Trail Report

Happy Spring! ACT’s trails are now open!

Please be mindful of ticks this time of year while out on ACT’s trails. We recommend that you wear light-colored clothing and tuck your pants into your socks to limit your chances of getting a tick bite. Be sure to check both yourself and your pets before leaving the trailhead! There may be some areas on the trail that are still muddy and not yet dry from the spring thaw. Help reduce trail maintenance needs by staying on the trail and walking through the mud, not around it. ACT trail maintainers will be cleaning up downed branches and addressing other maintenance needs as we head into the summer busy season.

Speaking of summer, Conor, ACT’s Trails Manager, is beginning to plan opportunities for volunteer trail building and maintenance on ACT properties. For ACT’s 25th Anniversary, we have set our sights on constructing and opening 2.5 miles of new non-motorized trails this year, and we need your help! If you are interested in building new trails or taking care of existing ones, send an email to [email protected] and we will put you on our contact list for workday opportunities. No experience required, just bring some work gloves, your friends and family, a positive attitude, and a desire to get dirty out in New Hampshire’s North Country!

Stay safe and have fun out there!

Trail Reporting

ACT’s trails rely on a team of dedicated, hard-working volunteers and maintainers to continue providing recreational opportunities and access to the outdoors in the North Country year-round. The link below allows the general public, as well as our volunteers to keep the ACT team up-to-date on current trail conditions. If you are out and about on one of our trails and notice something that doesn’t look quite right, (tree down, washout, mud hole, overgrown vegetation, etc.) please go ahead and let us know on the “HAZARDS” page. Conor, our Trails Manager, will address the hazard and organize an opportunity to fix these problems with volunteers who wish to join.

Thank you for your continued support and excitement for outdoor recreation. See you on the trails!

Reporting Table

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17mOuLR6ptI0srsjPedrjqdjDvOxj_3756gSVoGQRYLM/edit?usp=sharing

ACT Needs Tools! 

ACT’s Trails Program is growing and needs both hand and power tools to better maintain and grow our local trail systems. Do you have some equipment in the garage that you no longer use? We’d love to help you clear out some space! 

Refer to the list below for the tools that we are most in need of.  

If your tools are old(er), dull, or a bit rusty -- no problem -- we can fix them right up! However, we ask that you do not donate tools that are broken or are no longer functioning for their intended use.  

If you think you may have some things to donate, please contact Trails Program Manager Conor at [email protected] to coordinate. 

Hand Tools: 

• Loppers 

• Hand Saws 

• Rogue or Hazel-type Hoes 

• Pick Mattocks 

• Cutter Mattocks 

• Axes or Pulaskis 

• Rakes 

• Sledgehammers 

• Silky saw

Power Tools: 

• Chainsaw 

• Weedwhacker

Other:  

• Chainsaw Chaps: gently used and in good shape 

• Work Gloves: unused  

• Hard Hats: unexpired and in good shape 

• Mill Bastard Files: in good shape 

• Wire Brushes 

• Wheelbarrow  

• 5-gallon Buckets

• Tarp

• Webbing

• Toolbelt / holster

• Safety Glasses

Lastly, we need volunteers to swing these tools! If you’re interested in helping on ACT trails, please reach out to Conor at [email protected] for more information.