Car camp Three Night TRAIL WORK TRIP Church Creek

TRIP TITLE / DATES / IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS:

Trail work on the Church Creek Trail FROM Church Creek

Optional partial attendance may be arranged if you can't make the entire 4 days.

VWA TRAIL CREW LEADER:

Betsy MacGowan

OVERVIEW:

CAR CAMPING TRIP
UPDATE we cannot car camp due to the predicted rain. Instead we will hike 0.2 miles to camp NEAR our vehicles.

Drive 12 miles from Jamesburg on Tassajara Road to Church Ranch. We will set up camp first thing Friday, then work on tread starting from our camp. Our focus will be on clearing brush and restoring tread on the Church Creek Trail. On Sunday we hope to clear a couple of fallen trees, located on the upper part of the trail near Church Creek Divide.

WORK on the Church Creek Trail. We will hike up to 2 miles to our work location. But most days we will have a short hike, less than a mile, to our work. This will be a good introduction to backpacking and trailwork.

THE WORK

Use hand tools to clear brush and restore the trail tread. Clear ceanothus, manzanita, and yerba santa from the brushy sections of the trail. Restore tread. 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: Jamesburg 08:00 A.M.

IMPORTANT: Meetup directions may not be the best. In your mapping program, search for:
39171 Tassajara Road, Carmel Valley, CA 93924

We will meet in Jamesburg at a large turnaround where many vehicles are parked. This is where the paved part of Tassajara Road ends, and the dirt road begins. From there we will consolidate vehicles so we can negotiate the rough, rocky dirt road to our starting point. Be prepared to move your gear to a different vehicle so we can minimize the number of vehicles.

If your mapping program wants you to turn on Cachagua Road from Carmel Valley Road, DON'T. This way takes much longer. Continue on Carmel Valley Road to just past the 23.2 mile marker, then turn right on Tassajara Road. Drive ~1.5 miles, turn left to stay on Tassajara Road.

LOCAL WEATHER:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=36.211186929941974&

Bring all your rain gear and be prepared to work in the rain Friday and Saturday!

FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE DETAILS:

Betsy MacGowan using the Meetup messaging feature.

WHAT TO BRING:

All of your personal gear for a car camping trip: sleeping bag, cooking system, utensil(s), food, clothing including layers and rain gear. Shelter from rain predicted Friday and Saturday. Sturdy work clothes with long sleeved shirts and long pants; sturdy footwear. A daypack to carry your water and lunches for each day. Bring enough containers to carry a minimum of 3 liters. There is water near our work areas but we may be spending extended time away from water.

It gets cold at night! Bring your warm clothes and layers!

ALL FOOD for 4 days/3 nights

WATER Filtering is recommended.

A DAYPACK for your lunch and water for each 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.