Typically for every eight to twelve weekends I spend hiking, I spend one day doing some sort of volunteer trail maintenance. (That doesn't include hiking out other people's trash I see when hiking, that I do almost every time I hike)

I know some people who spend more time doing trail maintenance then hiking. And I know other hikers who do zero trail maintenance.

What do you think is a good ratio? So that everyone shares in the burden and we get to have the trails we love.

How much trail maintenance does a thru-hiker owe the trail?