Tag Archives: Skagit Trail Builders

Trail Update: Sept 14 Work Party at Hill Creek Trail

We are looking forward to welcoming our volunteers back on Sept 14! Our plan is to put the finishing touches on Hill Creek Trail and the bonus loop. We will build up the trail tread using mineral soil and concentrate on trail side restoration: We are also happy to share that two of our YouthContinue reading “Trail Update: Sept 14 Work Party at Hill Creek Trail”

Getting ready for a new build season with a new poster

We are looking forward to gathering with our trail community on Sept 14 for our first work party of the 2024-2025 build season! There’s been a lot going on behind the scenes this summer to prep for fall work parties – creating a 2018-2024 project report, drafting our 2024-2025 plan, ordering new tools, calculating materials,Continue reading “Getting ready for a new build season with a new poster”

Trail Update: Thanks for a great build year!

We concluded our build year for 2023-2024 on a beautiful day, working with amazing people. The Trail! Thanks to incredible support from our community, Hill Creek Trail is now ready for summer hikes, cycling, and exploration! The trail stretches a little over 2 miles, following Hill Creek from the Pump House Bridge all the wayContinue reading “Trail Update: Thanks for a great build year!”

Trail Update: Finishing Hill Creek Trail just in time for summer visitors!

June 22 is our last volunteer work party before we take summer break! Our goal is to complete the Hill Creek Loop Trail so that summer visitors enjoy a level and compact surface surrounded by trees, grass, and wild flowers. We’ll also be working on a bonus loop, removing sod and building up the treadContinue reading “Trail Update: Finishing Hill Creek Trail just in time for summer visitors!”

Trail Update: A Great Day with the Mountaineers!

Participants from the Mountaineers GoHike Course joined us on May 25, 2024, for a day of park stewardship and trail exploration. Founded by Liz McNett Crowl and a friend, the GoHike Beginners Course began in 2020. The course offers hikes and urban walks and provides training on related topics such as gear, conditioning, nutrition, hydration,Continue reading “Trail Update: A Great Day with the Mountaineers!”

Trail Update: Catching garden snakes and training drivers

A little sunshine makes all the difference! We had a fun work party on May 11. Our volunteers mixed some play into their work catching garden snakes, playing with a visiting dog and some pack goats (sorry we didn’t get a good picture of that – maybe someone can send us their photo?) Kip trainedContinue reading “Trail Update: Catching garden snakes and training drivers”

Trail Update: Skagit Alpine Club clears the connector trail to the north bridge site AND the plan for April 13

Are you excited about the new bridge? We are! The beams have been delivered and on April 6 Skagit Alpine Club cleared the connector trail linking Hill Creek Trail to the bridge site. They were an enthusiastic, curious, super-fun crew to work with. And, so fast! We accomplished far more in this specially scheduled sessionContinue reading “Trail Update: Skagit Alpine Club clears the connector trail to the north bridge site AND the plan for April 13”

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”