Category Archives: Photos

Trail Update: Forty-eight Volunteers at our March 23 work party.

Straight up, friends….the weather was terrible! Rain, rain, and lots more rain. But, we had a great crew and made good progress on Hill Creek Trail. Students and parents from the Kids-N-K9s 4H Club worked on digging blackberries in the wildflower meadow (aka “The Big Meadow”). They worked through the wet weather with songs andContinue reading “Trail Update: Forty-eight Volunteers at our March 23 work party.”

Trail Update: Good people, good times, and good progress at our March 9 work party

Wind gusts and a few rain drops couldn’t keep our crew away from their favorite trail project! We had another great day thanks to our marvelous community of volunteers. They showed up with open hearts and good humor, ready to learn, work hard, and make progress on this amazing community asset. One team worked onContinue reading “Trail Update: Good people, good times, and good progress at our March 9 work party”

Trail Update: Building sustainable trails takes a lot of work and coordination

A sustainable trail that is a pleasure to walk takes a lot of coordination and work to build! Volunteers carried this culvert from the trail head to the installation site near the big meadow (it is heavy). Robert and Kip drove loads and loads of rack (about 1-mile round trip) to fill the mud-hole. Cruz,Continue reading “Trail Update: Building sustainable trails takes a lot of work and coordination”

Trail Update: Oh, man. What a wet day!

Oh man. What a wet day! We had thirty-two volunteers at our work party on Saturday, February 24, 2024, building trail in the mud and drizzle. In spite of rain, much progress was made on the trail corridor through the big meadow, including digging blackberry crowns, creating drainage, installing rock and a culvert. We wereContinue reading “Trail Update: Oh, man. What a wet day!”

Trail Update: Swimming in an Atmospheric River…

An atmospheric river released it’s bounty on our work party volunteers on Saturday, January 27, resulting in muddy conditions and a lot of laughter. Many thanks to these troopers who maintained their good humor through the steady rain and standing puddles. We achieved our goal of extending the trail out of the forest into theContinue reading “Trail Update: Swimming in an Atmospheric River…”

Trail Update: Photos from our Nov 11, 2023 Work Party

Here’s a few photos from our Nov 11, 2023 work party. Volunteers cleared organic debris and spread mineral soil, helping us achieve our goal of extending the trail to the 1.5 mile mark! It was a wet, but productive day, thanks to the work of our awesome community of folks willing to work rain orContinue reading “Trail Update: Photos from our Nov 11, 2023 Work Party”

Trail Update: We finished another 1000′ of Hill Creek Trail!

We had a great turn out-out at our Sept 23 work party. Thanks, Volunteers! We couldn’t do it without you! The “pit crew” filled buckets and buckets (and buckets) of soil from the borrow pit. We had 2 power carriers running soil from the pit to the team spreading it on the trail. Up aheadContinue reading “Trail Update: We finished another 1000′ of Hill Creek Trail!”