Description
Start Date-End Date: 10/05/2019-10/05/2019
Land Manager Office: Town of Castle Rock Parks & Recreation Department
Land Manager Contact: Barbara Spagnuolo
Funding Partner: Castle Rock Service Center, Town of
Programmatic Partner:
Summary: Our 3rd project at Gateway Mesa this year; continue building a two-mile trail section!
Description: Where You'll Be:
Nestled between the towns of Castle Rock and Franktown, the Gateway Mesa Open Space is an easily accessible gem on the Front Range offering scenic overlooks, stunning views of the Rocky Mountains, and 275 acres of diverse terrain ranging from open scrub brush to dense mixed pine and steep cliffs.
What You'll Do:
Continue building a new, two-mile section of trail withdozens of volunteers ages 14+! This is the final of three projects at Gateway Mesa Open Space this year and you'll spend the day among conifer forest, ferns, mosses, and interesting rock formations as you build the natural-surface trail and potentially construct stone steps and small drainage crossings. Breakfast and lunch will be provided by our volunteer Crew Chefs.
Why It Matters:
The current loop system in Gateway Mesa Open Space is 1.6 miles and travels around the flat, exposed mesa through open grassland. The trail you help build will create a secondary, hikers-only loop extension that will provide access to a forested environment completely different from the rest of the park.
Need-to-Know Details:
Minors under 16 must be accompanied by an adult 21 years or olderon single-day projects.
VOC will provide all equipmentincluding tools and work gloves.
Cancellation:Our partners rely on VOC volunteers to accomplish critical stewardship needs, and our projects often have wait lists.If you need to cancel, please emailoutreach@voc.orgor call 303-715-1010 ext. 116 as soon as possible so we can free your spot for another volunteer and have a full workforce.
About Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC)
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) is the state's oldest, largest, and leading outdoor stewardship nonprofit organization. Founded in 1984 to motivate and enable people to become active stewards of Colorado's natural resources, VOC has engaged nearly 120,000 people in more than 1,000 volunteer projects for a donated labor value of $24 million. Through award-winning youth and volunteer programs, leadership training, capacity-building programs, and collaborative efforts with nonprofits and land management agencies, VOC is an invaluable resource in Colorado, especially as our outdoor stewardship needs are approaching near-crisis levels. For more information, visitwww.voc.orgor call 303-715-1010.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.391751, -104.802257
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy, Moderate, Difficult
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 75
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 64
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 16
Total Volunteer Days: 78
Total Unique Volunteers: 80
Total Volunteer Hours: 744
Staff Hours: 25
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: This was the fourth and final project of the season in partnership with the Town of Castle Rock at Gateway Mesa Open Space (three public projects and one SWAT) to build the Legacy Trail. We had great turnout with 80 total volunteers and completed 880 feet of new trail. Volunteers installed 16 rock steps, 165 linear feet of rock monowall, 7 drainages, and 3 climbing turns. In addition, we were able to polish up the backslope and critical edge of some sections of trail completed on previous projects--over 500 feet of already existing trail.
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| 14 and older |
