Volunteer Trail Work Days
Not sure if you\’ve heard but there\’s been quite a bit of work happening lately on the Cumberland Trail. This Tennessee State Park is the first linear park in TN, cutting through 11 counties as it crosses the state from North to South. Wild Trails is proud to be a strong supporter and partner in […]
Wild Trails mission \”is to encourage and promote a healthy and active lifestyle through trail running and other forms of outdoor recreation and advocate to protect and preserve land (natural spaces) used for such activities.\” One of the most important ways we do this is through education. There is no better way to educate than […]
A tree down across a popular trail is about as well-received as a high-school bully at the 10-year reunion. Luckily, it\’s easier to get rid of the tree. This behemoth was cleared off of the Upper Truck Trail yesterday by Samuel Hammonds and Wild Trails director Randy Whorton. Randy says, \”This one was difficult and rather dangerous, […]
Wild Trails awarded a grant to Stringer\’s Ridge (city of Chattanooga) in the form of material and labor to build two really cool sets of stairs on either side of a pedestrian only connector trail leading up to Old Baldy. The project began with Lance Steel, a local trail runner who owns and operates a […]
Wild Trails awarded a grant to Stringer\’s Ridge (city of Chattanooga) in the form of material and labor to build two really cool sets of stairs on either side of a pedestrian only connector trail leading up to Old Baldy. The project began with Lance Steel, a local trail runner who owns and operates a […]
This is a simple, grass roots program where the caretaker of the trail travels (or bribes someone to travel) their trail at least once per month. Any problems observed, i.e., down trees, erosion, dead bodies etc. are to either be taken care of by the caretaker or communicated back to the group so that we […]
Wild Trails building a rock bridge over Blowing Springs on the new Ritchie Hollow trail. Here Jarret Kinder and Randy Whorton are moving a 600-800 pound rock using a Masdam Power puller on a two to one pulley system. Worked perfectly. The trail head is on the east end of the upper parking lot of […]
Wild Trails purchased a Highline Grips Hoist system for the trail community including Lula Lake Land Trust, the Friends of Cloudland Canyon State Park and SORBA. We also took part in a three day training of such system. As you can see here, this system will allow for a couple guys to move several thousand […]