The most recent volunteer trail work session was a resounding success with 23 people digging into maintenance tasks on Lane’s Trail in Adams Gulch. Trail Adopters, The Elephant’s Perch, and partners to the project, the Wood River Bicycle Coalition, Sawtooth National Forest – Ketchum Ranger District, and the BCRD, pulled together to promote the event…
Month: May 2017
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Sunnyside Maintenance
by Ashley Knox, BCRD Trails Coordinator •
Cold temperatures and a few snow flakes couldn’t slow the trail volunteers who showed up last Wednesday night to work on Sunnyside Trail in Adams Gulch. The Sawtooth Brewery, adopter of Sunnyside Trail, and the Wood River Bicycle Coalition, Sawtooth Back Country Horsemen, Ketchum Ranger District – Sawtooth National Forest, and the BCRD came together…
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Punchline Maintenance
by Ashley Knox, BCRD Trails Coordinator •
On Wednesday evening, May 10th, thirteen volunteers performed maintenance on the BLM Punchline Trail. The Wood River Bicycle Coalition and the Sawtooth Back Country Horsemen hosted the work session. Punchline, a bicycle flow-trail. was built, in 2011. The trail includes rocky technical portions up high, and sweeping banked-turns and jumps on the lower areas of the…
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Bullion Connector Maintenance
by Ashley Knox, BCRD Trails Coordinator •
On Wednesday the Wood River Bicycle Coalition hosted a successful volunteer trail maintenance night on the Bullion Connector Trail. The event was attended by 13 volunteers and one crew leader. After a safety briefing and a discussion about the work to be performed the crew got to work. The tone of the evening was not all work, work,…
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Calling All Trail Volunteers!
by Ashley Knox, BCRD Trails Coordinator •
There are now a total of 5 volunteer trail work events scheduled in May. They are on Wednesday evenings. This is a great time of year to be working on the trails, as we have good moisture for digging and compacting soils, and people are often a little more available to volunteer now. As the BCRD…