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Mount Hood from the PCT north of Lolo Pass

Welcome to the home page for the Mount Hood Chapter of the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Our volunteers maintain the 221 miles of PCT between Midway Meadows south of Washington's Goat Rocks Wilderness and Park Ridge in Oregon's Mount Jefferson Wilderness. The Mount Hood area coordinator is .

Trail work is fun and can be as easy or hard as you wish to make it. Our volunteers range in age from teens to eighties. No experience is necessary; crew leaders will instruct you on the job. Volunteers who participate in two or more work parties earn a free Northwest Forest Pass for the following year.

To volunteer for a trail maintenance project*, click the "Sign up" link next to the project in the calendar or send an e-mail to the volunteer coordinator, . You can also join our e-mail distribution list to be informed of upcoming volunteer trail maintenance projects a few weeks in advance.

2008 Calendar

Date	Description
June 13-14	Road 23 to Mount Adams Wilderness Boundary. Volunteers required for trail maintenance. Crew leader: Bob Arkes.
June 26-29	Crest Camp to Indian Heaven Wilderness Boundary. Volunteers required for trail maintenance. Crew leader: Bill Hawley.
June 28-29	Surprise lakes to the Mt. Adams Wilderness Boundary. We hike, saw, do minor drainage work. We will have a BBQ and Potluck in Trout Lake on the 28th after the work party. Crew leader: Dave Welch, Mount Adams Chapter, Back Country Horsemen.
June 30 - July 4	Sedum Ridge, Washington. AmeriCorps project. Five days repairing stream crossings and re-establishing sidehill tread. Car camp near Rock Creek off of NF Rd 2070. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Brice Hammack and Larry McLaughlin.	Sign up
July 1-9	Horseshoe Meadow, Washington. AmeriCorps project. Nine days restoring rutted tread and improving drainage. Pack-in 8 mi to a backcountry camp in Horseshoe Meadow, under Mt. Adams. Might need to substitute projects at lower elevation (e.g. Sawtooth and Sedum Ridge) depending on snowpack. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Bill Hawley and Bob Arkes.	Sign up
July 7-11	Whiskey Creek and Williams Mine Bridges, Washington. AmeriCorps project. Five days building two short bridges and rehabilitating the tread N of Whiskey Creek. Car camp at the end of NF Rd 521. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Bill Hawley and Bob Arkes.	Sign up
July 11-13	Joe Graham Horse Camp to Jude Lake. Annual trail maintenance project on our 26 miles of PCT. Crews will be split up and assigned to different sections of the trail. Crew leader: Becky Wolf, North Valley Chapter, Oregon Equestrian Trails.
July 19-20	Ramona Falls to Paradise Park. Overnight work party near Ramona Falls, Mt. Hood National Forest. Six volunteers needed for logout (using crosscut saws) and maintenance of PCT between Ramona Falls and Paradise Park. Backpack in 4 miles Saturday morning to work site. Backpack out Sunday afternoon. This will be an opportunity to receive a USFS "B" Level Crosscut training and certification. Crew leaders: Kim & Pam Owen.
July 21-27	Riley Creek South, Washington. AmeriCorps project. Seven days restoring rutted tread and improving drainage. Pack-in 6 miles to backcountry camp on Riley Creek, under Mt. Adams. Might substitute Horseshoe Meadow for this project if the former gets bumped from earlier timeslot due to snow. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Bill Hawley and Bob Arkes.	Sign up
July 31 - August 7	Sheep Lake to Crest Camp, Washington. AmeriCorps project. Eight days of new trail construction, relocating to sidehill, and decommissioning old trail. Car camp at Crest Camp on road 60. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Bill Hawley and Bob Arkes.	Sign up
August 8-9	Sawtooth Mountain to Road 24, Washington. AmeriCorps project. Two days replacing waterbars, removing berm, and checking erosion. Car camp off of road 30. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Bill Hawley and Bob Arkes.	Sign up
August 9-13	Zig Zag Canyon. Five days of backcountry camping near Paradise Park. The plan is to do some work on a bridge and retaining wall as well as other tread work. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the PCTA. No experience necessary. Crew leaders: Ruth Weston and Kim Owen.
August 23	Breitenbush Lake to Park Ridge. Annual trail maintenance project on the southern-most (and highest) section of PCT in the Mount Hood area. Crew leader: Jerry Bentz, West Cascade Chapter, Back Country Horsemen.
September 3-5	Berry Mountain, Washington. AmeriCorps project. Three days restoring rutted tread, improving drainage, and brushing. Pack-in 4 mi to a backcountry camp near Indian Race Track. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Bill Hawley and Bob Arkes.	Sign up
October 6-10	Clackamas, Oregon. AmeriCorps project. Five 5 days overhauling drainage structures and re-establishing tread on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Frontcountry camp, possibly in bunkhouse. Training, tools, supplies, and food provided by the AmeriCorps team. No experience necessary. Contact Jennifer Tripp, Tel.: 916-349-2109 ext. 17, Email: jtripp@pcta.org. Crew leaders: Becky Wolf.	Sign up