Chairback Gap or Cloud Pond Privy Build

We’re building new privies at the Chairback Gap and Cloud Pond campsites this summer, and need your help! The plan is for the materials to be helicoptered to these sites on one day during the period August 1-16. We’ll build them after that (which privy we do first or second is to-be-determined). Access to either of these campsites involves at least a couple of miles of hiking with ~1,000 feet of elevation gain and a possible bushwhack. Please join us! Those of you involved in past projects can attest to the camaraderie, satisfaction, and good fun with these projects!

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Chairback Gap or Cloud Pond Privy Build

We’re building new privies at the Chairback Gap and Cloud Pond campsites this summer, and need your help! The plan is for the materials to be helicoptered to these sites on one day during the period August 1-16. We’ll build them after that (which privy we do first or second is to-be-determined). Access to either of these campsites involves at least a couple of miles of hiking with ~1,000 feet of elevation gain and a possible bushwhack. Please join us! Those of you involved in past projects can attest to the camaraderie, satisfaction, and good fun with these projects!

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Chairback Gap or Cloud Pond Privy Build

We’re building new privies at the Chairback Gap and Cloud Pond campsites this summer, and need your help! The plan is for the materials to be helicoptered to these sites on one day during the period August 1-16. We’ll build them after that (which privy we do first or second is to-be-determined). If the airlift happens between August 1-9, then we’ll start building August 10-11. If not, the builds will be pushed to the following two weekends. Access to either of these campsites involves at least a couple of miles of hiking with ~1,000 feet of elevation gain and a […]

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Moxie Bald Privy Build

We’re building a new privy at the Moxie Bald campsite, and need your help! We might also be finishing boating materials to the campsite if we don’t finish on June 1. Those of you involved in past projects can attest to the camaraderie, satisfaction, and good fun with these projects!

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Chairback Gap or Cloud Pond Privy Site Prep

This summer we’re building new privies at Chairback Gap and Cloud Pond, and need your help! On July 6-7 we’ll do the site prep at either Chairback Gap or Cloud Pond (we’ll decide as the date nears based on some recon this spring). This will involve felling some trees and digging to get a flat surface. Access to either of these campsites involves at least a couple of miles of hiking with ~1,000 feet of elevation gain and a possible bushwhack.

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Chairback Gap or Cloud Pond Privy Site Prep

This summer we’re building new privies at Chairback Gap and Cloud Pond, and need your help! On July 6-7 we’ll do the site prep at either Chairback Gap or Cloud Pond (we’ll decide as the date nears based on some recon this spring). This will involve felling some trees and digging to get a flat surface. Access to either of these campsites involves at least a couple of miles of hiking with ~1,000 feet of elevation gain and a possible bushwhack.

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Moxie Bald Privy Site Prep and Materials Boating

We’re building a new privy at Moxie Bald campsite, and need your help! On June 1 we’ll do the site prep including felling a couple of trees, digging to get a flat surface, and installing the base 4x6s. We’ll also boat some of the materials to the campsite (as long as we find a boat; let us know if you have one!). We want to get the site primed for the build on June 22-23!

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Campsite Maintainer Wanted – White Cap District

Carl A. Newhall Campsite – Be the maintainer for a campsite named for a MATC legend! The Newhall campsite is located in the beautiful White Cap range and near Gulf Hagas. Drive access is via Katahdin Iron Works and an old logging road, but no special vehicle is required. Walk access is about 2.6 miles with ~700 feet of elevation gain. This campsite has a lean-to, tent sites, as well as a moldering privy. Privy maintenance involves “raking the pile”, but it’s really not that bad (witnesses available upon request); become a MATC “turd herder!” More information on campsite maintainer duties and privy maintenance. […]

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Cranberry Stream Privy Haul

We need your help getting materials to the Cranberry campsite on August 31! The privy was pre-built in May and is now packaged into ~150 bundles that are about 15-30 pounds. Volunteers are needed to shoulder this material to the campsite; a group of Colby College students will be there to help too. It’s about a 0.9 mile walk with 220 feet of elevation to the campsite. Many hands make lighter work, and we need many hands for this project. Those of you involved in past projects can attest to the camaraderie, satisfaction, and good fun with these projects!

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Pierce Pond Privy Haul

We need your help getting materials to the Pierce Pond campsite on June 10! The privy was pre-built in May and is now packaged into ~150 bundles that are about 15-30 pounds. Volunteers are needed to shoulder this material to the campsite. It’s about a 0.5 mile walk over flat terrain to the campsite, so it doesn’t get much easier than that! Many hands make lighter work, and we need many hands for this project. Those of you involved in past projects can attest to the camaraderie, satisfaction, and good fun with these projects!

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