Trail Building

Description

A one-day course to teach Scouts trail construction and maintenance. Offered from September to May. Many Eagle Scout service projects are available.

These trail building sessions are taught as a joint effort of the High Adventure Team of the San Diego - Imperial Council of Boy Scouts and the Pacific Crest Trail Section of the SD Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Various patches/awards can be earned by doing trail work:

• TRAILSAVER Series Awards--Cummulative hours not used elsewhere:
  • Silver Trail Saver Patch -- 6 hours of trail work.
  • Forest Conservation Patch -- 12 hours of trail work.
  • Gold Trail Saver Patch -- 18 hours of trail work.
  • Trail Blazing Patch -- 24 hours of trail work.
  • Trail Saver Ribbon/medal -- 30 hours of trail work.
• Pacific Crest Trail Hiking Award -- Backpack 15 miles on PCT and Do 4 hours of work on PCT or PCT feeder trail within 6 months of hike.
• Pacific Crest Trail Builder Award -- Do 6 hours of PCT trail work.
• Pacific Crest Trail Footprint -- For an additional 15 miles of PCT hiking & 2 hours of trail construction or maintenance work on PCT.

See Trek Aids for details before starting work on any awards.

Particulars

Schedule

Offered various weekends each month except during summer.

Be sure to call Rob Langsdorf (858/459-1726) to sign up and to check on meeting date & location (they are subject to change) if you plan to join us on any of these construction outings. If you can't reach Rob you can contact Raoul Ludwig (760/747-2871).

DATE					TIME				PROJECT
2008
Jan	5	9 AM	MCT -- Meet at dining hall. (rained out)
Jan	19	9 AM	MCT -- Meet at dining hall.
Mar	1	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Mar	29	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
May	17	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Oct	11	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Oct	25	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Nov	15	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Dec	6	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
2009
Jan	10	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Jan	31	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Feb	28	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Mar	28	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
May	16	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Oct	3	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Oct	24	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Nov	14	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Dec	5	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.