From April through October, the Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation invites you to come wield a rake, mccleod, pulaski or shovel and get a bit dirty doing some good on the trails. Most of our focus this year will be in the South Shore area, where we’re working hard to get the Skyline Trail ready [...]
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Hans and Jorge, master operators from Bellfree Construction, are back up on the Skyline Trail working on the section from Snow Point out to Grandview Point. We’re optimistic that by the end of May, there will be another large chunk of Skyline ready to a)finish by hand tool and then b)enjoy. Check out the pictures, [...]
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The Trails Foundation had its monthly board meeting last night, and we went over the general progression of steps for this next spring and summer in regards to South Shore and Skyline. Here are the next steps: General Information: if you haven’t already, make sure you’ve read all of the information on this page. Talk [...]
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We’re on the way to finalizing the next steps for the South Shore Trail Network, so all of our data is trying to make its way to a central location. If you’re curious, here’s what we have: 1. Skyline Decision Memo: this is the signed agreement with the Forest Service that details what Skyline is [...]
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Finally. A bit of snow. While that’s welcome precipitation for the local Big Bear economy, it’s also a welcome relief for the Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation. Snow means a brief respite from the large amounts of work that have been taking place up on Skyline and the South Shore Trail System. This winter season [...]
Read More Skyline, South Shore Trail System, trail work, volunteerLast Build Day of 2012 – Come help us build the next section of the Skyline Trail! Weather permitting, this will be the last build day of 2012, and your chance to both see what our mechanized builders have done and put the finishing touches on their work. Build now and boast later…you were part [...]
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Mechanized Building is Underway! We’ve now got 4 days of building Skyline with Bellfree under our belts. Despite the snow and super cold temperatures from last weekend they were up here getting started, and now that things are melting it’s going even faster. Check out this video, and then get ready for the final 2012 [...]
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We had seven builders from the Professional Trail Builders Association respond to our bid request for the Skyline Trail. After putting everything into a confusing spreadsheet, talking to references, and confirming with board members, Hans at Bellfree Contractors was asked to come up and help us build a flowy, sinewy, undulating and fun trail for [...]
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While we’re off to a great start in building the Skyline Trail, the miles are going to pile up and eventually the volunteers will get tired. This is when the machines come into the picture. In an ideal world we would have professional skilled machine operators bring their dozers in and rough cut a trail, [...]
Read More grant money, Skyline, trail work, volunteerCome help us build the next section of the Skyline Trail! Have fun in the forest with great people while making a difference in the world. What else could you want? No experience necessary. Check out this video if you need more convincing. RSVP’s are required. When: Sunday, October 21st. Crews start at [...]
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