Join GayOutdoors for a day of trail work on its adopted trails - Smarts Brook and Drakes Brook! We will be cleaning water drainage, cutting back vegetation growing into the trail, and removing fallen trees/limbs. 

The bonus to get guys to work is free lodging at my house Friday and/or Saturday night and the kickin' hiker feed we put on...2 breakfasts and one dinner...all FREE! You'll be eligible for a free WMNF pass after 16 hours of work. [We only have bunks for 8 guys so the first 8 that contact me wanting a bed gets one ~ let me know which nights. Everyone else is welcomed to camp outside at my house, but again, let me know. ]

Feel free to come for the day, or the whole weekend, we are not picky about it, the more hands, the better! Work with us on Saturday and do your own thing on Sunday after breakfast. With trail work you'll be learning new skills, making a positive contribution to forest areas you enjoy and getting the satisfaction of "giving back." Afterwards, as you hike the trail, you look at them with a new set of eyes.

We start at 8:30am and finish at 5pm. No trail maintenance experience is necessary, just a willingness to help. This is a rain or shine event, so watch the sky, and bring appropriate outerwear. All tools are provided.

Bring work gloves. If you have "large" loppers or hedge clippers; or small bow saws please bring them. Please dress for all weather conditions. Bring plenty of water, daypack, and lunch. Hiking boots are recommended.

The day involves hiking 8 miles, climbing 2300 feet, lots of bending up/down to clip brush and strength to remove blowdowns. 

The trails themselves are within a designated wilderness area with gurgling cascades, colorful wildflowers, green ferns, soft moss, gigantic boulders and spruce forests. It eventually lead to a NH hundred highest: Sandwich Mountain at 3,980 feet.

Event Coordinators: Mike Boisvert and Jon Normand

Please meet at my house for 8:00 am so we can distribute tools, split the group in two and arrange for carpooling.

Directions:

Take I-93 and use Exit 28. At the end of the ramp take right onto Rte 49 East for 3.5 miles and take a left on Burbank Hill Road.

During this 3.5 miles, you'll pass a traffic light where there is a dam on your right, then pass a White Mountain National Forest campground and then see the William Tell Restaurant on your left. About a mile after the restaurant, you'll see Burbank Hill Road on the left (Goose Hollow Campground sign). If you cross the Mad River on the bridge, you just missed the left turn.

Take a left onto steep Burbank Hill Road and you’ll quickly reach the top of the hill where you take your first right onto Upper Mad River Road (Hiking Sign). The road will soon turn into gravel, you'll pass two apartments on your right and then a house. My property begins right after this house and after about 200 yards you’ll see a mailbox with "676" which is my house. The house is not very visible from the road.

Please park your car in the upper lot at my house and walk down the driveway.