BVTS Events for 2025
Saturday, June 21st - 8:30am
Trail Work Day & Complimentary Lunch
Come out and join us for a morning of camaraderie while working alongside your friends and neighbors.
(BVTS Co-Leads for this Trail Work Day are Paul Peterson and Gary Bissell)
JOIN US- For a morning of trailwork on Saturday, June 21st, to help maintain and repair some of your favorite local trails. This involves raking, fixing drains, repairing erosion, and lopping branches and brush.
Work will be followed by a complimentary Trail Workers Lunch sponsored by the Bear Valley Trail Stewardship with good food, good friends and of course, refreshments for young and adults.
WHEN- Trail Work from 8:30 to noon on Saturday-6/21, followed by a 12:30pm trail workers lunch at the picnic tables next to the Bear Valley Adventure Center.
NOTE- Please park in the lot across from the frisbee golf course so we don't crowd out BVAC customer parking.
MEET at the Bear Valley Adventure Center (BVAC - aka: gas station) at 8:30am for a short introduction and tool safety briefing. From there we will divide up and car pool to the job sites. We usually knock off by noon and return by 12:30pm for a complimentary lunch.
WHO- Bring friends and especially family, as there are working levels for everyone!
BRING- Don’t forget gloves, hat, sunscreen, along with sturdy shoes, water and snacks. Many tools will be provided, but may be in short supply, so if you have your own favorite tool, please bring it. Be sure to mark all tools with your name.
More information at: BearValleyTrails.org
-or- email: Gary@bearvalleytrails.org
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~ Good People, good food, good times... Bear None ~
(archived)
Trail Workers
JUST-4-FUN
Volunteer Thank You Day
Saturday, September 28th - Meet 9:30am BV Adventure Center
Come and join all our volunteers who have helped
maintain and build our local Bear Valley trails throughout the years.
Join us on Saturday, September 28th at 9:30am for our JUST-4-FUN festival of thanks! No work today - just plain fun! Details coming soon will include group rides to check out all your hard work, hikes, OctoberFest themed lunch by BVTS and a swag drawing as our thanks to all of you.
So, if you have volunteered helping build or maintain our local trails sometime during the past years come and join us for a day of activities and fun! Families of trail volunteers are also welcome.
(so we know how many meals to prepare)
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Questions? Reply to this Email Gary.Bissell@bearvalleytrails.org
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2024 Trail Work Schedule
Current Trail Conditions
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Bear Valley to Silvertip Campground Trail
Current Status: Clear
Survey Results:
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Silvertip Campground to Lake Alpine Trail
Current Status: Clear
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Lake Alpine Bypass Trail - North segment (above cabins)
Current Status: Clear
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Lake Alpine Loop Trail - Three Creeks segment
Current Status: Clear
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Lake Alpine Loop - South segment (Duck Lake Trail to Dam)
Current Status: See below
Survey Results:
Details: No logs down, but trail is very rough for mountain biking (double black diamond) near outlet.
Resolutions:
Details: No logs down, but trail is very rough for mountain biking (double black diamond) near outlet.
Lake Alpine Loop - Dam to spillway & beyond (West end Month Trail)
Current Status: No report yet
Survey Results:
Details: Spillway crossing very rough for mountain bikes. Bridge is broken but passable for hiking.
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Rings Trail (lower)
Current Status: Clear
Survey Results: Gary B. 7/15/23
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Resolutions: Kenny 7/17/23
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Oddenn Trail (Upper Rings)
Current Status: No report yet
Survey Results:
Details: Status unknown
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Lower Woodchuck Basin Trail (Woodchuck basin to Three Creeks)
Current Status: Clear
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Powerline Trail
Current Status: Clear except for creek crossing but passable
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Elusive Trail (Corral Hollow Ridge down to Corral Hollow OHV Road)
Current Status: Clear
Survey Results: 6
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Upper Tamarack Trail (aka: AT&T Trail)
Current Status: A few small logs over trail, but passable
Survey Results:
Details: Reported as clear
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Lower Tamarack Trail
Current Status: A few logs over trail, but passable
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Cape Horn Trail
Current Status: Clear
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Lodgepole Trail (Highway 207 to campground)
Current Status: No report yet
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Elephant Rock Lake Trail
Current Status: No report yet
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Mosquito Lake to Pacific Valley Trail
Current Status: Clear
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Rodeo Clown Trail
Current Status: No report yet
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Cow Camp Trail
Current Status: Clear No report yet
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Granite Slab Trail -
Current Status: Clear and rideable
Survey Results:
Details: All clear with no issues.
