A one-day course to teach Scouts trail construction and maintenance. Offered from September to May. Eagle Scout candidates can be trained in trail construction for projects that they develop off of Scouting America property.
These trail building sessions are taught as a joint effort of the High Adventure Team of the San Diego-Imperial Council of Scouting America and the Pacific Crest Trail Section of the SD Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Various patches / awards can be earned by doing trail work:
- TRAILSAVER Series Awards--Cumulative hours not used elsewhere:
- Silver Trail Saver Patch -- 6 hours of trail work.
- Forest Conservation Patch -- 12 hours of trail work.
- Gold Trail Saver Patch -- 18 hours of trail work.
- Trail Blazing Patch -- 24 hours of trail work.
- Trail Saver Ribbon/medal -- 30 hours of trail work.
- Pacific Crest Trail Hiking Award -- Backpack 15 miles on PCT and Do 4 hours of work on PCT or PCT feeder trail within 6 months of hike.
- 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.
- If you are planning to earn the 50-miler patch at Philmont, you will need to put in 7 hours here and pick up 3 at Philmont.
See Trek Aids for details before starting work on any awards.
Particulars
Location
Various sites throughout the District
Contact
Rob Langsdorf, mctrob@yahoo.com
Be sure to contact the Trail Building Team above to sign up and to check on meeting date & location (these are subject to change) if you plan to join us on any of these construction outings.
Each worker should bring:
- Water – 3 to 4 liters
- Lunch
- Work gloves
- Weather Protection (extra clothing, dark glasses, rain gear)
- Daypack to have hands free to carry tools
- Your 10 essentials
Schedule
If you, your friends, or your unit are interested in helping with the trail work in the future, here are the dates that are current scheduled 2025. Note some of these events may have their meeting location changed.
In all cases, contact for the exact meeting location for any session that you plan to participate in:
2025
- Jan 11 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
- Feb 01 @ 9 AM MCT –- Meet in Mataguay
- Mar 01 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay (HALTT)
- Mar 15 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
- Apr 26 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
- May 17 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay (HALTT)
- Jun 07 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
- Sep 20 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay (HALTT)
- Oct 04 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
- Oct 25 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
- Nov 15 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
- Dec 06 @ 9 AM MCT -- Meet in Mataguay
Please contact SDIC Camping Department if you need another date. We can sometimes arrange for an extra date for a large unit.
