This trip will focus on recon and base camp set-up. Volunteers should have backcountry camping experience and must be able to hike 8 km to remote base camp carrying personal backpacks with their own food and camping gear. Helicopter will transport base camp facilities, including cook tent, wood stove, two cooking stoves, latrine, water filtration system, dish-washing station, and bear-proof food storage area.
If the trip is showing full, please contact trailbuilding@greatdividetrail.com to be added to the wait list.
- Trips are free for GDTA Members.
- Carpooling assistance may be coordinated by the GDTA for those interested.
- The GDTA will provide all trail maintenance tools, tool training, and safety orientation for all trips.
- For more information on what to expect while you’re volunteering on a GDTA trail crew, including descriptions of our different Trip Models, check out the GDTA Volunteer Guide.
