Trailwork Party – May 27th

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

We have had a task come up; it is part of our trails to Little Badger – we need to remove some gravel. The work will be scrapping the gravel into piles and then loading it into our gravel hauler which will then move it to nearby storage piles. We will be using Mcleods, shovels […]

Trailwork Party – May 28th

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

We have had a task come up; it is part of our trails to Little Badger – we need to remove some gravel. The work will be scrapping the gravel into piles and then loading it into our gravel hauler which will then move it to nearby storage piles. We will be using Mcleods, shovels […]

Wildflower Walk on Sagebrush Trail – May 28th

Dallas Road Parking Lot 5305 East PR 210, Richland, WA, United States

Join the Columbia Basin Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society for an adventure up Badger Mountain! Meet at the kiosk at the base of the trail just uphill of the Badger Mtn parking lot on Shockley Road. Hike the Sagebrush Trail on Badger to see the last of spring wildflowers and learn about the […]

Hike Through Time on Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Richland, W.A. – Rangers with Manhattan Project National Historical Park and Whitman Mission National Historic Site will lead a history hike up Candy Mountain on Saturday, October 15 from 12:00–2:30 pm. The inaugural “Hike Through Time” ranger program is a free, guided 3.6-mile round-trip moderate hike to the top of Candy Mountain. There will be […]

Passion and Persistence: How Badger Mountain Preserve Was Created

Join co-founder Sharon Grant in this engaging presentation about how a group of volunteers were able to create the 10-mile Badger Mountain Trail. Friends of Badger Mountain, founded in January 2003, has preserved 1,000 acres of local ridge land and created over 10 miles of trails.  How did a group of volunteers do this?  Sharon […]

Trick or Treat on the Trails

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

The YMCA of The Greater Tri-Cities is putting on a fun, family Halloween event with their own healthy twist. Families who join them for Trick-or-Treat on the Trail will enjoy an exciting family hike up Badger Mountain while dressed up in their favorite costumes! Children of all ages trick-or-treat for healthy goodies along the trail. […]

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Winter Solstice Hike

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

Plan to get to the summit before sunset, so give yourself enough time. You can join our small entourage when we leave from the Badger Mt Trailhead asphalt parking lot, at the top of Queensgate Dr, at 3:20. We'll head up the Canyon Trail, although you might use the Sagebrush route if you don't like […]

Trailwork Party – January 26th

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

Well the first week of early trail work went great! The crews worked on Thursday and Friday afternoons widening the middle of the Canyon Trail. They moving about the rocks on the downhill edge over a foot or so for about 200 feet. This is an easy way to make the trail wider. We even […]

Trailwork Party – January 27th

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

Well the first week of early trail work went great! The crews worked on Thursday and Friday afternoons widening the middle of the Canyon Trail. They moving about the rocks on the downhill edge over a foot or so for about 200 feet. This is an easy way to make the trail wider. We even […]

Spring Equinox Hike

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

Monday, March 20, is the spring equinox, on which the last sunset of winter - or the first sunset of spring - occurs at 7:12 PM. Some of us will be on top of Badger Mountain to celebrate this biannual celestial event. We'll leave from the Badger Mountain Trailhead asphalt parking lot, at the top […]