I signed up for 3 days of trail work which turned into 2 days of work and a hike. First, the trail work:
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2025/05/humboldt-trail.html

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#hiking #BigfootTrail #volunteering #YollaBolly #TrinityNF #nature #landscape #trailwork #travel #landscape

More brush clearing on Wood Canyon Vista (Backbone) Trail in Pt. Mugu SP for National Trails Day. The crew leader says we did 610ft, which is a record for him with a crew of only 3. A crew of 4 also worked lower down.

Also not bad considering there was a running race going on (Keira Henninger Malibu 50M/50k/30k), so the trail was pretty busy. Nice to have so many runners going past thanking us for our work.

I sort of feel bad for spending so much time on this trail when there are lots of overgrown trails out there right now. The non-native mustard is crazy in places. But, this is longer term maintenance, doing tread-work and clearing older grown, so we want to finish it off.

There were some pretty big patches of poison oak. So far I've been careful when dealing with it, using a hedger so I don't have to touch it and washing my clothes and tools after. But, I'm always nervous that I wasn't careful enough. #NationalTrailsDay #TrailWork

May the 4th: Jesusita Trail Restoration.

Jesusita Trail Restoration
Saturday, May 4
8:30am to 2pm
ALL JEDI SKILLS WELCOME

Join us for a day of trail work to restore some of our community's most-used trails. Tools, instruction, and a group lunch will be provided!

Bring: Water, sunscreen, snacks, gloves, and a bike helmet

WEAR: Closed-toed shoes, long sleeves, and long pants to protect from poison oak

optional: light sabers, banthas, Star wars themed attire

8:30am meet at Cater Water Treatment Plant trailhead, 1150 San Roque Rd

RSVP Required
Contact Seve Biddle
805-564-5439
[email protected]
SantaBarbaraCA.gov/TrailWork

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I had a lovely hike up to the camp for another week of trail work (well, 4 days planned for actually working) heading up Canyon Creek in the Marble Mountain Wilderness of Kamath National Forest.
The whole story is here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/08/big-elk-canyon-creek.html

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