Category Archives: Work Parties

Trail Update: Blackberry control and trail progress with the Mountaineers!

On Saturday, April 27, twenty-three (23) volunteers from the Mountaineers GoHike Course joined our crew of local volunteers, bringing our team total up to 50. That’s our biggest turn-out yet! The Hill Creek Trail Loop is nearing completion. Our contractor roughed in the trail by removing turf, connecting the loop. Volunteers built up the surfaceContinue reading “Trail Update: Blackberry control and trail progress with the Mountaineers!”

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: Video! The Plan for Saturday, March 23, 2024.

We are expecting 50 volunteers for our Saturday, March 23 work party! That’s a record for us! We are going to split the crew up into 6-7 teams. Here’s the plan: Meet at the corner of Hub Dr and Planters Rd (Northern State Hospital campus) at 8:45 to sign in and grab a coffee. WeContinue reading “Trail Update: Video! The Plan for Saturday, March 23, 2024.”

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: Beams for the North Bridge have been delivered

If you’ve walked past the Elk Trail in the last few days, you may have noticed two gigantic steel beams resting in the grass. Those are the supports for the new bridge we are building this spring. The bridge will span Hill Creek and connect the Pump House Trail with Hill Creek Trail. The designContinue reading “Trail Update: Beams for the North Bridge have been delivered”