ONE DAY TRAIL WORK TRIP Boronda Trail

TRIP TITLE / DATES / IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS:

Day Trip. Work on the start of the Boronda Trail and clear genista and other invasives.

CARPOOLING is encouraged. We want to minimize the number of vehicles.

VWA TRAIL CREW LEADERS:

Betsy MacGowan

OVERVIEW:

ONE DAY TRIP

WORK on the Boronda Trail. We will start just up from the bottom. This trail is completely overgrown with genista and other invasives. This will be a good introduction to trailwork.

THE WORK

Use hand tools and weed wrenches to clear invasive genista. Come join us! There is work for all abilities. Beginner to expert. Tools and instruction provided. The work location has some poison oak but you could avoid it.

MEET: Boronda Trailhead. When you pass Big Sur Station, check your odometer. Go approximately 5.5 miles south from Big Sur Station. The Boronda Trailhead is also 0.5 miles south of the Coast Gallery (closed). You will see a wooden fence on the right side of the road. And a small turnout on the left side of the road.

LOCAL WEATHER

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FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE DETAILS:

Betsy MacGowan using the Meetup messaging feature.

WHAT TO BRING:

Please wear long pants and long sleeved shirts for protection from the brush.

ALL FOOD for the day.

WATER for the entire day. We will not reach the spring which is a source of water.

A DAYPACK for your lunch and water for the day.

Tecnu lotion for poison oak protection if you need it. There is SOME poison oak on this trail.

Your favorite work gloves, safety glasses, loppers, hand saw and hard hat if you have them; otherwise tools and hardhats will be provided.