (1.5 miles out and back)
• Veteran KTA Trail Care Volunteers will lead a crew on the A.T. north from Pine Grove Furnace
• Work will include dismantling illegal campsites and fire rings
• Also likely handsaw work, tossing fallen limbs, and possible vegetation trimming with loppers
• More info on maintenance of the A.T. from Mountain Club of MD (which maintains this section): link

Koppenhaver Trail Step Building​:

• Requires ~30 minute walk to trail work site within Pine Grove Furnace State Park
• Veteran KTA Trail Care Volunteers will lead a crew constructing interlocking steps on a steeper section of trail
• Work will include transporting raw materials and tools to site, assisting crew leader in constructing steps
• If time allows, this crew may also work on some rock steps in another location