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 when you want, as much or as little as you want.
We will train you to safely carry and use some basic trail tools and then teach you how to maintain the tread. This program is not designed to build new trail or change trails but rather to make sure the current trails stay in top condition as we head into prime riding season. Stewards will be using light rakes to buff out the trail perhaps accentuating existing drainage features or removing invasive weeds. The work isn’t especially difficult or physically demanding, but it is quite rewarding.
Once SMT is able to reinstate the Shindig program, you can choose to keep on stewarding, drop back to attending just shindig events, or for extra karmic points do both. It is your call.
Please email Tom Jacobson: jakeinsalida@gmail.com for more information.