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Events that have already occurred, kept for reference purposes.

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Skyline Trail

Molder Junction to Alambique Trail

Directions: Directions to El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve parking lot, 16040 Skyline Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94062:
The parking lot is on the west side of Highway 35 (Skyline Boulevard), 9.7 miles south of Hwy 92, about one mile south of the Caltrans Skeggs Point parking area and 2.7 miles north of the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 84.

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Project (click for directions):Annual Tool Party

Hidden Villa

Activities:Tool & Trailer Maintenance

Bring: work gloves, rags, electric drills with brush attachments (if you have them), good spirits, stories and friends.

Tool party location: Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills.

Directions to Hidden Villa 26870 Moody Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022:
From San Francisco and the Peninsula: Take I-280 South to exit 16 towards Moody Rd. Bear left to stay on El Monte Rd for .5 mile until the intersection with Elena Rd. Turn left onto Moody Rd and continue 1.7 mile until the entrance of Hidden Villa on the left. Turn left to take the driveway, let the person at the gatehouse know you are with the Trail Center, continue about .2 mile and turn into the main parking lot on your right. From the parking lot, walk up the road to the staging area where the trailer is parked.

From San Jose and the Valley: Take I-280 North to exit 16 for El Monte Rd. Keep left at the fork for El Monte Rd west, follow signs for Moody Rd/Foothill College and merge onto El Monte Rd. Continue about .7 mile until the intersection with Elena Rd. Turn left onto Moody Rd and continue 1.7 mile until the entrance of Hidden Villa on the left. Turn left to take the driveway, let the person at the gatehouse know you are with the Trail Center, continue about .2 mile and turn into the main parking lot on your right. From the parking lot, walk up the road to the staging area where the trailer is parked.

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We will be hosted by the Tahoe Rim Trail Association over the weekend of July 21-23, and help them with a reroute of the Horse Meadows Trail. The work will be at about 8500 feet, and camping at the Horse Meadows Trailhead, in an unimproved campsite with a porta-potty.

We will work full days Friday and Saturday, and half day Sunday, returning home Sunday afternoon. All meals except Thursday dinner will be provided. Volunteers will rotate kitchen duty.

Volunteers need to bring: personal camping gear, hat, gloves, water bottles/bladders (plan 3 liters/day), sunscreen, sturdy boots, long sleeved shirts, long pants, and rain gear. All volunteers are advised to be fully vaccinated.

Volunteers should arrive before nightfall Thursday July 20. We encourage and will help arrange carpooling.

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Project: Coal Mine Ridge Nature Preserve

Toyon Trail

Activities: Selectively restore tread width, brush encroaching vegetation, and perform general maintenance on a portion of the Toyon Trail, which is part of the Coal Mine Ridge Nature Preserve and the Town of Portola Valley trails system. Install two small retaining wall sections to replace deteriorated ones.

Directions: Map Link

 

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Project: Windy Hill Open Space Preserve

National Trail Day

Activities:Razorback Ridge Trail

Activities: The Trail Center in conjunction with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) will be providing much needed repairs to the Razorback Ridge Trail in the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve. Windy Hill is one of the most scenic spaces on the San Francisco Peninsula with incredible views of the entire Bay Area. No trail maintenance experience is required and all tools and instruction will

The work day will be coordinated by Midpen for registration, waivers and a shuttle, and will be limited to 30 volunteers total. Registration is open!

Use this link to register:  https://volunteer.openspace.org/need/detail/?need_id=751690

be provided.

Directions: tbd

 

 

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Project: San Mateo Memorial Park

Homestead Trail

Activities: Complete our long-term project to allow the Homestead Trail in San Mateo County’s Memorial Park to reopen by installing the remaining portions of a heavy-duty retaining wall. This will be a smaller-scale workday due to the tight quarters, but we can accommodate a mix of skill levels. We’d love to have some folks who’ve worked there before as well as enthusiastic newcomers.

Directions: tbd

 

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For our October 22 work day we will follow through with the project we had to cancel in September: classic Trail Center trail maintenance: brushing, clearing duff, repairing tread, on the Skyline Trail south of Huddart Park. Much of the day will be under shady canopy, and most of the trail has a gentle grade. Volunteers will hike with tools south on the trail from Kings Mountain Road, after being shuttled from the Kings Mountain Archers lot. The farthest hiking will be 2.2 miles. Some areas of the trail have poison oak to remove, so volunteers will self-identify their ability to work in those areas.
As usual we will meet at 8:30 and work until 2:30 or 3.

Volunteers need to bring: sunscreen, water, snacks and lunch, sturdy shoes (hiking boots recommended), precautions against poison oak exposure (long sleeved shirts and long pants), your own gloves. (Trail Center can also provide gloves). The Trail Center will provide tools and crew leaders to direct your work, and refreshments at the end of the day.

Trail Center strongly recommends that all volunteers be fully vaccinated.