In defense of wilderness By Alex Relph 2014 Wilderness Corps Crew Member “The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.” — Edward Abbey “I’m nervous,” I had told Alexis yesterday in the REI parking lot as she […]
Encounter with a rattler, taste of mud By Kayla Webre 2014 Wilderness Corps Crew Member The rain. It has been drizzling for hours, the kind of rain that is just enough to make life a little bit more miserable. It […]
Contact: Gabe Howe Tel: 541-708-2056 Cell: 503-545-4911 Email: howegabe@gmail.com 3 NOVEMBER 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SISKIYOU MOUNTAIN CLUB RECEIVES $20,560 OREGON STATE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT TO RESTORE TRAIL NETWORK IN WILD ROGUE WILDERNESS AREA 3 November 2014 | Ashland, […]
The weather called for 60mph wind gusts and pouring rain Saturday But we didn’t care Last Saturday a couple of hardy volunteers faced inclement weather to crosscut some logs from the Pacific Crest Trail. And they even got teased by […]
Enjoy Hard Work: Frog Pond Trail, Red Buttes Wilderness Photo courtesy Jason Reilly. Wilderness Volunteers were busy last June clearing this steep, rugged trail just south of Applegate Lake. They crosscut over 38 logs and cleared about three-miles of brush. […]
13 October 2014 | Selma, OR — Seven SMC volunteers spent last Saturday packing in 250 Chetco River steelhead into Babyfoot Lake. We arrived at a foggy Babyfoot Lake Trailhead at 11am and introduced ourselves. “We just gotta get these […]
A Victory Defined by Failures: The Trans-Kalmiopsis Route Trip Report Trip report by Gabe Howe Friday, September 26 | Selma, OR — Driving up to Babyfoot Lake Trailhead we reach above the fog, and I’m crammed in the car with […]
Our Crews Work So hard You Can See Their Work From Space In 2011 a satellite took a picture of Upper Chetco Trail 1102 between Slide Creek and Taggart’s Bar: You can barely make out where the trail in the […]
Summer Isn’t Over Yet: Take a Dip Temperatures in southern Oregon haven’t gone down much. It’s still smokey. It’s still summer. So go take a swim in one of these swimming holes that we guarantee will take the edge off […]