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Bear Creek Trail, Trinity Alps Wilderness

May 25, 2023 by Bigfoot Trail Alliance 2 Comments

May 17-19, 2023 Volunteer Work Trip

By Dennis Houghton, Crew Leader (all photos by Dennis too!)

We had a great trip to the Canyon Creek drainage, camping at Ripstein Campground and doing trail maintenance & logouts on the Bear Creek trail section of the Bigfoot trail this past week. Temperatures hovered in the mid-to-high 80’s and the amount of water draining out of the mountains was impressive and somewhat daunting. The goal was to clear the roughly 6-mile trail from the Bear Creek trailhead to the ridge separating Canyon Creeks from the Stewart Fork drainage, but we were stopped by a creek crossing about 4 miles from the trailhead, which proved to be unsafe. The snowline hovered around the 5,000-6,000 foot level and will definitely keep the creeks running strong throughout the summer.

Hitting the Trail

On Wednesday and Thursday, twelve volunteers worked a 4-mile section of the Bear Creek trail clearing fallen trees and reestablishing trail tread in various sections by clearing the slough & debris from the trail. In all, volunteers completed 4 logouts in the 28-40” diameter range and numerous smaller logouts along the trail. Smaller trees, branches and shrubs encroaching on the trail were cut back or removed and roughly 300-400 feet of trail bench reconstructed.

On Friday, the crew worked a half day and completed clearing work & trail tread work on a 1-mile section of the East Fork Lake trail. The trail was an old mining trail that ran “straight up the mountain” at grades pushing 25-35% in some places.

Bear Creek Trail
Crosscut saw work
Crosscut saw work
Crosscut saw work
Crosscut saw work
Crosscut saw work
The Team
View toward Canyon Creek from the Bear Creek Trail.
Fearless leader Petr.
Bear Creek Trail
Crosscut saw work
Crosscut saw results
The Team

Thank you volunteers!

Thanks to everyone participating on the trip, including BFTA “veterans”: Les Gould, Karen Orso, Petr Fleischmann, Siggi Graeve, Liz Houghton and BFTA “newcomers”: Rob Ammerman, Ryan Batjiaka, Larry Buwalda, Shannon Underhill, Valerie Norton and Derek Tremaine.

Also, thanks to Erik Fleitz and Jotham Barragar from the Shasta-Trinity, Weaverville Ranger District for providing their guidance and expertise in trail maintenance, and guidance & training in completing the logouts.

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Filed Under: Forest Service, Shasta Trinity National Forest, Trailwork, Trinity Alps, Volunteer

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  1. susan penn says

    July 19, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    Thank you for doing this! I’m not familiar with that trail, but you put in a lot of hard work to make the trail passable.

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    February 26, 2024 at 12:42 pm

    […] Join the BFTA, Shasta-Trinity NF, and The Trail Center a fun-filled car camping weekend. Work the Bear Creek Trail and East Weaver Lake Trail with Jacob Shinners taking the lead. (10+ volunteers needed, see past trip) […]

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