1500 Volunteer Hours Donated
Project Zones: Willamette National Forest: Grasshopper
Project Map: https://caltopo.com/m/60PL
About This Project
This was our second year, and we started to venture North along the Willamette National Forest to the McKenzie River Ranger District. 60% of the Race was still on the Middle Fork Ranger District in Oakridge, but we needed to find new trails for the 2016 Race and the close proximity to the Oakridge area by a quick little drive up the Aufderheide and this was a clear next step for the event. This was also a year of evolving in our Trail Work Efforts and so was born our Work Parties. We held 4 formal work events this year, each with a different group of people attending, including our Title sponsors Shimano and Santa Cruz and the fine folks from local PNW retailer EVO. Each of these groups donated time, money or tools to the cause and were a huge factor in opening up and maintaining our backcountry networks this year.
On the Middle Fork Ranger District, we still had work to do to get Grasshopper up and running.
The McKenzie River Ranger District is home to the McKenzie River Trail, a trail known for it’s majestic waterfalls and sapphire blue pools of crystal clear river water and peppered with Old Growth Trees. Adjacent to this beautiful landmark is a trail network called Ollalie, Olearie, Kings Castle. Considerably more primitive, we focused 2 of 4 work parties in this area in search for new trails and maintain existing trails.
Behind the Scenes Year 2 Work Party Video
