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Trail
Maintenance
The TEHCC maintains over 130 miles of the
Appalachian Trail and the shelters within from Spivey
Gap, NC to Damascus, VA. Maintainers can be club members and non-members.
To participate, contact
the TEHCC
Trail Maintenance Coordinator.
 Regular Maintenance
A maintenance team is assigned to each section of the AT in TEHCC's area. Each year, teams are rotated.
A team visits its section
at least twice a year, to remove blow downs, repaint blazes,
clip annual growth, pick up litter, and replace missing or
vandalized signs.
Tuesdays
A dedicated group of trail maintainers
ventures out to the AT most Tuesdays. Tuesday work
outings are spent doing routine trail maintenance and
preparing for large scale projects typically done during larger
weekend events.
Adopt-A-Trail
Groups and individuals can "adopt" sections of
the AT to maintain. Unlike regular maintenance teams,
adopters are assigned to a section of their choice for as many
years as they want.
Konnarock Crew
The ATC's Konnarock Crew helps TEHCC with major trail
relocations and other major projects. The Konnarock Crew
is a volunteer trail crew supported by the Appalachian Trail
Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service. It is based out
of Konnarock, VA in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area.
Hard Core
Hard Core is an annual trail maintenance
event held in May and hosted by the TEHCC following Damascus, VA's Trail Days. It lasts
2 days and gives Trail Days attendees the
opportunity to give back to the Trail. Hard Core has grown
to over 100 participants and helps the TEHCC complete special
projects (e.g. Mountaineer Falls Shelter) in a short amount of
time.
Hiker-Trail Volunteers
 "Hiker-trail
volunteers" (thru-hikers and long-distance hikers) take a few
hours off from their hikes to help maintain our section of
the A.T. These volunteers are always welcome and very much
appreciated. A hiker-trail volunteer who works on the
Trail for eight hours or more under the supervision of a TEHCC
maintainer will be entitled to receive this patch.
The six color fabric patch was originally
designed in 1999 by thru-hiker Marty Allen ("The Artist"), and
lettered by thru-hiker Sara Allen ("Rosey"). The patch
depicts a crossed crosscut saw and mattock with a Laurel Falls
background.
Maintainer Patches
TEHCC
awards patches to maintainers and adopters based on the
the number of hours worked and reported. Patches are
awarded for 50 hours, 100 hours, 250 hours, 500 hours, 1000
hours, and multiples of 1000 hours. The appropriate number
of hours are added to the patch template shown here. When
the next level is achieved, a new patch is awarded.
The patch depicts two crossed pulaskis.
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