Resolutions: No work needed
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Emigrant Trail - From Hwy 4 to Slick Rock Road
Current Status: Passable. Needs raking near highway
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Upper and Lower Loki Trail plus Thor Trail
Current Status: Clear No report yet
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Osborne Ridge Trail
Current Status: No report yet
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Wolfe-Bray Trail
Current Status: No report yet
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Connector Trail from Cape Horn to Woodchuck
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Past Trail Work Events
Trail Events from 2019 and later
(archived)
"Elusive Trail"
Trail Work Day with
BVTS volunteers
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-Saturday, September 7th-
Come and join us for a Trail Work Event, combined with a hike (almost all downhill), that starts at the top of the Ski Area. We will carpool to this drop-off point which has some fantastic views, so if you have a pack, bring your camera! We will hike with light-work for 1 mile down the Corral Hollow ridge to the trailhead.
(click on map for a larger view).
TRAIL WORK: The Elusive Trail is 1.5 miles long and needs some logs removed, a few minor re-routes and some drainage and tread repairs. At the end of this trail, there is a 1 mile hike down the Corral Hollow OHV Route to Highway 4 and BV. All together, this combined work/walk is 3.5 miles, (again downhill), from the top of the Ski Area (drop off point), to BV at Highway 4.
MEET at the Bear Valley Adventure Company at 8:30 am where we will have a quick tool safety briefing, then car pool to the top-of-the-world.
BRING water, snacks, gloves wear long pants, long sleeve shirts and don't forget a hat. Tools will be provided to all those who do not have their own, but if you have a favorite, please bring it along.
For more details, see: BearValleyTrails.Org for the latest information and more
or email Mike@bearValleyTrails.Org
(archived)
"Lake Alpine Loop"
Trail Work Day with
BVTS volunteers
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-Saturday, August 24th-
Last Saturday (8/24), 22 volunteers came out to help build the new (reclaimed) trail from Woodchuck Basin to Lake Alpine. Great progress was made and the build was completed to about 2/3rds of the way up. A big thanks to Sierra Nevada Brewery for bringing in 12 volunteers from the Sierra Nevada Ale for Trails Project to help out and to the other 20 local volunteers who came out to help. We will make a serious attempt to complete the trail on Saturday (8/3).
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(archived)
"Ales for Trails"
Trail Work Day with
Sierra Nevada Brewery volunteers
and BVTS volunteers
-Saturday, August 3rd-
On Saturday (8/3), 32 volunteers came out to help build the new (reclaimed) trail from Woodchuck Basin to Lake Alpine. Great progress was made and the build was completed to about 2/3rds of the way up. A big thanks to Sierra Nevada Brewery for bringing in 12 volunteers from the Sierra Nevada Ale for Trails Project to help out and to the other 20 local volunteers who came out to help. We will make a serious attempt to complete the trail on Saturday (8/3).
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(archived)
"Open the Trails"
Trail Work Day
Saturday - June 29th
First Trail Work Event - Saturday, June 29th
32 volunteers stepped up to open our local trails!
Our first official trail work day of the season was our biggest yet! Thirty two volunteers showed up to help work on 4 of our main local trails. After a brief welcome and safety briefing by USFS, we divided into three groups and headed out for a few hours of trail work. Some folks hit the Upper Tamarack Trail from both ends. After opening drains, removing downed trees and debree, they event found time to start onto the Lower Tamarack Trail and got the first portion of that cleared as well. These may
involve the ATT trail between B
Center at 8:30am and car pool to the work sights. Another group worked on the top half of the Silvertip to BV trail, loggin downed trees, filling erosion trenches and creating new drains. After that, they even found time to work on the start of the Lower Rings Trail from Hwy 207 to the first creek. Other groups did similar work on the Emigrant Trail, the lower half of Silvertip to BV trail and then came into town and worked on clearing the trail below Granite Slab.
Overall it was one of our best trail work days and a great start to a new summer trail season.
(archived)
USFS Chain Saw Class
USFS Chain Saw Certification Class
Saturday, June 22nd
David McCrea with the FS is scheduling the BVTS chain saw certification class for June 22 at the FS station in Dorrington at 10:00 am. The class will take most of the day so bring lunch. The class covers the mechanics of a chain saw, chain saw safety and proper chain saw use techniques. Participants need to wear long pants, ankle high (8 - inches) boots preferably leather, long sleeve shirt and eye protection. If your have leather gloves, hard hat and sawer's chaps please bring them. In order to get your certificate you must present proof of currant first aid and CPR training. The sawer's certification will allow you to operate a chain saw in the National Forest to remove downed trees blocking our trails, brushing and to drop small trees that pose a safety risk to trail users. Dropping large trees is not covered by the class and certificate. We report the larger trees to the FS for them to remove.
No cost.
If you are interested in taking this class please contact Mike Cooke at mike.cooke@bearvalleytrails.org
