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PWV continued to pursue its mission of assisting the Canyon Lakes Ranger District programs managing and protecting the wilderness and backcountry areas in 2022. In support of our core effort of patrolling trails and engaging the public, we contacted more than 9500 trail users while completing over 800 patrols.
These contacts allow us the opportunity to support backcountry users with advice, information and education on Leave No Trace practices and for USFS regulations. We continued our efforts to maintain trails last year at a high level, removing over 2100 trees from trails and clearing brush and limbs from over 2700 feet of trails.
Furthermore, in 2022 restoration efforts focused on erosion control on the trails, installing check dams, culverts and drains. PWV worked to improve drainage on 10 miles of 8 of our trails. We held numerous workdays including 4 days with volunteer members of the public in addition to the 12 workdays with PWV members and 8 days with a hired work crew. This amounted to 1838 hours of trail work to restore the trails after the 2020 Cameron Peak fire.
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Click HERE to download an Excel spreadsheet of Karl's latest Ultralight Backpacking Gear List. Those with Excel skills can modify the downloaded spreadsheet to produce their own Gear List.
The Gear List is essentially what Karl uses for his backpacking adventures including hiking the 500 mile Colorado Trail in 2021. The base weight of his backpack (excluding food and water) is 13 pounds.
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Click HERE to view the March 2023 Newsletter
What’s Inside:
- Hiking Boots Up!
- Spring Training Plans Underway
- Trail Crew News!
- Trail Restoration News
- A Simplified Strategic Planning Process
- PWV Kids in Nature Gearing Up for 2023
- PWV Book Club
- Spring Tune-Up 2023
- Wilderness & Five Organizations Presentation
- Recruiting for PWV
- From the PWV Stock Committee
- Support PWV
- Arrowhead Lodge USFS Help
- PWV on the Trail