National Trails Day 2017, Santa Cruz Trail
Good Afternoon Everyone – Hope you are doing well!
The Los Padres enjoyed a great weekend of National Trails Day projects across the Los padres. Reports are still trickling in from the various projects and we hope to share photos and updates in the coming week or so. It certainly was hot out there this past weekend! While National Trails Day in June might work for the rest of the country, it’s a hot time of year in the LP. Thank you to everyone who helped out this weekend, if you have photos from wherever you were, please share, we’d love to see them!
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MANZANA SCHOOLHOUSE
TRAIL PROJECT
June 9-11
The LPFA is going to squeeze in one more long-weekend project before the backcountry gets too hot. Join us June 9-11 at Manzana Schoolhouse as we do some work on the Lower Manzana Trail, clear some downed trees from the Lower Sisquoc and clean up Manzana Schoolhouse Camp.
The plan is to meet at the Lower Manzana Trailhead on Friday June 9 at 8am. We’ll load our camping gear into trucks that will drive out to the Schoolhouse while we spend the day hiking, clearing trees and a few strategic slides along the Manzana Trail. We’ll get to the Schoolhouse with enough time to cool down in the Sisquoc, get some dinner, enjoy happy hour and watch the full moon creep over Castle Rock.
Saturday will be spent clearing the downed trees along the Lower Sisquoc, working on the lowest section of the Manzana Trail and fixing a few odds and ends around Manzana Schoolhouse Camp.
We’ll pack up Sunday, the trucks will once again carry our camping gear back to NIRA while we hike up-stream and fine-tune any remaining issues along the Manzana Trail.
As always, meals Friday night – Sunday will be provided for the volunteers. The hike in to the Schoolhouse is about 9 miles. If you can’t make it in on Friday morning, you’re still welcome to attend, we’d just like you to get to the Schoolhouse in enough time to volunteer on Saturday. Please RSVP. Should be a great time and a special final weekend of volunteering in the backcountry this season. Hope you can make it and email (INFO@LPForest.org) for more information or to sign up!
One of the endless Zaca plumes, photo Ray Ford
