The following is a complete list of trail clubs and the areas they cover (southbound) -
ATC - http://www.appalachiantrail.org/
Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC)
AREA OF COVERAGE - Katahdin to Maine Highway 26 in Grafton Notch
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 0 - 266
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.matc.org/
Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
AREA OF COVERAGE - Highway 26 /Grafton Notch to Kinsman Notch
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 266 - 389
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.outdoors.org/
Randolph Mountain Club (RMC)
AREA OF COVERAGE - The Perch (IN THE WHITES)
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - The Perch 328.7
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.randolphmountainclub.org/
Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC)
AREA OF COVERAGE - Kinsman Notch to Vermont 12
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 389 - 465
MAIN WEBSITE - http://outdoors.dartmouth.edu/
Green Mountain Club (GMC)
AREA OF COVERAGE - Mass state line to the Canadian border. (LONG TRAIL)
Vermont 12 to the Massachusetts border (AT)
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - LT = 1- 274
AT = 465 - 592
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.greenmountainclub.org/
AMC Berkshire Chapter
AREA OF COVERAGE - Vermont border to Sages Ravine, MA.
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 592 - 682
MAIN WEBSITE - http://amcberkshire.org/
AMC - Connecticut Chapter
AREA OF COVERAGE - Sages Ravine, MA to the New York border
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 682 - 734
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.ct-amc.org/
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
AREA OF COVERAGE - New York/Connecticut border to Delaware Water Gap, PA
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 734 - 895
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.nynjtc.org/
Wilmington Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Delaware Water Gap to Fox Gap
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 895 - 903
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.wilmingtontrailclub.org/
Batona Hiking Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Fox Gap to Wind Gap
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 903 - 911
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.batonahikingclub.org/
AMC - Delaware Valley Chapter
AREA OF COVERAGE - Wind Gap to Little Gap
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 911 - 926
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.amcdv.org/
Philadelphia Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Little Gap to Lehigh Furnace Gap
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 926 - 937
MAIN WEBSITE - http://philadelphiatrailclub.org/
Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Lehigh Furnace Gap to Bake Oven Knob
and from Tri-County Corner to Rausch Creek
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1) 937.9 - 941.3 2) 951.5 - 1013.6
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.bmecc.org/
Allentown Hiking Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Bake Oven Knob to Tri-County Corner
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 941.3 - 951.5
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.allentownhikingclub.org/
Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Rausch Gap - PA 225
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1014.1 - 1035.0
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.satc-hike.org/
York Hiking Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - PA 225 to the Susquehanna River.
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1035.0 - 1041.4
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.yorkhikingclub.com/
Mountain Club of Maryland
AREA OF COVERAGE - Susquehanna River to Darlington Trail
& Center Point Knob to Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA.
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1041.4 - 1054.8 2) 1072.0 - 1088.6
MAIN WEBSITE - http://mcomd.org/
Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Darlington Trail to Center Point Knob
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1054.8 - 1072.0
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.cvatclub.org/
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA to Rockfish Gap, VA
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1088.6 - 1328.4
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.patc.net
Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Rockfish Gap to Reeds Gap
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1328.4 - 1347.7
MAIN WEBSITE - http://olddominiontrailclub.onefireplace.org/
Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Reeds Gap to the Tye River
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1347.7 - 1358.4
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.tidewateratc.com/
Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Tye River to Black Horse Gap
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1358.4 - 1448.8
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.nbatc.org/
Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Black Horse Gap to the New River
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1448.8 - 1585.7
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.ratc.org/
Outdoor Club of Virginia Tech
AREA OF COVERAGE - Virginia 608 to Garden Mountain
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1585.7 - 1618.4
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.outdoor.org.vt.edu/
Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers
AREA OF COVERAGE - 70 miles of the storied AT. PATH's maintenance starts
from Va. St. Rt. 670 at the South Fork of the Holston River
north to U.S. 52 near Bland.
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1618.4 - 1663.1
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.path-at.org/
Mount Rogers Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Virginia 670 to Damascus
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1663.1 - 1719.3
MAIN WEBSITE - http://mratc.pbworks.com/w/page/8862374/FrontPage
Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Damascus, VA to Spivey Gap, NC
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1719.3 - 1885.1
MAIN WEBSITE - http://tehcc.org/
Carolina Mountain Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Spivey Gap, NC to Davenport Gap, TN/NC
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1885.1 - 1947.8
MAIN WEBSITE - http://carolinamountainclub.org/
Smoky Mountain Hiking Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Davenport Gap, TN/NC to the Nantahala River, NC
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 1947.8 - 2048.6
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.smhclub.org/
Nantahala Hiking Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - Nantahala River, NC to Bly Gap Ga Border
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 2048.6 - 2107.3
MAIN WEBSITE - http://www.nantahalahikingclub.org/
Georgia Appalachian Trail Club
AREA OF COVERAGE - North Carolina border to the southern terminus on Springer Mountain
MILEAGE OF COVERAGE - 2107.4- 2185.9 (end)
MAIN WEBSITE - http://georgia-atclub.org/
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Ambassadors
Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance is looking for a few AT alumni who are
repeat offending this year to help us spread some info and lead some "as
you thru hike" projects for us.
