Would you like to help protect, maintain, enhance, promote and sustain the Arizona Trail? The Arizona Trail Association is a volunteer-based organization and there are always opportunities for individuals, families, groups and organizations to participate.
There is a long list of tasks that need willing volunteers, including:
- Trail Building & Maintenance
- Running & Participatory Events
- Mailings & Office Work
- Fundraising
- Outreach booths at community events
- Speaking Engagements
If you have a particular skill to offer or just wish to help out, please click the link below to find opportunities near you, or email volunteer@aztrail.org for more information.
Check Out Our Volunteer Opportunities
Check our Calendar to find our more information on events that you might be interested in.
Volunteer Hours
Participated in recent volunteer work? Volunteers and the time they put in are the foundation of the Arizona Trail. Please use the Volunteer Dashboard to enter your hours. If you don’t have a link to your personal Dashboard, you can request one here.
Volunteers who track their time are offered awards based on the number of hours logged per year. Learn more about our volunteer award program here.
COVID-19 Field Safety
The ATA asks that volunteers to refrain from participation in any AZT activity if they have symptoms of or believe they may have been recently exposed to COVID-19. Please monitor your own health regularly and let us know if any thing changes prior to or immediately after the event.
The ATA will conduct our trail operations only when it is deemed lawful and prudent to do so, and will cooperate in full with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including temporary emergency orders.
Trail Skills Institute
Are you interested in learning more about properly monitoring, maintaining and constructing trails? Are you a steward of the Arizona Trail or are you interested in helping out with trail projects? Do you like to get your hands dirty while learning valuable skills at the same time? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then make your reservations today for the upcoming trail training events! Check the Trail Skills Institute page for dates and locations.
Volunteering With a Group
Trail work is a great way to give back to the trail community, and can also be an amazing opportunity to build team, have fun with your friends or meet corporate volunteerism goals.
If you’re looking for volunteer opportunities for groups and organizations you can look through the list of current opportunities on our volunteer portal, or we can look at scheduling an opportunity specially tailored to your group. Just contact us at volunteer@aztrail.org.
We look forward to seeing you on (and off) the trail!
American Express Serve2Gether Volunteers on AZT Passage 16
Challenge 43
The ATA’s Challenge 43 is a special program for ambitious volunteers who want to explore the whole 800 miles of the Arizona Trail from a service perspective. We’ll help you track your participation in work events and projects on all 43 passages of the trail. When you’ve completed the Challenge, there’s a special prize in it for you!
