Trail Maps Now on Kiosks

We now have 2 Kiosks on the trail with Trail Maps and other info.  A recent Girl Scout project by Carrie C. included the construction of 2 kiosks.  These are located near mile 2.4 (the beginning of the advanced trails) and at the Gravel Pile Connector - start of the Hillside section, around mile 5.   The Girl Scouts also did some litter removal and painted over the graffiti at the first bathhouse (a redo of a previous paint job). 

A Boy Scout Eagle Project will soon be underway with more trail improvements.

A big thanks from the FOSB!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the latest map that is posted on the kiosks:

It's That Time Again - Public Lands Day - Sept 24 (Sat)

Every fall, the Corps of Engineers and the Friends of Shutes Branch hold a trail workday for Public Lands Day. This year we'll be finishing about 500 ft of trail that was rough cut this spring. If we get enough volunteers, we'll continue cutting new trail and hopefully will be exiting the woods at the bottom of the hill. Right now, it's 7.2 miles car to car, with about 1/2 mile on the campground road. Other work will include maintenance and tweaking the existing trails.

Schedule: Saturday September 24th --->>> Start at 8:30 am – End ??? Sometime in the afternoon???

Meeting Place: The parking lot at the trail-head (we’ll walk over to the end of the trail)

What to Bring/Wear: Long pants, work boots, gloves, and safety glasses. Don’t forget to bring a change of clothes for afterwards. Also, bring your favorite trail tool (make sure to put your name on it). We'll have some tools, including the world famous Weed Wrenches to pull privet and honeysuckle roots up. Also bring water and snacks to keep your energy level up.

Cookout: We’ll be cooking burgers and hot-dogs on the grill near the weather service radar tower. Food and drinks provided by the COE.

Play Time: After lunch, we’ll hit the trail and enjoy the fruits of our labor.

Latest Map and More Works Days

We're now over 7 miles of trail! Had a great ride tonight. The trail is in great shape. The new sections are already fun to ride. The latest map shows what we have built this fall/winter. The red was finished in 2010 and the green in 2011. Great job to all involved - I am very proud of this place. Good things happening there plus more in the future.

February 5th, 2011 Trail Crew

More Trail Work Days

We'll have a trail work day hosted by Eric Fisher on Saturday Feb 26th - 8:30 am. He'll have some tools, as usual. Make sure to bring gloves, safety glasses, and you favorite trail tool.

Eric will likely also lead one or two dates in March - with a couple of weekdays thrown in for those that work weekends. I'll get this posted as soon as I get info from him.

And we'll also have a "final" spring new trail clearing work day on April 23rd. We'll hopefully have great weather and a superdooper cookout at the trail. This might be the end for new trail other than reroutes and a couple of short extensions.

See ya on the trail!

Steve

Trail Work Saturday Feb 5th

It's that time again. This Saturday (Feb 5th) at 8 am, we're going to start clearing some more trail. We have about 1/2 mile to cut or complete. And if we get enough people, I'll send some out to do a little maintenance on the existing trail.

We'll meet around 8 am and try to start cutting trail by 8:30. There will be signs directing you to the parking spot, the last bathhouse if you do the loop clockwise.

I'll have the brush-cutter, weedeater, weed wrenches, pruners, pick-axes, and back-pack blower. If you have a good rake, pick-axe, favorite pair of pruners or other tools, bring them too. Make sure to label them with your name.

We'll end around 12:30 or so and might send someone out for pizza or head over to Shagor and eat some Indian food.

I'm looking for volunteers to lead some trail work days in Feb - April. Let me know if you can do this.