2026 Seasonal Crew Member Profiles

Please take a moment to learn about our 2026 Seasonal Trail Crew.

Evan Smith - Trail Crew Lead

Where you're from:
(Current): Snowshoe, WV

Experience doing trailwork:
2 Seasons: Trail Maintenance Technician
1 Season: Trail Crew Lead

What you love about the Snowshoe Highlands?
The variety in trails. Whether gravel, enduro, gravity, xc, or road, there is a new trail for every day.

What’s your favorite way to recreate?
Afternoon Mountain Bike Rides in Pocahontas County

Aydan Fedak

Where you're from:
Bartow, WV

Experience doing trailwork:
I am new to doing trailwork.

What you love about the Snowshoe Highlands?
I love the vast range of different trees and trail.

What’s your favorite way to recreate?
Loves to hike, fish, and hunt.

Max Chamberlin

Where you're from:
Slatyfork, WV

Experience doing trailwork:
I am new to trailwork & love it!

What you love about the Snowshoe Highlands?
I love the soil and pines of the Snowshoe Highlands

What’s your favorite way to recreate?
Riding my bike.

Carter Faulknier

Where you're from:
Marlinton, WV

Experience doing trailwork:
I have done trailwork here and there just for fun.

What you love about the Snowshoe Highlands?
Endless opportunities to be outdoors.

What’s your favorite way to recreate?
Mountain Biking

Joel Carr - Trail Crew Lead

Where you're from:
Upper peninsula of Michigan

Experience doing trailwork:
10 years of trailbuilding and maintenance experience

What do you love about the Snowshoe Highlands?
My favorite part of the highlands is timber stands with moss pillows when the fog rolls in.

What is your favorite way to recreate?

Gravity Sports

Cole Miller

Where you're from:
Fincastle, Virginia

Experience doing trailwork:
I spent two summers building trails for Sugar Mountain

What you love about the Snowshoe Highlands?
The rich biodiversity and beauty of the dense forests

What’s your favorite way to recreate?
Whitewater Kayaking

Cillian Murphy

Where you're from:
Originally from Michigan, but currently Woodrow, WV

Experience doing trailwork:
Kind of new to trailwork.

What you love about the Snowshoe Highlands?
It’s great getting to work with this SHARC crew.

What’s your favorite way to recreate?
Learning and seeing new parts of West Virginia.