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We’d like to thank Cody Audette of Big Lake Cafe & Grocery for donating soup for the trailbuilders at lunch duing our March 10th session. Also, thanks to Larry Otos, the Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation Director, for coming out and giving us a hand on the trail.

Thanks to Big Rock Cafe & Grocery for being our featured group for the upcoming session. We will be having another work party this Saturday, March 10th. We’ll be continuing work on the nature trail. We’ll meet in Little Mountain Park. Fresh Haggen pastries and Starbucks coffee will be provided. See you there!

We had a good turnout this last session despite the rain and snow. Progress was made on the other end of our new nature trail which will eventually connect to La-Z-Boy. The snow was sticking on the Little Mountain Park access road so the Parks Dept. decided to keep the gate close that day. WeContinue reading “Nature trail work continues”

We’d like to thank The Porterhouse for their support. They are this session’s featured group. This Saturday we will be working on the upper end of our new nature trail where it connects to La-Z-Boy. We meet in Little Mountain Park at 10:00am and usually work until about 4:30pm. We will start the morning withContinue reading “Join our trail work session this Saturday the 25th”

This past Saturday the weather was beautiful and we had enough volunteers that we split into two groups. One group performed maintenance and improvements on our existing trails Upper Surfer’s Way, Huff and Puff, and La-Z-Boy. The other group began work on the new Nature Trail which will connect Little Mountain Road to La-Z-Boy. WeContinue reading “Work has begun on the Nature Trail”

We’re proud to have Skagit Cycle Center as our featured group this session. The MVTB promotional wheelbarrow is out front of their Burlington shop. This Saturday we will begin work on the new nature trail which will connect Little Mountain Road to the trail system in Little Mountain Park. We will have fresh doughnuts andContinue reading “Join us for a work session this Saturday 11th”

During our January 28th session we finished two new hiking trails. The first trail, Bonnie & Clyde’s, leaves from the bottom of Fred’s Trail and heads to the west. It winds around the ridge and connects to the second new trail, Ginny’s Trail, which connects to the parking area at the top of the mountain.Continue reading “Two new trails finished on Little Mountain”

We’re very happy to have Mount Vernon Building Center as our sponsored group for our upcoming work session this Saturday, Jan 28th. Stop in and see our promotional wheelbarrow at the front counter. We have a signup sheet there in case you’d like to join us this Saturday. We are finishing a new trail onContinue reading “Mount Vernon Building Center is our featured group this Saturday”

Here’s a great video put together by MVTB member Brad Kersteins.

Come on out to Little Mountain Park to help Mount Vernon Trail Builders and our friends at Kaptein’s Ace Hardware this Saturday, January 14th. Kaptein’s Ace Hardware is our first featured volunteer group of 2012. We are looking for more groups that would like to become featured volunteer groups. Please contact us if you areContinue reading “Join Kaptein’s Ace Hardware and Mount Vernon Trail Builders for our first trail work session of 2012”