Author Archives: Skagit Trail Builders

We had a great group of volunteers join us on Friday and Saturday this week to get the concrete bridge footings poured. On Friday the two 36′ glulams were delivered. They were carefully moved down the trail closer to the bridge site. On Saturday Art Tuftee setup a high line across the creek where theContinue reading “Friday and Saturday were great sessions”

Our bridge is still on schedule and we hope to keep it that way. Our plan is to mix, transport, and pour concrete Friday and Saturday. We will also be moving 36′ White Alaskan Cedar Glue Lams in to the bridge site. Unfortunately this week we do not have a session sponsor, so we hopeContinue reading “Help us pour concrete bridge footings this Friday”

MVTB would like to thank the DNR fire crew for helping our trail building efforts on Little Mountain this past Friday. They were able to get some training while helping to clear the path for a new trail in Little Mountain Park.

Our plan is to finish our bridge forms and continue setting more rock and gravel. Friday we start at 9:00 am. Saturday we start at 10:00 am. Since we have no featured groups this weekend we need your help. Tomorrow please bring a lunch, but on Saturday we’ll host lunch of sandwiches, chips, and fruit.Continue reading “Join us this Friday and Saturday, June 22/23”

Please join us at a City Council meeting Wednesday evening at 7:00pm at the Mount Vernon Police Department. Mount Vernon is extremely fortunate to be faced with a once in a lifetime opportunity. This Wednesday our City Council will hear a Skagit Land Trust and Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation proposal to increase the sizeContinue reading “Please help us support the expansion of Little Mountain Park”

Thanks to Windermere Realty for their volunteer group this past Friday and Saturday. For the two days they had a total of 90.1 volunteer hours. This is our new record for our featured groups. Windermere has a corporate Community Service Day and chose our group to help. We thank them for their support. Here isContinue reading “Thanks to Windermere Realty for a great work party weekend”

This week we break ground on the bridge, digging the bridge footings. Tomorrow we will start at 9:00 am and on Saturday at 10:00 am. Lunch is being provided by Windermere Real Estate Friday and on Saturday by the Estep family. We’re doing our best to keep great lunches coming. Thanks Josh and Leslie. AndContinue reading “Join us this Friday and Saturday, June 15/16”

We’d like to send out a special thank you to the major donors who have contributed money and resources to our Nature Trail project. Without their support we would not be on track to complete our Nature Trail and bridge projects this summer. Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon $10,000 The City of Mount Vernon $10,000Continue reading “Thanking our major donors”

Our work resumes on the Nature Trail this weekend. On Friday we start at 9:00 am, on Saturday at 10:00 am. A special thanks to all of you that came out over the long weekend. We hit our average turnout numbers, which we never believed was possible. Thank you! This coming weekend will be ourContinue reading “Join us this Friday and Saturday”

We had 6 workers on Friday and 15 on Saturday. This was an excellent turnout for a holiday weekend. The lead crew removing the duff is at the point where the trail turns east. At that point, we are 175′ from the bridge site. The trail is completed about 75′ back from that point. SoContinue reading “Our May 25/26 sessions”