Trail Crew Photos
Pictures from 2025
Trail Crew
The ADK 46er Trail Masters, on behalf of the ADK 46er Club welcome you to join a trail crew on an outing! You are sure to walk away feeling a sense of accomplishment and pride, and perhaps a newfound skill or two. Now, we can’t promise there won’t be bug bites, mud, and maybe a few sore muscles to go with…. but we’re hikers, that’s nothing new! Most of all we know that you will leave with a feeling of community and family, forged by hard work with newfound friends, who share your love of the Adirondacks. Everyone is welcome, no experience is needed to participate, and it is not required to be a registered 46er. All tools and daily direction supplied by the Trail Masters.
So, we encourage you, challenge you, to take the leap and choose one (maybe more!) outing and to join the 46er trail crew. There is bound to be something to fit your schedule. Come for one day or stay the weekend and camp out with the crew, whatever works for you. If you do, the next time you trod a trail, you’ll smile with pride knowing you made a positive change in the peaks.
After you sign up (link below), you will receive an email confirming your registration and then an email ~ 1 week before any/all events you signed for with more details and specifics.
Again and most importantly, THANK YOU once again for so generously giving of your time to do the work of the 46ers. You are the backbone of this organization, the heart and soul of this mighty group of hikers! The time you give back to the mountains is truly appreciated.
Thank you!
— The Adirondack 46er Trail Masters: Mark Simpson, Doug Varney, Curt Snyder, Brian Hoody, Michele McCall, Tom Caruso, Tom Armstrong
2026 Trail Crew Signup and Schedule
It’s that time of year again to sign up for this year’s trail maintenance projects! There are a variety of cool projects this season and as you know the work never ends and we need strong backs! Please do not feel any pressure to do more than you can!
It is not required to be a 46er to volunteer, but you will need an ASP# that can be obtained by registering at https://adk46er.org/register/. Have either a 46er # or an ASP # ready before clicking on the sign-up form link below.
ALL volunteers are required to take the approved sexual harassment online training AND sign the 46ers Code of Conduct policy annually*** PRIOR to participating in any volunteer activities. This can be found here: https://adk46er.org/code-of-conduct-policy/. Please send the course completion certificate and signed policy (required signature is on page 12) to: shtraining@adk46er.org.
You will need to complete and sign in ink the 46er VSA Form found here: https://tinyurl.com/4knspv85 and the 46er Trail Crew Liability Waiver form which can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yrxcjefr. Send both to trailcrew@adk46er.org or you can bring a filled out copy to the first outing that you attend.
It has become apparent that some of our projects are quite impossible to plan hard dates in advance other than the ones listed that do need a hard date. In effort to be fair, accomodate volunteers capabilities and interests, and asign the crew to a task, below is this year’s flexible schedule and associated 2026 project list. Ahead of each event, we will look at the resources avialable and plan it out accordingly. The work assignments will be included in marching orders that we send out ~ 1 week in advance of an event.
Also, we are offering (2) 3-day events!
ALSO! , we are offering a chance for volunteers to stay at Elk Lake Lodge (as shown on the schedule) that includes meals and accommodations during one of our events!
This year’s Sign-Up link can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/hz57fe95.
Below is a link to an easy, non-required questionnaire to allow us to best understand your capabilities and desires and assign you to a task that works within them.
https://forms.gle/cazK7ML2yAgFA7Do8
If you have any questions or issues with the form (or any of the other forms) please reach out to: trailcrew@adk46er.org.
If within 3-4 days of the event, you wish to participate in an event that you did not sign up for OR can not make it after you signed up, we really would like to know. We ask you please contact Mark at desmocat2@gmail.com or call/text 518-791-4590.
We look forward to seeing your smiling faces in the woods! As always – THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING!
The club has established VSA hour tracking online on our website. When you login at https://adk46er.org, it will show your hours. With this more instant data, we are migrating towards more instant notification of VSA awards, but more so allowing you to see your hours online! Thanks to Dave Pawlick and Phil Corell for making this a reality.
