Arizona Trail work projects, involving trail maintenance, placement of Arizona Trail signs, and new trail construction, are helping to bring the Arizona Trail to completion. Saturday projects occasionally continue with a partial work day on Sunday.
Crews live for five months in remote wilderness camps with few luxuries.
Crews are assigned to log, brush, build new tread, clean waterbars and other dainage structures, reroute trails around fragile areas, repair damaged meadows, build and repair bridges, build waterbars, steps, rip rap, retaining walls and causeways out of rock, wood and other native materials. Yosemite National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Klamath National Forest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, Inyo National Forest, California Redwoods State Parks, Big Basin State Park. The HACPackers is a nonprofit organization promoting outdoor recreation primarily for Hughes Aircraft Company Employees. Minarets Wilderness, starting at Clover meadow on the Minarets Ranger District. All meals are provided.