We will be announcing what 2 of the projects are this coming Sunday Funday ( 01-31-16). But for now this is what we can tell you....
What will be expected of our Ambassadors -
The projects will take 10+ minutes a day during your hike to complete.
Be able to speak well with other hikers about the projects they are working on.
Our Ambassadors need to be able to act in a positive manner.
(We are Hiker Trash so we don't expect you to be angels just act responsibly)
Post to our social media including pictures and videos of the projects.
(along with some shameless plugs for sponsors)
What "perks" do our Ambassadors get?
Well first and foremost you get to make a positive impact on the trail!
Be a positive role model :)
Any tools/gadgets needed to complete projects.
and yes we are going to give you some free stuff too...
We are currently working to get companies to donate things for us to offer as "rewards" for those making positive impacts on the trail (boxes of hiker trash goodness).
So far we have the following companies who have donated and we are expecting more soon...
ZPacks
Fusion Jerky
Justins Nut Butter
Dr Prices Vitamins
Big Tree Farms
simply 7 snacks
Jay Robb Protein
Real name -
Trail name -
Trails hiked & dates -
Your social media links -
Any special diet or food allergy ?
(need to know for sponsors products so we don't send you things you can't eat)
The following questions will help us place you in the project best for you.
Do you have a tie from Miss Janet?
Are you planning to go to the Kick-off? Would you be willing to?
Do you stay in shelters or tent near them? Would you be willing to and why/why not?
Do you go to hostels? Do you stay at hostels? Why/why not?
Do you build campfires? Do you fire cook? How do you feel about fire pits?
Do you normally pack out others trash? why/why not?
What are your thoughts on trail graffiti? Ever done it?
How do you feel about the privies? do you use them or cat hole?
What are the 2 things you think are the biggest problems maintenance wise on the trail? why? what do you think could be done?
Why would you be a good ambassador for us?
We will be announcing what 2 of the projects are this coming Sunday Funday ( 01-31-16). But for now this is what we can tell you....
What will be expected of our Ambassadors -
The projects will take 10+ minutes a day during your hike to complete.
Be able to speak well with other hikers about the projects they are working on.
Our Ambassadors need to be able to act in a positive manner.
(We are Hiker Trash so we don't expect you to be angels just act responsibly)
Post to our social media including pictures and videos of the projects.
(along with some shameless plugs for sponsors)
What "perks" do our Ambassadors get?
Well first and foremost you get to make a positive impact on the trail!
Be a positive role model :)
Any tools/gadgets needed to complete projects.
and yes we are going to give you some free stuff too...
We are currently working to get companies to donate things for us to offer as "rewards" for those making positive impacts on the trail (boxes of hiker trash goodness).
So far we have the following companies who have donated and we are expecting more soon...
ZPacks
Fusion Jerky
Justins Nut Butter
Dr Prices Vitamins
Big Tree Farms
simply 7 snacks
Jay Robb Protein
If you would like to
be one of our ambassadors please copy and paste the following application and fill it out, then send to our email at
Hikertrashtrailmaintenance@yahoo.com titled "Ambassador"Real name -
Trail name -
Trails hiked & dates -
Your social media links -
Any special diet or food allergy ?
(need to know for sponsors products so we don't send you things you can't eat)
The following questions will help us place you in the project best for you.
Do you have a tie from Miss Janet?
Are you planning to go to the Kick-off? Would you be willing to?
Do you stay in shelters or tent near them? Would you be willing to and why/why not?
Do you go to hostels? Do you stay at hostels? Why/why not?
Do you build campfires? Do you fire cook? How do you feel about fire pits?
Do you normally pack out others trash? why/why not?
What are your thoughts on trail graffiti? Ever done it?
How do you feel about the privies? do you use them or cat hole?
What are the 2 things you think are the biggest problems maintenance wise on the trail? why? what do you think could be done?
Why would you be a good ambassador for us?
What is Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance ?
In order for us to explain what Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance is we first have to tell you how it came about. During our southbound thru hike of the Appalachian Trail this past year (2015) we were moving trees from day 1 on the trail since we had started May 19th in Maine and trail maintainers hadn't yet been in most of the 100 mile wilderness, we moved 100's that we were able to both pick up, even carried a saw a few days and cut some off the trail. We also dealt with 100's of lbs. of trash left by weekenders and winter folks, cleaned out the shelters, and Ebrake began digging out and cleaning every fire pit at every camp we stayed at. It became her mission to clean out and rebuild them, even stopping to do them in the middle of the day.
Once we started running into other thru hikers and they saw what we were doing it spread, we noticed others doing things and it began to snowball. We started off telling others we should all spend 5 minutes a day doing something to improve the trail, cleaning up trash, sweeping a shelter, moving a branch..any time you look at something and think "someone should..." just "be the someone!". This lead to "Leaving Beautiful Traces" our version of "Leave No Trace" minus the NO. We feel like when you tell someone NO they may sometimes take it to literally...we believe hikers can make a huge positive impact by leaving things better than they find them.