2026 ADK 46er Trail Crew Schedule
| Dates | Worksite | Meet Time and Location | Project | NOTES | Camping Dates | Campground | Campsite Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2 | Dix Round Pond Trail | 7:30 AM at Frontier Town (A-Frame, Exit 29) for car pooling / 8:15 AM at Round Pond Trailhead | Blow down sweep and Drainage | no camping | provided | ||
| May 3 | Elk Lake | 8:00 at Elk Lake Lodge | New Bridge Prep | no camping | provided | ||
| May 9 | Elk Lake / Dix Range | 7:30 AM at Frontier Town (A-Frame, Exit 29) for car pooling / 8:15 AM at Elk Lake Trailhead | Blow down sweep and Drainage | no camping | provided | ||
| May 10 | Elk Lake | 8:00 at Elk Lake Lodge | New Bridge Prep | no camping | provided | ||
| May 23 | Giant North Trail | 7:30 AM Giant North Trailhead, Route 9N | Blow down sweep and Drainage | no camping | provided | ||
| May 28-31 | Elk Lake | 8:00 AM Elk Lake Lodge for numerous activities | Blow down sweeps, drainage and other activities | 1 | May 27-31 | Frontier Town | Sites 87, 89, 91 |
| June 13 | Whiteface | 7:30 AM at Reservoir Trailhead for Whiteface | Blow down sweep | June 12-14 | Sharp Bridge | Site 21,21,23 | |
| June 14 | Twin Valleys | 7:30 at Twin Valleys Center | New Bridge Construction | June 12-14 | Sharp Bridge | Sites 87, 89, 91 | |
| June 27-28 | Caulkins Brook | TBD | New Bridge Construction | June 26-28 | Sharp Bridge | Sites 20, 21, 23 | |
| July 11 | Cascade | 7:30 at Route 73 and Bobsled Run (Mt. Van Hoevenberg Center) | New Trail Build | July 10-12 | Frontier Town | Sites 82, 83, 84 | |
| July 12 | Twin Valleys | 7:30 at Twin Valleys Center | New Bridge Construction | July 10-12 | Frontier Town | Sites 82, 83, 84 | |
| July 24-26 | Avalanche Pass | 7:30 at HPIC Parking Lot | Trail Restoration | 2 | July 23-26 | Frontier Town | Sites 56, 58, 59,60,61 |
| August 1-2 | Twin Valleys | 7:30 at Twin Valleys Center | New Bridge Construction | July 31-Aug 2 | Frontier Town | Sites 82, 83, 84 | |
| August 15-16 | Caulkins Brook | TBD | New Bridge Construction | 3 | Aug 14-16 | Sharp Bridge | Sites 20, 21, 23 |
| August 29-30 | Twin Valleys | 7:30 at Twin Valleys Center | New Bridge Construction | Aug 28-30 | Frontier Town | Sites 82, 83, 84 | |
| Sept 11-13 | Calamity Brook | 7:15 at Frontier Town for Carpooling; 8) at Upper Work Trailhead | New Ladder, Drainage, Trail Alignment | 2 | Sept 10-13 | Frontier Town | Sites 56, 58,59, 60,61 |
| Oct 3-4 | Giant Mt. L2 | TBD | Build Prep | 3 | Oct 2-4 | Frontier Town | Sites 87, 89, 91 |
| Oct 17-18 | Giant Mt. L2 | TBD | The Build | 3 | no camping | provided | |
| NOTES: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Space is limited to stay at Elk Lake Lodge that includes meals. To anyone that signs up for he lottery, you will receive an email invite for a live ‘pull names from 46er ‘hat’ in April. We will be working both on Elk Lake and NYSDEC Properties with some fun projects. |
| 2 | This is a 3 day event! The 46er Trail Masters will be providing dinner on Saturday night. Come for all three days or only one. |
| 3 | Distance to the worksite is a 5-6 mile walk. There is plenty of area around the site for camping. More information will come to those that sign up. |
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Volunteer Service Award Program
One of the 46ers primary Conservation Programs is the performance of volunteer trail work with the permission of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Our Trailmasters arrange a yearly schedule of activities which is announced each spring. Both members and Aspiring Forty-Sixers are encouraged to participate.
In conjunction with this program the Board has created the Volunteer Service Award program. The Recognition Committee maintain records of time spent by volunteers which qualifies the participants for recognition at various levels of service – 46 hours, 146 hours, 346 hours, 546 hours, 746 hours, and 1046 hours.
Sexual Harassment Training & Policy
Please take note that in 2020, the 46er Executive Board of Directors adopted a new Code of Conduct and Sexual Harassment policy. ALL volunteers will now be required to take the approved sexual harassment online training AND sign the 46er Code of Conduct and Sexual Harassment policy annually*** PRIOR to participating in any volunteer activities.
If you are considering volunteering, please allow yourself enough time to complete the training, which takes approximately 45-50 minutes, so that information can be submitted and entered into our database for reference at each event. Training certificates and signed policies will not be accepted by leaders at events. The Executive Board approved that you will earn 1 hour toward your Volunteer Service Award (VSA) for completing the online training once both your certificate of training completion and signed policy is submitted. Screenshots of training certificates AND signed policies must be sent to Volunteer Coordinators AND emailed directly to our database coordinator at shtraining@adk46er.org.
The link to the approved online training and policy can be found here: https://adk46er.org/sexual-harrassment-policy/. We have adopted this policy to protect not only our wonderful and dedicated volunteers, but also the organization that we love. We appreciate your efforts to give back to the mountains.