Muir Valley Trail Day Success!
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:35 am
Those of us who climb here at Muir Valley (10,600 visits last year) want to give a big thank you to the 100+ volunteers who busted their butts during last Saturday’s fifth annual trail day to help make this climbing venue what it is today. It is always surprising how much trail work can be done by a few determined climbers in one day.
These volunteers built three entirely new trails to replace the existing overly-steep, eroding ones. These go to the Tectonics/Johnny’s Wall, the Shawnee Shelter, and Slab City areas. The new Tectonics Trail was a really major project requiring retaining walls, culverts, and a huge amount of excavation. The Great Wall and Boneyard trails were given a major re-build. Crews mowed and trimmed Muir trails, all along the emergency road and the lower meadows. A new first-class 16-foot staircase was built at the top of the Slab City Trail. And much more.
Lunch was delivered to the work crews and dinner and beer was served at the end of the day to a big bunch of tired, sweaty volunteers. To list more than 100 names here would take up way too much space. I hope Liz and I were able to personally thank all of you who contributed time and effort to make this one of the largest Access Fund Adopt-a-Craig events in the nation.
It is heart warming to Liz and me to see the Friends of Muir Valley group grow into a first-rate AF Local Climbing Organization and see what they are doing to your Muir Valley. When you come here to climb, remember those in your midst whose hard work made it possible.
Rick Weber
These volunteers built three entirely new trails to replace the existing overly-steep, eroding ones. These go to the Tectonics/Johnny’s Wall, the Shawnee Shelter, and Slab City areas. The new Tectonics Trail was a really major project requiring retaining walls, culverts, and a huge amount of excavation. The Great Wall and Boneyard trails were given a major re-build. Crews mowed and trimmed Muir trails, all along the emergency road and the lower meadows. A new first-class 16-foot staircase was built at the top of the Slab City Trail. And much more.
Lunch was delivered to the work crews and dinner and beer was served at the end of the day to a big bunch of tired, sweaty volunteers. To list more than 100 names here would take up way too much space. I hope Liz and I were able to personally thank all of you who contributed time and effort to make this one of the largest Access Fund Adopt-a-Craig events in the nation.
It is heart warming to Liz and me to see the Friends of Muir Valley group grow into a first-rate AF Local Climbing Organization and see what they are doing to your Muir Valley. When you come here to climb, remember those in your midst whose hard work made it possible.
Rick Weber
