by Johanna Mickle | Oct 29, 2014 | Announcements
Come join us at the Salmo ski hill at 1pm on Saturday November 1 for the grande opening of our first section of finished trail. This first section of trail is the great start to sunset loop, a 2.5km trail that will make a loop up, across and down the other side up the ski hill. sports74.ru
We will have hot chocolate, spicy chilli, sweet treats and a toasty Bon fire for all to enjoy. This trail is suitable for all ages and activity levels so please come join us to celebrate our first success. All non-motorized users are welcome so bring your feet, your bike or your horse!
Can’t wait to see you there.
by Johanna Mickle | Sep 7, 2014 | Announcements
The days are short now so we are moving our community build days up at the ski hill to Sunday afternoons. Come join us at 1pm tomorrow Sunday Sept 7th and for every Sunday after that. Bring water and gloves, rake, garden loppers. If you have chainsaw certification and want to help with the bucking and clearing please get in touch with me.http://aton-mebel.ru
We meet at the t-bar and head up the west road to the middle section we are working on clearing now. If you come late just walk up the road and head in at the third “trail closed” sign, just above the creek.
Haven’t seen what’s going on? Not sure you are up to trail building? No problem, come out and just take a look. The bottom half km is all ready for the machine which will be returning on Monday Sept 8.
More than 100hrs of volunteer time have already gone into layout and clearing. Every hour we log and every new member helps us get more funding for more trails so please come out and support if you can.
And don’t forget to look for updates on our website www.salmovalleytrailsociety.org and facebook page. See you on the trails!
by Johanna Mickle | Aug 17, 2014 | Announcements
Hurry up and wait was where we got to over the last few weeks up at the ski hill. We got all our paperwork signed off, funding in place, trail flagged, clearing started and machine on site only to get shut down by the extreme fire hazard and sidelined for two weeks.
In this down time a small crew has been busy laying out the rest of the trail route and we are aiming to have 2km of out and back trail completed before the snow falls. The descent portion that will make this a loop is pending further land agreements and coming first thing next year.
WE WANT YOUR HELP!
Needless to say we are all very glad to have this rain and be able to get back at to clearing and building.
Currently we are working Tuesday and Wednesday evenings starting at 6pm. If weekdays don’t work for you but you are interested in being involved let us know and we may start doing a weekend workday as well.
The most valuable tools to bring right now are loppers or garden clippers, small handsaws, rakes and a good pair of gloves. We’ll have some extra tools on hand if you don’t have anything to bring. It has cooled off these days but water is always recommended too.
You must be a member to participate and membership is always available online or when you arrive. $15 for adults and $5 for school aged kids. The work we are doing now is definitely suitable for kids and we would love to see all ages coming out and getting involved.
Check out Dig Trails Designs’ blog and website. This is the company we are working with for machine construction and youth participation. Great guys! http://digtrails.wix.com/flow#!page2/cjg9
by Johanna Mickle | Jul 17, 2014 | Announcements
Are we there yet?
Yes we are! It feels like the road to starting our first big trail project has been long and slow but we really are there now. We have recently celebrated our first anniversary as an official society and in the next few weeks we will be starting our first official trail project.
Phase one for the Salmo ski hill is mapped out and ready to go. In addition to the $3000 from DOT night (thank you valley residents for supporting us) we have been approved for a $3000 Youth Action Grant from CBT. Five community youth are going to work along side DIG Trail Designs and SVTS volunteers to layout and build our first section of trail. If all goes well we will have a 2.5km loop finished by fall!
This won’t happen without community volunteers however. We need you to come out and help with the shaping and finishing. Currently we propose to have volunteer build nights every Tuesday starting at 6pm and weekend build days every other Saturday starting at 10am. You must be a member to participate and memberships will be available on site every time. No need to sign up or pre-register just arrive with a desire to help out, a bottle of water and basic hand tools such as shovels, rakes, loppers and picks if you have them. There will also be tools available to borrow (courtesy of DOT night funding).
Stay tuned for official start date but currently we are planning for a start-up event on Tuesday July 29. Many thanks to the Salmo Ski Club for embarking on this project with us and CBT for the financial support.
See you on the trails!
by Johanna Mickle | Jun 18, 2014 | Announcements, Upcoming Projects
With the success of bingo we have been able to get our annual operating insurance in place and start working on the Salmo Ski Hill project.
We are partnering with DIG Trail Designs from Rossland for phase 1.
We are looking for local youth between the ages of 12 and 18 that are interested in being involved in layout, design and construction through the summer. Have someone in mind? Want to get involved yourself (yes there are adult opportunities too)? Send us an email, post on our facebook page or come by and see us at the Farmers Market.