After we got home from our hike we quickly started planning for our books and still wanted to give back to the trail. This is when we came up with Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance, we decided we had to take matters into our own hands. Many of the trail clubs are very overwhelmed and many of the members are frankly getting older and honestly have a hard time keeping up with the maintenance. Memberships aren't growing as fast as the numbers of hikers on the trail, funding is always less then whats needed and usually focused on bigger projects. The trail crews and clubs need more members and we strongly urge anyone who has the time and is able to, to join a local trail club near them - we are doing a blog on the trail club contacts so (Click Here) to find a club near you.
As for those who don't have the time and can't commit to a club, we invite you to join us in our mission to improve the trail Hiker Trash style.There will be a few Ambassadors for us on the trail this year doing "as you hike" projects ( currently looking for Ambassadors if you are a "repeat offender" and planning to thru hike again this year and would be interested please check out our blog "Ambassadors" and send us an email). We will also be around the trail ourselves this year promoting our books and doing projects, so we hope to see some of you out there! We will be posting blogs on projects we have coming up and projects we're getting involved in so subscribe to our blog, follow us on Facebook, subscribe to our Youtube and all that other social media stuff below ;)
Our Blogspot
A Team's Facebook
Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance Facebook
Places we poop Facebook
Our YouTube Channel
Once we started running into other thru hikers and they saw what we were doing it spread, we noticed others doing things and it began to snowball. We started off telling others we should all spend 5 minutes a day doing something to improve the trail, cleaning up trash, sweeping a shelter, moving a branch..any time you look at something and think "someone should..." just "be the someone!". This lead to "Leaving Beautiful Traces" our version of "Leave No Trace" minus the NO. We feel like when you tell someone NO they may sometimes take it to literally...we believe hikers can make a huge positive impact by leaving things better than they find them.
After we got home from our hike we quickly started planning for our books and still wanted to give back to the trail. This is when we came up with Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance, we decided we had to take matters into our own hands. Many of the trail clubs are very overwhelmed and many of the members are frankly getting older and honestly have a hard time keeping up with the maintenance. Memberships aren't growing as fast as the numbers of hikers on the trail, funding is always less then whats needed and usually focused on bigger projects. The trail crews and clubs need more members and we strongly urge anyone who has the time and is able to, to join a local trail club near them - we are doing a blog on the trail club contacts so (Click Here) to find a club near you.
As for those who don't have the time and can't commit to a club, we invite you to join us in our mission to improve the trail Hiker Trash style.There will be a few Ambassadors for us on the trail this year doing "as you hike" projects ( currently looking for Ambassadors if you are a "repeat offender" and planning to thru hike again this year and would be interested please check out our blog "Ambassadors" and send us an email). We will also be around the trail ourselves this year promoting our books and doing projects, so we hope to see some of you out there! We will be posting blogs on projects we have coming up and projects we're getting involved in so subscribe to our blog, follow us on Facebook, subscribe to our Youtube and all that other social media stuff below ;)
Our Blogspot
A Team's Facebook
Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance Facebook
Places we poop Facebook
Our YouTube Channel
About Us
"A Team" is Long Distance Hikers / Adventurers Alexis "So Way" McKenzie & Allison "Ebrake" Irion. We began hiking together on the PCT at Sky Ranch (mile 127) on May 7th 2014 and have been on a non stop adventure ever since. This past year we thru hiked the AT & Long Trail southbound and during our hike we worked on 2 books we are currently putting together ("Privies of The Appalachian Trail" & "Privies of The Long Trail") and did "As we hiked" trail maintenance, as result we started this - Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance.
Below are a list of our past adventures
(So Way)
Appalachian Trail southbound - 2011
Benton Mackaye Trail - 2012
Mountains to Sea Trail - 2012
Appalachian Trail northbound - 2013
Long Trail - 2013
(A Team)
Pacific Crest Trail (1800+miles) - 2014
Lost Coast Trail - 2014
6,000 mile cross country road trip - 2015
Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim - 2015
Appalachian Trail southbound - 2015
Long Trail - 2015
To check out our social media click the links below - Like our pages & subscribe to our YouTube :)
A Team's Facebook
Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance Facebook
Places we poop Facebook
Our YouTube Channel
Below are a list of our past adventures
(So Way)
Appalachian Trail southbound - 2011
Benton Mackaye Trail - 2012
Mountains to Sea Trail - 2012
Appalachian Trail northbound - 2013
Long Trail - 2013
(A Team)
Pacific Crest Trail (1800+miles) - 2014
Lost Coast Trail - 2014
6,000 mile cross country road trip - 2015
Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim - 2015
Appalachian Trail southbound - 2015
Long Trail - 2015
To check out our social media click the links below - Like our pages & subscribe to our YouTube :)
A Team's Facebook
Hiker Trash Trail Maintenance Facebook
Places we poop Facebook
Our YouTube Channel
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