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
| Location: |
Various sites throughout the District |
| Contact: |
Rob Langsdorf (858)459-1726
mctrob (at) yahoo.com
or Raoul Ludwig (760)747-2871
raoul.ludwig (at) gmail.com |
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).
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PROJECT |
| 2008 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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