Category: Trail Day

Trail elves needed on March 17

Time to start filling up those volunteer hours! Graham Knell, Trail and Habitat Co-ordinator (District of North Vancouver), needs twenty volunteers on Saturday, March 17 to help carry lumber for a staircase and boardwalk construction project. You’ll help move the materials from the Indian River Road meeting place down to...

Trail makeover, extreme edition

Graham Knell, the North Vancouver District Trail and Habitat Co-ordinator, has promised us a “special project” for this year’s Trail Day (June 23). What could this mean? Is it building a tree house? Maybe we’ll shave a few feet off Black Mt. so that you’re not climbing 8,000′ of vertical. Wait, what about installing Zip...

Building Boardwalks on Balmy Black Mt. (Sept. 25)

Mark Grist (BC Parks Ranger and a Knee Knacker runner) had offered me the choice of either Saturday or Sunday for the Black Mt. Trail Day. I picked Sunday. If you recall, it was distinctly summer-like on Saturday with the sun shining and the humidity harking back to an August...

Rivers Day Volunteer Plant Pull

If building boardwalks in rainy, muddy conditions isn’t your thing, how about weeding? This Sunday, September 25, you can help celebrate Rivers Day at Mackay Creek in Heywood Park (North Vancouver, Marine Drive and Hamilton Avenue) from 10am-2pm. Join the City of North Vancouver, Evergreen and other community groups to...

Black Mt. Trail Day crew is filled

We have a complete crew for this Sunday’s trail work party! Thanks to everyone who volunteered. All we need now is a spot of sunshine…