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 Scouting America 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.
- If you are planning to earn the 50-miler patch at Philmont, you will need to put in 7 hours here and pick up 3 at Philmont.
See Trek Aids for details before starting work on any awards.
Particulars
Location
Various sites throughout the District
Contact
Rob Langsdorf, mctrob@yahoo.com Or: Rich Reeder, dsrtfreak@msn.com
Be sure to contact the Trail Building Team above to sign up and to check on meeting date & location (these are subject to change) if you plan to join us on any of these construction outings.
Each worker should bring:
- 4 liters of water
- Lunch
- Work gloves
- Weather protection
- Daypack to have hands free to carry tools
Schedule
Offered various weekends each month except during summer.
REMINDER: Please do not just show up without contacting us first! If we lack advance sign-ups, we may cancel without notice. This is your only warning.
2024
- Jan 13 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet at the junction of S-2 and S-22.
- Feb 03 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet at the junction of S-2 and S-22.
- Feb 24 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
- Mar 16 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
- Apr 20 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
- May 18 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
- Jun 01 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay.
- Sep 21 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. (HALTT)
- Oct 05 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. D
- Oct 26 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. D
- Nov 16 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. D
- Dec 07 @ 7 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay. D]
