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The first load of rock on Bonnie & Clyde’s. A special thanks to the Parks Department, the power carrier now works perfectly. This was also the first trip on new rubber tracks. The corner/rock wall where most of our material went last session, on June 8th. Material (the dirt) was being moved to the cornerContinue reading “Our volunteers make great progress on Bonnie & Clyde’s”

The May 25th session, Memorial Day weekend, was incredible. Three new volunteers, sixteen total – getting everything done we’d hoped to accomplish. And as always, we found many photo worthy natural forms. Here Art Tuftee is upfront flagging. We’re working on the Bonnie & Clyde’s trail routing. In the background foliage is being cut withContinue reading “Memorial Day Weekend session was incredible”

On Saturday we continue our work on Bonnie & Clyde’s. We’ll flag the balance of the switchbacks, on the new routing we’ll remove the deadfall and duff. By day’s end we hope to have defined the new trail’s routing, and rerouted a section of Ridge Trail – creating more separation between the trails. Our trailContinue reading “Join us this Saturday on Bonnie & Clyde’s”

We were very pleased to have 38 kids from the Kulshan Creek Youth Program work with us. They worked hard and were a great bunch of kids. This is the only group we’ve ever had arrive in a school bus. After a brief orientation they got right to work. Every job was important. Here isContinue reading “Kulshan Creek Youth Program joined us on May 11th”

The good people of Keller Williams joined us for a trail building day on May 9th. Here are just a few photos from that day. For the entire company, the second Thursday in May is RED Day (Renew, Energize, Donate) when tens of thousands of associates from across the United States and Canada participate inContinue reading “Keller Williams chooses MVTB for their RED Day”

Thank you to all of our supporters and everyone who stopped by our booth at the Tulip Street Fair in downtown Mount Vernon. Here are two of our many fantastic volunteers, Mary Alice Vivian and Ginny Darvill, working our booth.

This Saturday, April 27th, the Skagit Valley Food Co-op will be our featured group. As always our Little Mountain trail building session starts at 10:00 am. We’ll have donated Starbucks Coffee, Haggen pastries and Co-op snacks and soft drinks. And Leslie Estep will again provide her amazing homemade soup for lunch. Thanks Leslie. Our volunteerContinue reading “Join us for a trail work party this Saturday!”

We continue our work on Bonnie & Clyde’s this Saturday. As always our session will start at 10:00AM with donated Starbucks Coffee and Haggen pastries. Skagit Valley Food Co-Op is providing snacks and soft drinks. This session Jenny Sandbo will be making us spaghetti for lunch. Thanks Jenny. And a special thanks to all ofContinue reading “We continue work on Bonnie & Clyde’s this Saturday”

Friends, followers and trail builders, It is official, the Cairn Trail is done. We’re back to parking on the main park access road, between the crosswalk and the switchback. Since parking will be somewhat limited please carpool if possible. Our tent/awning and portable toilet will be setup adjacent to the map kiosk, there at theContinue reading “Join us as we start our next project at Little Mountain!”

Our 2013 trail building season is off to a great start. We expect to finish our newest trail this coming session (3/9). It’s called Cairn Trail and it links the Nature Trail to another trail called La-Z-Boy. If you’re not familiar with the trail names please take a look at our map. When we finishContinue reading “We need your support for another year of trail building in Little Mountain Park”