Dates:
Meeting Date/Time/Location:
August 8th, 6PM, Augusta Information Station
Hike In Date: August 9th
Hike Out Date: August 15th
Ranger District:
Spotted Bear Ranger District
Trailhead:
South Fork Sun
Campsite:
Backcountry Cabin: Basin Administrative Site
Miles to camp:
16
Hiking Difficulty:
Strenuous: A 16 mile hike over Stadler Pass will bring you to the cabin, requiring over 1600ft of elevaiton.
Work Difficulty:
Strenuous: You will be using crosscut and had saws to cut and clear trees off the trail. This trail hasn't been cleared in a number of years, so expect heavy downfall and having to remove many trees off the trail.
Project Description
Basin Cabin sits in the upper reaches of Danaher Creek, and will be your home for the week as you clear Ayers Creek. The cabin sits in an area know as "The Basin", and features beautiful stands of lodgepole and aspen juxtaposed to prairies surrounded by craggy peaks. Clearing Ayres Creek is your objective, a 4-mile-long trail that leaves right from your cabin basecamp. This trail hasn't seen a saw in a few years, so come prepared for full days of clearing and removing trees from the trail. With evenings spent lounging in the shady trees around the cabin and enjoying good food and conversation with your fellow volunteers, this will no doubt be an adventure to remember!
Cancellation Policy
It is very important to know that you are expected to commit to the project once you sign up. All of our projects take a lot of time and effort to organize and we want to make sure that we have full trips so that we can complete the project as outlined by our Forest Service partners. Please do not sign up for a trip unless you are committed to doing it.
We do, of course, understand that things happen and circumstances change, so if you must cancel, please do so as soon as possible. Cancellations made less than 45 days before the trip and no-shows will forfeit their project registration deposit as a cancellation fee.
While uncommon, BMWF may find it necessary to cancel a project due to low volunteer sign-ups or safety reasons (i.e. wildfires), but will contact volunteers as soon as possible and typically no later than two weeks before the project start date. For this reason we strongly recommend volunteers purchase trip insurance when making airline reservations or other travel arrangements.
To see how many spots are available click the SIGN UP button below. The second page will tell you when there are fewer than 4 spots remaining on a trip.
We encourage you to join the waitlist if a trip is full – we often have openings for these spots throughout the summer!