trail crew
Hiking path workers
A trail crew is a group of workers who build and maintain hiking trails, often in wilderness or park settings.
The work typically involves clearing brush, constructing drainage features, and repairing erosion damage.
Trail crews may be professional park service employees, conservation corps members, or organized volunteers: I spent a summer on a trail crew in the Cascades.
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- sawyersPeople who saw wood
- chainsawsMotor-driven cutting tools
pack it out · switchbacks · erosion · clearing · brushing · logs · rocks · drainage · tread · backcountry · backcountry camp · conservation · picks · shovels · grubbing · blazes · markers · sweat
- park workerspark ranger, ranger, groundskeeper, park manager, maintenance worker
- resort jobsski instructor, ski patrol, lift operator, groomer, snowboard instructor
- ski resort jobsski instructors, ski patrol, lift operator, patrollers, snow groomers
- winter sports jobsski instructor, snowboard instructor, ski patrol, lift operator, groomer
- trail maintenanceerosion control, brush clearing, rerouting, blazing, blazes
- guidesguide, research guide, guidebook, tour guide, hiking guide
trail crewoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
white-collar workers · administrative staff · desk jockeys · paper pushers · knowledge workers
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