Friends of the Dillon Ranger District is the official volunteer partner of the U.S. Forest Service unit that manages the White River National Forest lands surrounding Breckenridge — which means the trails you hike here are, in large part, kept up by its volunteers.

From its Silverthorne base, FDRD organizes more than 60 volunteer projects a year, concentrated in the May-to-October trail season: building and maintaining trails, planting trees, pulling invasive weeds and supporting forest-health work across Summit County's public lands.

Here's the good part for travelers: you can join. Summer trail days are open for sign-up directly on the fdrd.org events calendar, and the organization also runs free guided tours and a speaker series. A morning of trail work makes a more memorable souvenir than most things on Main Street.