Learn Traditional Trail Skills on the Pacific Crest Trail

This summer the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and the US Forest Service will come together to host their third annual "Monsters of Rock: Traditional Trail Skills Workshop." They will be working on the Pacific Crest Trail in a popular and accessible portion of the John Muir Wilderness in the Sierra National Forest in California. They are offering three, four-day sessions of trail rock work led by a nationally known instructor and a crew of Forest Service and SCA crew members. Workshop topics will include material selection and placement, safe handling techniques, rigging and mechanical advantage, trail improvements and site restoration and wilderness ethics. Each session is limited to 20 participants and they are expected to fill up quickly. The three sessions to choose from will be August 23–26, August 30–September 2, and September 6–9. For more information and to register for a session, please go to SCA's Web site: www.thesca.org/trail_skills.