Hello Readers! We’ve been busy. There have been a lot of developments taking place in the Pine Mountain Lake Unit 16 Public Trail System since construction got underway last build season. In 2014, The Groveland Trail Heads began working with the Pine Mountain Lake Association to develop an agreement (MOU) for the development of a trail system in Pine Mountain …
Recap: 2016 Trail Stewardship Summit, Groveland, CA
Special thanks to Mike Wubbles | Executive Director of the Stewards of the Sierra National Forest, Dusty Vaughn | Public Service Program Leader USFS Groveland Ranger District, and Dwight Follien | Co-Chair of the Groveland Trail Heads for photography. OVERVIEW The 2016 Trail Stewardship Summit was organized by Dusty Vaughn, Public Program Leader from the Groveland Ranger District and brought …
SIGN-UP FOR VOLUNTEER TRAIL WORK DAYS
VOLUNTEER DAYS: Want to come and get your hands dirty with us? Do something for the community of Groveland and join us for our volunteer trail work days at the Pine Mountain Lake Unit 16 project site. We will provide instruction, tools, age-appropriate beverages, a few snacks, and a good ol’ time! For a detailed description of the project, please read …
What’s Next? New Project
After the Trail Stewardship Summit, we were full of vigor to continue what we started in our Ferretti Non-Motorized Trail System (PDF Map Here) but have just been given a yellow light due to a pending Fish and Wildlife survey. So, we are shifting focus to a project that has been on the books since 2014. Here’s the scoop: NEW …
Groveland Trail Stewardship Summit
It’s been about a week now since Groveland hosted the IMBA/USFS Trail Stewardship Summit and, now that the photos are coming in from Bruce Dorman and Michael Barnes, it’s time to write about it! Where to start? Maybe we should start with our goals in the creation and organization of the Summit with an overview of how and what, exactly a ‘Trail …
OUR PRESENTATION FOR PROPOSED TRAIL BUILDING IN PINE MOUNTAIN LAKE
Pine Mountain Lake is a gated community inside of Groveland, CA. In a recent survey PML gave to homeowners, they found that 72% wanted more and better access to trails in the area. There are units of land inside of PML that total around 725+ acres and that are well-suited to building excellent flow and X-C trails. We present our …
GTH TRAIL RECON: Red Hills, CA
GoPro Video: Red Hills Trail Condition KickStand, BananaSeat, DangerBoy, and Ben rode Red Hills on December 22nd. The Red Hills is a region of 7,100 acres of public land located just south of the historic town of Chinese Camp in Tuolumne County. The Red Hills are noticeably different from the surrounding countryside. The natural serpentine in the area causes the …
GTH TRAIL RECON: Sedona
BigRing, BananaSeat, LittleRing, and Nash went to Sedona to see what all the fuss is about and learned some valuable lessons about proper trail planning. Sedona had trails ranging from beginner to insane and there is more than enough there to keep the milage hounds satiated. The most impressive thing about the trails network in Sedona is the availability of …
GTH DONATES WORK: Camp Tuolumne Trails
The Rim Fire saw much of our forest destroyed. As a part of the community of Groveland, GTH wanted to help a local camp for disabled children by clearing some of the damage the fire cased on the land. DangerBoy donated his time and took some photos as he reflected on irony of the beauty that came from the destruction.