Volunteer Opportunities

PATC has numerous volunteer opportunities available.  There is something available for just about everybody, from maintaining a section of the AT to taking cabins reservations; from helping to organize the club's archives to leading nature hikes.  Here's what some of our volunteers have said about their volunteer experiences.  Please follow the links below for more information on our volunteer activities. Volunteers are the backbone of the club. With volunteer effort PATC maintains over 1,000 miles of trails, manages about 1,000 acres of land and oversees nearly 60 cabins and shelters.

  
   
Trails join a trail crew, become a trail overseer, learn trail design and construction techniques...
 
Corridor Monitor help monitor the Appalachian Trail corridor, keep the AT safe and protected
 
Trail Patrol join the PATC education and outreach effort, teach Leave No Trace ethics, help monitor PATC trails
 
Cabins become a cabin overseer, join a cabin construction crew, learn construction techniques
 
Shelters help maintain PATC huts on the Appalachian Trail and throughout the PATC trail system, become a hut overseer, join a hut maintenance or construction crew
 
Hike Leader learn to organize and safely lead group hikes and excursions, plan trips to the wide range of PATC trails, make loads of new friends
 
Other Volunteer Opportunities help on the Cabins Reservation Desk, man the PATC headquarters, manage the club archives, produce and distribute club publications and maps...
 
New Volunteer Opportunities recent opportunities of an immediate or special nature

 
 
 
  Online Volunteer Reporting  
on-line report forms for trail, cabin, and shelter workers, corridor monitors, and Trail Patrol activity
 
 

View a list of our Honorary Lifetime Members, some of PATC's most incredible volunteers over the years.
There are also occasional Paid Employment opportunites within PATC and related organizations.