Participants usually spend the days at work, improving sections of trail, while the evenings are spent gathered together in camp, enjoying lively conversation and homemade ice cream. Just show up at any of the scheduled work parties.
Motivation is the only requirement.
People of all ages have been a part of a work party, doing as much as they feel they can. The work parties are led by Jim Sprague . Jim is a retired chemist who spends much of his free time scouting out better routes for the Buckeye Trail. He is respected throughout the national hiking community as a master of trail design, and many Trail Crew members will attest to the detail he puts into making a quality trail. The Trail Crew usually works from March until mid-June, then resumes in September through early November.