Adirondack Mountain Club

This training day is geared toward new volunteer Lean-to Adopters. Throughout the day we will be going over the requirements of the Lean-to Adopter position. This includes:

• cleaning of fireplaces or fire rings
• removal of accumulated garbage and other refuse
• removal of fallen trees and woody debris (blowdown) in the lean-to site
• replacement or repair of privy doors
• privy relocation
• register maintenance

The exact meeting location is still TBD but barring too much lingering snow cover, we will be somewhere in the Lake Placid area. I will reach out to folks a week in advance of the training day with our exact meeting location. If snow cover seems like it might be an issue, we will likely move farther south, in which case I will reach out at least two weeks in advance with the new location.

Participants should be prepared to work in the rain, bugs, cold, and mud! We will be hiking a total of up to 6 miles, and carrying tools with us. Work we might do includes any of the aforementioned Lean-to Adopter duties, except for relocating a privy. If you are interested in learning how to relocate a privy, I'm hoping to do a privy-moving project (or two!) in the Fall. If you are interested, shoot me an email!

Please bring water, lunch, snacks, a good pair of hiking boots and a backpack with at least 30-liter capacity. Tools will be provided.

Lodging

For those needing a place to stay the night before and/or after, campsites at the Heart Lake Wilderness Campground will be available free of charge to volunteers.

*ADK cannot guarantee a time the project will be finished.