Trail News

We just recieved two new corporate donations:

New Silver Corporate: Associated Air Products

New Bronze Corporate: Jorban Riscoe

New Bronze Individual: Bill Iler

New Bronze Individual: Quentin McArther

The Trail Masons are proud to announce our newest event sponsor.

Mountain Hardwear has donated a Twin Arch tent (two person, three season) that will be raffled off at the National Trails Day event on June 19th during the lunch break.

Quick and easy to pitch with freestanding design and guaranteed watertight. This two person tent features generous headroom, large single door, and a dry entry vestibule to stow gear. Color coded poles and grommet tabs and reflective starter points make even late-night set up easy. Superlight option: pitch with fly and Pitch Light™ footprint to shave pounds.

 

 

Many thanks to the volunteers that braved the rain to work on the trails this past Saturday, March 27th. We had 10 folks show up to help clear corridor on the leg back towards the Boy Scout area. It started out with rain showers for the first hour but eventually stopped. We were able to clear about 1/3 mile of new trail corridor. This area will need a lot of bench cutting so come back often for information on other up coming work days.

Despite the weather, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.... especially the pizza (compliments of YMG) and the beverages (compliments of BHC Rhodes) afterwards at Pizza Stop.

If your reading this, then you have made it to our new website. This site is a work in progress and we will be making changes frequently. We have a thread in the Trail Forum for you to give us suggestions for the site.

206yrs ago (1803), The US made one of the best investments ever, when it acquired the Louisiana Purchase. Where some of the Nations best outdoor recreation destinations are located including our very own WyCo.

Wyandotte County Parks & Recreation entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on November 20th, 2009 with the Trail Masons Association. This MOU documents that the Trail Masons are allowed to develop, build and maintain bridle, hiking and mountain biking trails at Wyandotte County Lake Park. This is a very big deal for both the UGWC and the Trail Masons. This MOU is in affect for the next five years with the option of renewal at that time. Please watch for more workday announcements and updates on our progress. This is a great opportunity for sustainable trails in Kansas City, KS. Come out sometime, check out the new trails and join us on a workday or two. You'll be amazed at the difference between the new and old.......

There are a number workdays scheduled over the next couple of months for several trail systems in the Kansas City area. If you would like to learn about how trails get built and maintained, you should try to attend one or more of these events. If you are a trail user, this is the opportunity to give back to the trails community through a couple hours of work. Volunteers at these events help ensure great places to have fun.

Swope Park - November 7th, 8:00am to 12:00pm

Wyandotte County Lake Park - November 21st, 8:00am to 12:00pm

Landahl Park - Janurary 16th, 8:00am to 12:00pm

You can learn more about local trail building and maintenance opportunities at the following sites:

http://www.earnyourdirt.org/

http://earnyourdirt.blogspot.com/

http://www.earthriders.org/

http://wycotrails.com/