Trails Stewardship Program
The Work
The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation Trail Crew is a professional trail crew working in collaboration with the US Forest Service’s Salt Lake Ranger District, community partners such as Save Our Canyons and the Salt Lake Climbers Alliance, and a variety of volunteer groups. The Trail Crew builds, improves, and maintains sustainable trails in forest and wilderness areas throughout Millcreek Canyon, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon, and along the Wasatch Front. See some of CCF’s recent projects.
As the number of recreation visits to the tri-canyons area of the Salt Lake Ranger District surpasses that of Yellowstone National Park, there is increased stress on our recreation systems. The Trails Stewardship Program strives to maintain a resilient system of trails that can adapt to increased usership while protecting surrounding natural environments. Meet this year’s crew.
The Trails Stewardship Program is generously funded by REI Co-op, the Petzl Foundation, American Trails, the Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation, and the Central Wasatch Commission. As a principal funder of the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, the National Forest Foundation works on behalf of the American public to inspire personal and meaningful connections to our National Forests. By directly engaging Americans and leveraging private and public funding, the NFF leads forest conservation efforts and promotes responsible recreation.
Interested in financially supporting the work of the Trails Stewardship Program? Learn about our Adopt-A-Trail opportunities.
Make an impact: Volunteer with the Trail Crew
The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation strives to continually focus on stewardship by organizing a variety of summer volunteer events including National Trails Day and National Public Lands Day. During these events, volunteers work to accomplish large-scale projects. The Trails Stewardship Program also hosts smaller, volunteer activity days from May through October that are essential to our trail maintenance goals. The Cottonwood Canyons Foundations hopes to give all levels of canyon recreators the opportunity to become stewards of the lands themselves.
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Trail Stewardship Volunteer Activity Dates 2024:
- Saturday April 27th: CCF Earth Day
- Saturday June 1: National Trails Day
- Thursday June 13th: Climbing Access Trail Work with SLCA
- Thursday June 20th: Trail Work
- Thursday June 27th: Trail Work
- Saturday June 29th: Climbing Access Trail Work with SLCA
- Tuesday July 9th: Solitude Sustainability Trails Day
- Saturday July 20th: Trail Work with Wasatch Trail Run Series and Wasatch 100
- Thursday July 25th: Solitude Sustainability Trails Day
- Saturday July 27th: Trail Work with Wasatch 100
- Thursday Aug 1st: Trail Work with Wasatch 100
- Saturday Aug 3rd: Trail Work with Wasatch 100
- Thursday Aug 8th: Trail Work with Wasatch 100
- Saturday Aug 10th: Trail Work
- Thursday Aug 22nd: Trail Work
- Saturday Sept 7th: Climbing Access Trail Work with SLCA
- Thursday Sept 19th: East Gate Trail Work
- Saturday Sept 28th: National Public Lands Day
- Thursday Oct 3rd: East Gate Trail Work
For more information, please contact us directly using this form