Call for Local Trail Stewards

Due to Covid-19 social distancing requirements, SMT has suspended Shindigs. However, if you live in the Salida area and want to keep improving our trail system, SMT’s trail steward program can offer local residents an opportunity to get outdoors and help keep the trails in good shape. The trail steward program is designed to work around your schedule; work […]

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SMT Annual Fundraiser Cancelled

We know you have received many emails during this challenging time due to the COVID-19 virus, so we’ll try to keep this brief… With a heavy heart, we will be canceling our membership fundraiser event this year. We will plan a smaller event in the fall if the situation allows. If you still wish to […]

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See you in 2020!

We will not be hosting any more ShinDig Work days this year. Salida Mountain Trails sincerely thanks all of you who came out and helped in 2019, and we look forward to seeing you again in the Spring!  

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Weekday Trail Work Opportunity!

As many of you know, we are building a new trail connecting the Cottonwood drainage to Sweet Dreams and Chicken Dinner – working name “Lowry Property Trail’.  Brink Messick is our builder and is a collaborative effort with the Colorado Mountain Club.  We have Brink and his crew for 3 weeks of work and they […]

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ShinDig Trail Work Day- Saturday, October 12, 9am

ShinDig – trail work day – Saturday, October 12 @ 9am We accomplished a great deal over the past month to address storm damage to our Arkansas Hills trails, but we still have more work to do. This Saturday we will work on Lower Sand Dunes, Lower Cottonwood, Prospector, Sweet Dreams, and possibly others – […]

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ShinDig September 14th, 9am

I’m sure most all of you are aware of the widespread damage sustained on many of the Arkansas Hills Trails from last week’s storm. We need your help this Saturday to begin repair work. We will focus on our most used close-in trails: North Backbone, Backbone, Frontside and possibly a few others depending upon number […]

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July ShinDig This Weekend

ShinDig trail work day- This Saturday, July 13th at 9am.  We will be meeting at CR108 where Lil Rainbow intersects the road. Show up a few minutes before 9AM to sign waivers at the SMT trailer. If you are under 18 please have a guardian sign your waiver before sending you off for the work day. […]

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