This Alpine Trails Stewardship Workshop combines the theory and practice of alpine trail maintenance and management based on the most current recreation ecology research and over 40 years of West End Trail Tender (WETT) experience on Franconia Ridge. The workshop will include one afternoon, and evening of presentation and discussion followed by a full day field trip on the Crawford Path. We will use Guy and Laura Waterman's The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping and Wilderness Ethics: Environmental Issues for Hikers and Campers as reference texts.

The workshop is led by Nat Scrimshaw, who carries on the tradition of WETT and Waterman's on Franconia Ridge. Nat has been the trail adopter on Franconia Ridge for 17 years and is currently Chair of the World Trails Network - Hub for the Americas and Co-Chair of the International Trails & Sustainability Task Team.