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The High Adventure Team of the Desert Pacific Council offers a one-day course to teach Scouts trail construction and maintenance. Offered from September to May, these trail building sessions are taught as a joint effort of the High Adventure Team and the Pacific Crest Trail Section of the San Diego Sierra Club
.
Various patches/awards can be earned by doing trail work:
TRAIL SAVER Series Awards--Cumulative
hours not included elsewhere:
o Silver Trail Saver Patch -- 6 hours of trail work. [Shown at right]
o Forest Conservation Patch -- 12 hours of trail work.
o Gold Trail Saver Patch -- 18 hours of trail work.
o Trail Blazing Patch -- 24 hours of trail work.
o Trail Saver Ribbon/medal -- 30 hours of trail work.
•
Pacific Crest Trail Hiking Award
-- Hike 15 miles on PCT and Do 4 hours of work on PCT or PCT feeder trail.
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.
Trail building (100 hrs) -- Patch for cumulative hours of trail work.
SCHEDULE
Offered various weekends each month except during summer.
Be sure to call Rob Langsdorf (858/459-1726) or Raoul Ludwig (760/747-2871)
or email Rob at mctrob@yahoo.com
to sign up and to check on meeting dates & location (they are subject
to change) if you plan to join us on any of these construction outings.
I will be on site on most of the scheduled dates. Please contact me at
daniel.marks@worldnet.att.net
or at (619) 654-0636 if you are interested in this program for your Patrol
or for yourself. Note to adult leaders: This is a great program for you
as well, and Rob is an excellent instructor. Many participants couple
an overnight camp with the scheduled work done. Most sites are close to
Mataguay, and there is a lot of storm and fire damage to repair in the
Matagual Valley.
Eagle candidates: There are opportunities for Eagle projects on the Mataguay
Connector Trail, California Riding and Hiking Trail, and Pacific Crest
Trail.
Bring high desert-hiking clothing, water, work gloves, wide-brim hats,
and non-perishable foods. The work is demanding, but very rewarding. Rob
provides all the tools needed for trail building, as well as expert instructors.
Once you spend a day with this team, you’ll never cut another switchback
again!
For current Trail Building training (& work) dates and
locations, please click on the following link:
http://highadventure.sdicbsa.org/train_trail.htm
We’re Looking Forward To Working With You!
Silver Trail Saver Patch
The
award requirements listed here are for information only, and may not reflect
the full requirements as listed in specific
High Adventure Trek Aids
including Trek Aid 100.