CREWS & MAINTAINERS

Crew leader: John Whitehouse
Email: BMC@carolinamountainclub.org

This is a small crew (6-8 people) that works out of Burnsville, NC. Work focuses mostly on the A.T., MST, Mount Mitchell State Park, and various trails in the Appalachian Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest.

Crew Leader: Dan Sanford
Email: ALTMC@carolinamountainclub.org

This small (6-8 volunteers) crew works on the 30 mile long Art Loeb Trail in Pisgah National Forest.

Crew leader: Sarah Hendricksen
Email: WWC@carolinamountainclub.org

The Waynesville Wednesday Crew is a small group (6-8 volunteers) that works out of Waynesville, NC. The crew maintains the MST above the city of Waynesville, the A.T., and various trails in the Pisgah and Nantahala ranger districts.

Crew leaders: Crew leaders: Ken Hummel, David Pizzolato, and Dale Gerhardt
Email: ATC@carolinamountainclub.org

The Asheville Thursday Crew is a medium crew (8-15 volunteers) and works out of Asheville, NC. The crew works on the MST, A.T., as well as other trails in the Pisgah and Appalachian National Forests. This crew has a wide range of skill levels.

Crew leader: Paul Curtin
Email: AFC@carolinamountainclub.org

The Asheville Friday Crew is the largest of the weekday work crews (20+ volunteers) works out of Asheville, NC mostly on the A.T. and MST trails. They do all types of work, but primarily build trails. This crew has a very wide range of skill levels.

Crew leaders: Don Cooper and Robert Bolt
Email: PFC@carolinamountainclub.org

This crew works out of the Brevard / Hendersonville, NC area on the trails in the Pisgah National Forest, MST, and A.T. They are a small crew (6 to 8 volunteers) and frequently break into two or more groups working different trail sections or jobs.

Crew leader: Les Love
Email: QSC@carolinamountainclub.org

This crew goes out on a quarterly basis performing interesting trail projects through out the Asheville, NC hiking area. The crew is ideal for volunteers with little to no work experience as beginners are paired with experienced maintainers. There are usually 30 to 50 people.

Crew leader: John Busse
Email: FRC@carolinamountainclub.org

Comprised of a pool of experienced trail workers, this crew responds to smaller, but problematic, trail issues needing repair quickly. Primary emphasis is trail repair where a CMC hike is scheduled to occur. Typically a crew of 3-4 is used, can hike longer distances if needed, and repair trails within CMC’s trail coverage (A.T., MST, Pisgah National Forest). CMC hike leaders are encouraged to report trail issues if found during their pre-hike scout to the crew leader.

Crew leader: Jan Onan
Email: SRC@carolinamountainclub.or

Work once a week on either Tuesday or Saturday focusing on sections that need support and training section maintainers (see below).

Crew Leader: Paul Dickens
Email: WRC@carolinamountainclub.org

The Wilderness Response crew responds to trail issues in the Middle Prong and Shining Rock Wilderness Areas. Due to being in the wilderness area this crew does not use power tools. Instead this crew relies on the use of crosscut saws and other non-powered tools.

Crew leaders: Paul Curtin
Email: ROC@carolinamountainclub.org

This crew does two overnight work events a year. The Remote Overnight Crew will backpack in to a remote trail section and work Saturday and part of Sunday, spending the night near theworksite. Volunteers may elect to work both days, Saturday only, or Sunday only.

A.T. Section Maintainers Supervisor: Paul Curtin
Email: ATSM@carolinamouintainclub.o

1. Oconaluftee River to Old Bald (Available)
2. Old Bald to Hwy 215 (Robert Bolt)
3. Hwy 215 to Big Ridge Overlook (Available)
4. Big Ridge Overlook to Blue Ridge Visitor Center (Les Love)
5. Blue Ridge Visitor Center to Greybeard Overlook (John Busse)
6. Greybeard Overlook to Black Mountain Campground (John Whitehouse)

MST Secondary Trails Supervisor: Les Love (MSTST@carolinamountatinclub.org)