Collaboration
We value our collaboration with the Forest Service and are happy for the contributions our stewardship group has made this year with the work on the South Fork Trail and the placing of new signs in the wilderness.
We value our collaboration with the Forest Service and are happy for the contributions our stewardship group has made this year with the work on the South Fork Trail and the placing of new signs in the wilderness.
The Chiricahua Regional Council, in collaboration with Wild Arizona, has helped secure grant funding to complete the South Fork Trail project and restore a major section of the Crest Trail. We launched the first phase of work on this classic Chiricahua canyon trail in 2021. It was a highly successful project. CRC provided funding, coordinated…
On May 6, 2022, the Chiricahua Wilderness Trail Crew completed a week of volunteer trail work in the Chiricahua mountains. John Sumner (in the blue hardhat in the above picture) led the group. Several participants traveled from outside Arizona to improve conditions on several trails that have seen damage in recent years. These included Rattlesnake,…
A lot of effort has been poured into restoring the trails in the Chiricahuas over the past quarter century. But the assaults of weather and fire, coupled with funding limitations imposed by a federal government that has de-prioritized trail maintenance nationally, have resulted in a trail system that struggles to remain safe and accessible. Every…
A team of four volunteers led by John Sumner continued trail work in the Chiricahua Wilderness last week. The plan at this stage of the project was to ascend and work on the higher and more remote section of the trail. The Chiricahua Regional Council is sponsoring this multi year project to fully restore the…
The Chiricahua Regional Council is happy to welcome back the Chiricahua Wilderness Trail Crew. John Sumner returns to Portal on the 28th of April to lead this cast of volunteers from various parts of the country. They will contribute a week of their time. Initially they will base out of Pine Canyon and work on…
In November, 2021, work continued on the South Fork Trail in the Chiricahua Wilderness to finish some trail reroutes and to do some additional work on the existing trail. This work was done by the Wild Stew Field Crew of Wild Arizona, accompanied by a team of volunteers, and supported by CRC and others. More…