Trail Building

Description

A one-day course to teach Scouts trail construction and maintenance. Offered from September to May. Eagle Scout candidates can be trained in trail construction for projects that they develop off of BSA property.

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 (858/454-4777) 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
2010
Jan	9	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Jan	30	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Feb	27	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Mar	27	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
May	15	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Oct	9	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Oct	23	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Nov	13	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Dec	4	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
2011
Jan	8	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Jan	22	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Feb	5	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Mar	5	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Mar	19	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
May	21	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
Oct	8	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Oct	29	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Nov	19	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
Dec	10	9 AM	MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.