Working on Lawler earlier this season to help shore up some of the turns.
IT’S TIME TO GIVE LAWLER TRAIL SOME LOVE! Please join Oakridge Trails Alliance and Trans-Cascadia Excursions on Sunday, April 28th for a trail work tuneup on Lawler Trail. Our primary focus is going to be attacking some of the places where riders commonly go off the edge of the trails. These changes will improve flow and help preserve that “raw” Lawler feel and challenge level, while increasing sustainability for less maintenance in the future.
DETAILS:
Where: We will meet up at the bottom of Patterson Mountain Road off Hwy. 58 and carpool up the road from there.
Who: Everyone! Difficulty: Intermediate. Prepare to hike up and down sometime challenging terrain with tools.
What: Improving tread and drainage on Lawler Trail, improve the flow and reduce blowouts on some of the switchbacks, install check dams, and eliminate brake bumps by improving line of sight and benchwork. Participants are expected to show up prepared with a pack including water, lunch and snacks, and personal protective equipment. This project is a partnership of USFS and Oakridge Trails Alliance.
What to Bring: Please dress appropriately for the weather and the work - layers, long-sleeve shirts and pants, and sturdy, comfortable shoes or boots for walking on uneven surfaces. Please also bring personal protective equipment, including gloves, eye protection, and ear plugs, along with water, a bagged lunch, sunscreen, any medical necessities (epi-pen, medications) and a backpack to carry your belongings.
OTA Provides: First aid and CPR qualified leadership, radio, hard hats, tools, rigging, and any other job-related gear and equipment. Refreshments (beverages and snacks) are often provided afterwards - anything else you wish to potluck at the end of the day is also welcome!
RSVP HERE: https://bttr.im/yqov2 (or email us if you are unable to make this work - please see note below)
IF YOU'RE NEW TO VOLUNTEERING ON THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST: Please create a volunteer profile and sign into the WNF Cascade Volunteers volunteer tracking system. You can do this by heading over to the CV volunteer page and creating your own account here: https://bit.ly/3ZCqon4 - please add Oakridge Trails Alliance as your primary organization affiliation in the West Cascades volunteer group. This will help us track volunteer matching hours for our grant reporting purposes. You should be able to register for this work party from a list of public volunteer opportunities once you’re in the system, however… if that isn’t working for you, please email us to let us know you are coming.
If for some reason there is already an account registered under your email, we've likely already got you in the system, and you don't need to do anything else - we will manually enter your hours after each work party. Thank you for your time and efforts!