Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) lean-to adopters are volunteers who donate their time to maintaining a lean-to, replacing registers, and reporting issues. Lean-to adopters must be at 18 years of age.

New lean-to adopters are required to attend a mandatory training on Saturday, April 18, Sunday, April 26, or Saturday, May 2.

We are no longer accepting applications for 2026. We will begin accepting applications for 2027 in December.