20/05/2024
Heads up! Trail maintenance day with Voyageur Trail Association on Saturday May25th. For more info and to sign up Saulteaux Voyageur Trail Club by May22nd to join us for the after work get together.
REGISTER BY WEDNESDAY MAY 22 - SEE BOTTOM
The Voyageur Trail is holding a trail maintenance blitz on Saturday May 25, 2024 to improve hiking trails in the Harmony Bay-Stokely-King Mountain areas. The event is open to members and non-member volunteers. We will carpool from Sault Ste. Marie at 8:45 a.m., and can arrange to meet others in the Havilland Bay-Stokely area.
We will form into work crews to cover as much of the trail as we can. The work will involve cutting small living trees using loppers or hand pruners (secateurs), cutting smaller fallen trees using a bow saw, repairing blazes (trail markers) by pulling out the nails, and replacing blazes that cannot be repaired or are missing.
Volunteers should have a reasonable level of fitness. Crews may have to walk up to 5 km return (to and from) a trailhead to reach their work point, and much of this trail section is hilly. Volunteers will have to remain with the crew from the start (~8:45 a.m.) to the finish (~3:00 p.m.).
Snacks and an après-outing mid-afternoon lunch will be provided to show our appreciation to the day's volunteers. In the event of poor weather conditions, we will delay the trail blitz until the following day, Sunday May 26.
Volunteers must register by May 22. Email [email protected] or call 705-206-3538. If you prefer to help behind the scenes, please contact us to discuss.
