November 2018
November 18th Trailwork Party
This week will be the last scheduled trail work for the year because of the approaching cold weather. We need to complete adding gravel and cleaning up the lower part of the Canyon Trail. The main work will be to load the hauler on one end of its trip and on the other end to prepare the trail and then spread the new gravel. This works best with a crew of 5 or more people. So, I need helpers to…
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November 17th Trailwork Party
This week will be the last scheduled trail work for the year because of the approaching cold weather. We need to complete adding gravel and cleaning up the lower part of the Canyon Trail. The main work will be to load the hauler on one end of its trip and on the other end to prepare the trail and then spread the new gravel. This works best with a crew of 5 or more people. So, I need helpers to…
Find out more »November 16th Trailwork Party
This week will be the last scheduled trail work for the year because of the approaching cold weather. We need to complete adding gravel and cleaning up the lower part of the Canyon Trail. The main work will be to load the hauler on one end of its trip and on the other end to prepare the trail and then spread the new gravel. This works best with a crew of 5 or more people. So, I need helpers to…
Find out more »November 15th Trailwork Party
This week will be the last scheduled trail work for the year because of the approaching cold weather. We need to complete adding gravel and cleaning up the lower part of the Canyon Trail. The main work will be to load the hauler on one end of its trip and on the other end to prepare the trail and then spread the new gravel. This works best with a crew of 5 or more people. So, I need helpers to…
Find out more »Trailwork Party on November 11th
On Saturday, November 10th REI will again be teaming up with the Friends of Badger Mountain for a big work party. We plan to be widening the Canyon Trail up to the lower bench. This will involve digging out the uphill bank and pitching the dirt down into the gulley. Please note that this is weather permitting. Right now the weather looks great but if we have high winds, throwing shovel loads of dirt into it may not be a…
Find out more »Improve the Trails on Badger
Join Friends of Badger Mountain as we team up with REI for another trail service project Saturday, November 10! We will be working on the lower Canyon Trail making general repairs and widening it. The work will involve shoveling and raking. The Friends of Badger Mountain will provide all tools, please bring work gloves, snacks and water with a pack to carry them in and dress for the weather forecast. There will not be any work for those 12 and…
Find out more »Trailwork Party on November 9th
On Saturday, November 10th REI will again be teaming up with the Friends of Badger Mountain for a big work party. We plan to be widening the Canyon Trail up to the lower bench. This will involve digging out the uphill bank and pitching the dirt down into the gulley. Please note that this is weather permitting. Right now the weather looks great but if we have high winds, throwing shovel loads of dirt into it may not be a…
Find out more »Trailwork Party on November 8th
On Saturday, November 10th REI will again be teaming up with the Friends of Badger Mountain for a big work party. We plan to be widening the Canyon Trail up to the lower bench. This will involve digging out the uphill bank and pitching the dirt down into the gulley. Please note that this is weather permitting. Right now the weather looks great but if we have high winds, throwing shovel loads of dirt into it may not be a…
Find out more »Trailwork Party on November 3rd
We are still working to place rocks along the new Sagebrush Trail's downhill edge. Why the rocks? Most people think we do it to make the trail look good but the soil on the north side of Badger Mountain is made of very fine particles, mostly wind deposits. That's right, it is piled up dust and is very weak. We need to support the downhill edge of the trail or it will sluff off narrowing the trail and making it…
Find out more »Trailwork Party on November 2nd
We are still working to place rocks along the new Sagebrush Trail's downhill edge. Why the rocks? Most people think we do it to make the trail look good but the soil on the north side of Badger Mountain is made of very fine particles, mostly wind deposits. That's right, it is piled up dust and is very weak. We need to support the downhill edge of the trail or it will sluff off narrowing the trail and making it…
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