“Finding the Silver Lining”

We didn’t have much to cheer about in 2024’s field season after an early fall storm forced the postponement of our Crest Trail improvement project. Some background: grant awards for trail work were disappointing last year so CRC Stewardship partnered up with FoCCC to “self-fund” a project. It would address the issues along segments of the Crest beyond the junction with Snowshed Trail. Then came the early snow. But there was to be a happy ending to the story and here it is as told by Jonathan Patt. Their improvements to this highly scenic portion of the Crest with its spectacular views into Cave Creek Canyon has us believing that silver linings do exist.