Professional Trail Crew Member

We are looking for trail crew members available May 19 through early November.

Seasonal Nonprofit

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Job Location

Noble View Outdoor Center

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Job Description

AMC is home to the oldest paid trail crew in the country, founded in 1919.  Our 2025 season is brimming with technical trail work in front-country and backcountry locations throughout our beautiful and historic region of Southern New England (SNE).  We will field three Southern New England (SNE) Trail Crews in 2025, each comprised of three crew members, one assistant crew lead, and one crew lead.

Crews work ten-hour days, four days on, three days off, Monday through Thursday, with rare exceptions. Crews are to communally camp on site during the work week. Off-day/weekend communal housing is provided at AMC's Noble View Trails Facility in Russell, MA, and includes Wi-Fi, a kitchen facility, common areas, trail access, and fellowship with other AMC seasonal employees.

Project work for the 2025 season includes a wide variety of traditional trail crew work including treadway improvements, the construction of rock staircases, timber bridges, boardwalks, and more. Our Southern New England crews will also construct at least one All-Persons-Trail (APT) during the 2025 field season. Crews will use a variety of machinery including excavators, skid steers, compactors, and power wheelbarrows to build a 5-foot-wide gravel surfaced trail that will provide all persons’ access to green spaces throughout the region. AMC will provide on the job training in machine operation.

Training opportunities include Wilderness First Aid, outdoor leadership training, axe and crosscut use and maintenance, chainsaw use and maintenance, rigging, drilling and splitting rock, heavy equipment operation, and more.

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