Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Strenuous. ~3 mile daily hikes
Front country: dispersed tent camping
Join us at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as we help remediate visitor impacts on GSENM along popular recreation corridors.
Service Project Details
In partnership with Grand Staircase Escalante Partners and the Bureau of Land Management, Wilderness Volunteers will help remediate visitor impacts on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument along popular recreation corridors. This project will address visitor impacts along the Egypt Road and surrounding areas. Volunteers will help address camping impacts like campfires, tree cutting, vehicle trespass, and new site creation. This project may also include addressing and remediating scratched in and drawn on graffiti in sandstone canyons and trail work to improve signage and cairn reconstruction and refinement.
This is a medium elevation project: ~4800′.
Project Leaders: Chris Riccardo and Bill Goolsby (Pancho and Lefty)
Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
Agency Website
Itinerary:
Thursday, April 17th. The Volunteer group meets at midday at a time/place TBD. The group will go through check-in, introductions, and orientation, and will help set up camp in preparation for the work week ahead.
Friday, April 18th. Workday.
Saturday, April 19th. Workday.
Sunday, April 20th. Day off.
Monday, April 21st. Workday.
Tuesday, April 22nd. Workday.
Wednesday, April 23rd. Break down camp, goodbyes, and depart.
Nearby cities
Escalante, UT
Boulder, UT
Nearby Airports
McCarran International Airport (LAS) – ~340 miles away
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) – ~302 miles away
Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) – ~165 miles away
Free Time Details
Hiking at any of the nearby trailheads (Lower Calf Creek Falls, the Cosmic Ashtray, the Escalante River), scenic drives and/or road biking down HWY 12, Hole In The Rock, or the Burr Trail.
Accommodations
Front country: dispersed tent camping near cars.
Difficulty
Strenuous. ~3 mile daily hikes
Task Details
Bending, digging, lifting, carrying, cutting, hauling, tensioning, etc.
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