Supporting and maintaining Evans Notch Hiking Trails since 1922

Chatham Trails Association

 

Our mission is to support and maintain safe use and stewardship of the Evans Notch region of New Hampshire and Maine, through preservation and maintenance of trails and other recreational and natural resources, and through participation in related educational activities.

Preservation. Education. Participation.

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Work Weekends

Work Weekends are essential to maintaining, and preserving our trails and natural resources. We have three work weekends scheduled for 2026.

2026 Dates: Cold River Camp
May 22-25, 2026
June 5-7, 2026
October 9-12, 2026

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Trails

Chatham Trails Assoc. (CTA) maintains more than 30 hiking trails in NH and Maine. Click below to explore the trails we support and maintain in the Evans Notch region.

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Volunteer

There are lots of ways to get involved to support Chatham Trails Assoc. and the Evans Notch trails we maintain. We are always looking for up-to-date trail reports, CTA Work Weekend volunteers, and people to assist with various CTA operations like social media, fundraising and more

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Follow our journey.

View fullsize Don’t miss that fall work weekend, September 9-11. Check out the CTA website for more details or to register. chathamtrails.org
View fullsize Just some of the great work completed by volunteers during this year’s annual CTA Memorial Day trail work weekend! Interested in what else we do? Come join us at one of our next trail weekends: June 17-19 or September 9-11. Learn more and regis
View fullsize CTA is proud to announce that its new website is LIVE! Come check us out! And while you’re there, sign up for a trail work weekend! The next one is Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30. www.chathamtrails.org Let’s us know what you think!
View fullsize There’s still time to sign up for the last CTA work weekend of the season! September 10-12 at AMC’s Cold River Camp. For more information and to register, check out chathamtrails.org
View fullsize CTA is looking for volunteers for their fall trail work weekend September 10-12. Come enjoy the outdoors while giving back to the trails! For more information and to sign up, please visit chathamtrails.org. We hope to see you there!
View fullsize The CTA regrets to announce that it needs to cancel the Trails Week work weekend scheduled for June 4-6 due to logistical issues. Thank you to all who signed up. We have another work weekend coming up in September (9/10 -9/12). We hope to see you the
View fullsize The CTA would like to thank the volunteers who put in a tremendous effort at the Memorial Day work weekend to help make sure our trails are in good condition for hikers this season. The trails were patrolled and countless blowdowns cleared. (Literall
View fullsize Kailyss' journey continues! He's crossed into North Carolina, surpassed the 100 mile mark, and passed his stopping point from last April when the pandemic pulled him off the trail. He's headed to the Smokies and will soon meet up with his cousin Andy
View fullsize Looking for something to do this weekend? Want to get outside? Feel like giving back to the trails? There are still spots available for the CTA Memorial Day work weekend at Cold River Camp. Check out chathamtrails.org for more information and to regi
View fullsize He is back on the trail! Join CTA as we follow Kailyss Linnell as he continues his AT thru hike which was sadly interrupted last April. He has gotten off to a great start and is moving up Georgia from Springer through Lance Creek to Tray Mt. Wishing
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“The mountains are calling and I must go.”

-John Muir