About Lew

Owner, Lew Shelley, has been involved with trail design, construction, and training since 1990, after decades of work with conservation organizations and supporting his outdoor education as a carpenter.

Early in his career as an outdoor educator he also ran a small contractor business building custom homes and projects that ranged from repairing rotten sills to making fine furniture. He is a NOLS alum and has been a guest instructor on several of their alumni service projects. He is also an Outward Bound alum and worked with other local outdoor programs before beginning twenty-three years with SCA (Student Conservation Association) as a trail crew leader and training instructor beginning in 1991 before he joined them full-time in several managerial positions starting in 1998. He started SnowHawk LLC in the spring of 2015.

Though home is in southwestern NH, his trail work resume includes projects throughout the U.S., including Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Using the skills honed while working with a myriad of diverse clients and a wide variety of projects, SnowHawk LLC now creates trails and structures that are sustainable, long lasting and have an appeal to all that use them.