Happy Valentine’s Day to all the trail lovers who donated their time to Quarry Trail on Feb 14, 2026! Beth from United General District 304 treated us to decadent butter cookies cleverly decorated with the STB logo! How’s that for love? We couldn’t have asked for a better crew to help us accomplish our goalsContinue reading “Trail Update: Valentine’s Day on Quarry Trail”
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Trail Update: Work Party plan for Feb 14, 2026
Background The Port of Skagit is developing the spur trail to the top of South Knoll. Pit run and rock were recently delivered to the base of the south knoll, utilizing section 3. Because of the uncertainty of the timeline, the Port has decided that they will finish section 3, freeing us up to potentiallyContinue reading “Trail Update: Work Party plan for Feb 14, 2026”
Trail Update: Freezing Temps and Sunshine! Building Quarry Trail on January 24.
In spite of freezing temperatures, we had a solid turn-out of 22 volunteers at our January 24, 2026 work party. We had a late-breaking change to our work party plan, shifting our focus from final capping on section 3, to prep, rock walls, and restoration on section 2. (Love those kind of details? (Read theContinue reading “Trail Update: Freezing Temps and Sunshine! Building Quarry Trail on January 24.”
Trail Update: Our Work Party plan for Saturday, January 24, 2026…Building Quarry Trail!
Join us Saturday, January 24, 2026 as we are continue building Quarry Trail on Port of Skagit property to expand the Northern State Trail System! About the Project Quarry Trail connects with Sedro-Woolley’s newly developed Olmsted Park, creating loops with Brickyard Creek Trail and Winfield Trails, passing landmarks from the Historic Northern State Hospital. WeContinue reading “Trail Update: Our Work Party plan for Saturday, January 24, 2026…Building Quarry Trail!”
Trail Update: Good times building Quarry Trail…photos and video from our Jan 10, 2026 work party
For planning purposes, Quarry Trail is divided into 3 sections (see map below). On January 10, 2026, our volunteer crew made excellent progress! The trail surface is nearly complete on Section 3; out-sloped, drained, and compacted for sustainability and trail user’s enjoyment. Our restoration crew did their magic so this segment of trail looks likeContinue reading “Trail Update: Good times building Quarry Trail…photos and video from our Jan 10, 2026 work party”
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