[at-l] Updated Trail Event Calendar

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2005 Hiker Event Calendar 


Additions or corrections to this list, please!

The Southern Ruck, the NOC in Wesser, NC, Jan 14-17: www.soruck.com was 
enjoyed by over 100 hikers! The 2006 Southern Ruck will return to the NOC next 
January. Photos:2005 SOruck http://gallery.backcountry.net/2005-Soruck
The PA Ruck, Jan 28-30 http://www.artofthetrail.com/paruck was a hiker heaven 
of tuckerization, friendships old and new, learning teaching and sharing, and 
good food! Photos:http://gallery.backcountry.net/2005-Paruck
The BillVille Winter Warmer, Duncannon PA, March 4-6 more info here:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6936
The Ironmasters ALDHA Work Trip (Pine Grove Furnace SP, PA near the AT 
half-way point) March 4-6. Mostly painting and scraping, but if you're a carpenter 
or electrician your help is needed too! Contact Skeeter at hudsom@us.ibm.com
The Second Annual Appalachian Trail Summit The dates are Friday Night March 
the 18th and all day Saturday March the 19th. Held in Erwin, Tennessee. For 
more info people can contact at themissjanet@yahoo.com.
The Florida Trail Association Conference March 18-20 www.florida-trail.org
In planning stage: CDT/WES Ruck near RMNP in CO, late March
The 1st Rockies Ruck! March 25-27, in Colorado at the Estes Park YMCA near 
Rocky Mountain National Park, website: http://www.magnanti.com/rockies_ruck.htm 
ALDHA's Spring Steering Commitee April 2-3 at the Blackburn Trail Center, 
Loudon, VA
The Maine Appalachian Trail Club's 70th Annual Meeting, April 9th at the 
University of Maine Farmington www.matc.org 
The PCT ADZPCTKOP, April 22-24 Lake Moreno CA
TrailFest, in HotSprings, NC, April 22-24 www.trailfest.net
3rd Southeastern Foot Trails Conference April 28 - May 1, 2005 at Table Rock 
State Park in South Carolina. 
http://www.americanhiking.org/alliance/2005conf.html
TrailDays, in Damascus, VA May 13-15 http://www.traildays.nstemp.com/
National Trail Day is June 4th, locations TBA all across the USA 
www.americanhiking.org
Partnership for the National Trails System Conference, June 18-22, Las Vegas 
NV http://www.nationaltrailspartnership.org/
The International Appalachian Trail Gathering, June 23-26, at Anse- 
Pleureuse, Quebec. www.sia-iat.com http://www.cgmatane.qc.ca/siaiat/
The program for this summer's IAT Gathering is available as a small .doc 
file, email me if you want it.
The ATC Biennial in Johnson City, TN. July 1-8 East Tennesee State University 
www.southernhighlands2005.org & www.applachiantrail.org
BillVille's Hiker Trash Feed, the second weekend in July in Port Clinton, PA
ALDHA West Gathering Sept 30 - October 2 www.aldhawest.org
The ALDHA Gathering, in Hanover, NH, October 7-10 www.aldha.org
The National Land Trust Alliance Rally, National Land Conservation 
Conference, October 14-17 2005, Madison WI Land Trust Alliance: http://www.lta.org/ 
Rally website: http://www.lta.org/training/rally.htm

This calendar will be updated asahp as more info comes in, thanks to all who 
have contributed!

Other Trail/AT/Hiker event calendars:
Here at Whiteblaze, includes thruhike start dates and birthdays:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/calendar.php?
The ATC's official calendar, includes Board meetings and office opening and 
closings:http://www.appalachiantrail.org/about/events.html
The New Hiker Event Calendar website, an attempt to put everything in one 
place: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hikin...packing_events/
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