Volunteer: Trail Work Day on Old Bridle Path

Description

Come volunteer with the Squam Lakes Association on Sunday, July 27, from 9am - 1pm, for a hike up West Rattlesnake via Old Bridle Path to help maintain the trail corridor! We will start our day by meeting at the West Rattlesnake parking lot at 9am. From there we will hike toward the summit and use dirt working tools such as mattocks, mcleods and hoes to clear water bars on the trail. Water bars divert water and runoff away from the path and help prevent erosion. Once we reach the top, we will eat lunch and take in the views of Squam Lake before hiking back down to the parking lot. Bring your friends to enjoy the most popular trail in the SLA network and help give back to the hiking community!

This will be a 0.9-mile hike to the summit of West Rattlesnake (almost 2 miles out and back). Participants should bring plenty of snacks, lunch, water, bug spray, hiking boots and extra layers. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own safety glasses, working gloves, and dirt working tools as well, but SLA can provide any of those materials if needed. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, or to sign up for this volunteer program, visit the SLA website (squamlakes.org) or contact the SLA directly (603-968-7336).

For more than 75 years, the trails in the Squam Lakes region have been maintained by the Squam Lakes Association. There are 57 miles of hiking trails and 3 miles of mountain bike trails in the SLA network, and the SLA performs over 2,500 hours of trail construction and maintenance each year with help from Volunteer Trail Adopters.

The Squam Lakes Association is dedicated to conserving for public benefit the natural beauty, peaceful character and resources of the watershed. In collaboration with local and state partners the SLA promotes the protection, careful use and shared enjoyment of the lakes, mountains, forests, open spaces and wildlife of the Squam Lakes Region.