Barr Trail Pack Out
Mileage for the day will be around 10 miles minimum. Please review the plan below CAREFULLY prior to signing up. If you have any questions prior to registering please reach out to Calla below.
For this volunteer day, we need help moving this season's gear from the Mt View/Cog intersection to around the intersection with Barr Trail, Mt View each way is 1.5 miles. Volunteers need to be able to carry 45-60 pounds for 1.5 miles; this may need to be done twice, depending on how much gear can be moved in one trip - there is no pace expectation. This is strenuous work in the outdoors that will require you to hike/run down Barr Trail once the pack-in is complete.
We welcome volunteers of all backgrounds and communities.
Online registration closes at noon on 9/29. If you woudl ike to join the Barr Trail Pack Out, we would love to have you. A paper waiver will be provided morning of, all details are below.
Calla Balliett, Community Engagement Coordinator calla@rmfi.org
Registration for this event has closed.
Volunteer CalendarMeeting and Parking Location:
Please park and meet RMFI staff at the Hiawatha Gardens parking lot (your parking will be paid for for the day) - Manitou Hiawatha Gardens Parking and Shuttle
Time:
6:15 am sharp at the Hiawatha Gardens lot
until around 2:00-3:00 pm depending on your personal pace down Barr Trail
Online registration will close on Monday, September 29 at noon.
Activity: For this volunteer day, we need help moving this season's gear from the Mt View/Cog intersection to around the intersection with Barr Trail, Mt View each way is 1.5 miles. Volunteers need to be able to carry 45-60 pounds for 1.5 miles; this may need to be done twice, depending on how much gear can be moved in one trip - there is no pace expectation. This is strenuous work in the outdoors that will require you to hike/run down Barr Trail once the pack-in is complete.
Schedule:
6:15 am SHARP - Hiawatha Gardens parking lot, RMFI will shuttle you to the Cog in our trucks.
7:00 am SHARP - The cog will depart; there is no leeway here. They leave at 7am on the dot.
Cog- We will be taking the Cog up to the Mt View trailhead, which will negate the 6 miles of uphill on Barr Trail. Thank you Cog!
Arrive at Mt View Trailhead- We will disembark the cog and pack up backpacks and cache haulers and make the 1.5-mile hike to around the intersection with Barr Trail with weight (this may need to be done twice depending on how much can be moved in one trip. Expect between 45-60 pounds; there are no pace expectations.
Once all the gear has been moved to the Barr Trail intersection, there is no more heavy lifting left for the day.
DOWN BARR: You are then free to run or hike down Barr Trail at your own pace. The crew will be remaining on-site. You will likely be on your own here and possibly not with another volunteer depending on pace, we do ask that volunteers be familiar with the trail and comfortable with possibly being alone on Barr Trail. It will be approximately 6 miles from the intersection to the bottom of Barr Trail.
BARR TRAILHEAD to CAR: There are 2 options to get back to your car at Hiawatha gardens, you can take the free shuttle that picks up just below the cog OR you can continue to run/hike down to your car it is about 1.5 miles more via Ruxton and Manitou Ave.
Land Acknowledgment
This is a community stewardship day, which we acknowledge takes place on the traditional unceded territory of the Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), Cheyenne, and Jicarilla Apache Nations*. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced occupation of their territory, and we honor and respect the many diverse indigenous people connected to this land on which our stewardship days take place.
*If you would like to learn about the native territories that each of our projects are located on, please follow this link: https://www.rmfi.org/projects.