More than 300 SHTA volunteers contributed 8,000 hours to the Trail in 2022. A record-setting year! Since its beginning, volunteers have been the heart and soul of dreaming, building, maintaining, and protecting the Superior Hiking Trail. For those of you who can't join us in person, please join us for an online celebration of you […]
Join SHTA staff as we offer up all the goods on what volunteers can do to support the Superior Hiking Trail this year! We'll cover trail maintenance events, section and campsite adopting, and some new ways to volunteer including for our new Ridge Runner program and our re-invigorated guided hike program. The Zoom invitation will […]
Volunteers are the stars of the Superior Hiking Trail! In 2023, volunteers gave more than 8,000 hours of their time and energy to the SHT. Volunteers: adopted sections and campsites; cleared trails with chainsaws; built boardwalks, stone stairs, and stone creek crossings; cleaned drainage to keep the trail dry; painted blazes; lopped brush; built new trail; weed whipped; staffed our Trail Store; tabled […]
Thousands of people use the SHT each year. Some users may not be aware of good Leave No Trace techniques that will help the SHT be a sustainable trail well into the future. In 2024, we're hoping some of you will join us as Trailhead Ambassadors to help educate users in the best ways to keep […]
Want to know about awesome projects and how you can help out the SHTA in 2024? Join Trail Operations Director Tamer Ibrahim and Volunteer and Education Coordinator Barbara Budd for our annual Volunteer Opportunities Webinar on Thursday, March 7th at 7 p.m. Opportunities include: 2024 Trail Clearing Weekends (just what is a swamper, anyway?) Three […]