Important information about the upcoming Grousefest brought to you by BONC.
Date: Sept 6,7,8 weekend after Labor Day
I believe this is the 7th (maybe 8th) annual Grousefest. BONC first unofficially, then officially adopted most of the Grouse Ridge Trails through a volunteer agreement with the Yuba River Ranger District. Nearly all of the trail maintenance in the Grouse Ridge Non-Motorized area for nearly a decade has been done by BONC volunteers. This is rough backcountry terrain, and a local treasure so close to home. Please be at this years Grousefest and please consider donating to BONC at BONC.org to make events like this possible.
We will be camping and staging at the Spaulding Lake Campground 1/2 mile off Hwy 20, between Bowman Lake road and I-80. We have reserved 7 campsites, for Friday and Saturday nights for up to 40 people and there are more available if needed. Tents, vans, and small trailers are fine at the sites. Larger trailers and RVs can set up in the paved parking area above the boat ramp, a short walk away.
Food will be provided for Saturday (main work day)--onsite breakfast and dinner with a ‘to go’ lunch. We will be working on the Spaulding Lake Trail cleaning up the good parts and realigning the bad ones. We will have a cache of tools but please bring any tools you want, primarily loppers, McLeod or Rogue Hoe, flat shovel, hand saws….
We plan on using boats to ferry across the lake to the work sites to minimize hike in time. Plus it will be fun. Wear protective clothing, long pants, boots, long shirt, and hat to keep the forest from harming you. Bring a small pack and extra water as there will be limited drinkable water access once we leave camp.
Some of us will be arriving Friday afternoon, and everyone is welcome to come Friday. We will likely have a short ride that evening. Saturday will be quite busy with the work day but it will start with a hot breakfast and end with a hot dinner around the campfire catered by the fabulous Sierra Nevada Camp Chef. Sunday will be ride day. Several options will be available from 2 to up to 4 hours out on the trails. If you cannot make the work day, you are still welcome to join us for the rides.
We are at a beautiful lake with easy access for kayaks, SUPs, boats and swimming.
We could use a couple more boats to make the lake ferry smoother. If you have a small boat, or know someone that would let us use one, please e-mail BONC at info@bonc.org or pm us on Facebook.
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