CTC's 50-Miler Award - Debuted September 1, 2006:

This award is designed to promote the individual's awareness of the Cumberland Trail and result in good personal fitness habits. The 50-miler award is presented to the individual who meets the following requirements:

1. Hike 50 miles of the Cumberland Trail; hikes may be of any length, and there is no time limit to accumulating the 50 miles. However, no segment can be repeated.
2. Record the hikes, hiking dates, mileage, and condition of trail.
3. Complete a minimum of 10 hours of service work. This can include maintenance on trail, campsites, bridges, signing, or other approved projects by the Cumberland Trail Conference (CTC).

Boy/Girl Scouts & Youth Groups must complete the additional requirements:

1. Help schedule the hikes with your leader, including logistics, gear preparation, and recruitment.
2. The individual's leader shall also sign the log, vouching for the individual's participation.

Awards: Patch and Certificate

Upon completion of the requirements and receipt of the application and $3.00 fee, each participant will be awarded a 50-Miler Patch as pictured and a certificate. Please download, print out, and complete the Application and Log Sheet. Mail the completed application and log sheet to:

Download the 50-Miler Trail Log Sheet.

BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, ROTARY AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS OFTEN WORK ON TRAILBUILDING PROJECTS Building the Cumberland Trail is a grassroots effort, driven by the communities along the trail and hikers from all over the US, in partnership with the State of Tennessee. This very successful private/public partnership is a model often cited to demonstrate the power of volunteerism. Volunteering brings benefits to both society at large and the individual volunteer. The dedicated efforts of Cumberland Trail volunteers are responsible for completing over 165 miles of trail so far. The Cumberland Trail Conference has established an extensive infrastructure of programs and trail training workshops in order to bring a wide range of organizations and individuals into our volunteer ranks. Please contact us at cumberlandtrail@rocketmail.com if you or your organization are interested in participating in building the Cumberland Trail. Programs need more than trail building muscle. We need cooks, bridgebuilders, signmakers, organizers, photographers, educators, mapmakers, etc. We need donations of food, building materials, tools, equipment, and money. Volunteers make it happen! Working toward the Girl Scout Gold Award brought family and friends to work on the trail too All received Cumberland Trail tee shirts Boy Scouts construct trail signs

Send email to cumberlandtrail@rocketmail.com

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