Trail work and camping weekend at AG Ranch in Shawnee August 4 – 6
RSVP needed by July 26 to Kitty
All members, friends, young adults, and kids are invited to join us.
We will be doing work on or near the AG and Brookside trails. This may involve making the new trail or fixing it in certain areas. FRBCH provides the meals and our skills to assist in the learning process, while enjoying the outdoor life and giving back by volunteering. We bring our horses to the event. The horses are for our own use, not the kids, but the kids have been told that they can assist in the daily care of the horses if you wish, and are respectful of our conditions for them being around our horses. In the past many members have given “pony rides” when we are in camp if they feel confident their horses are calm enough for this. Don’t worry – it is not required or expected for you to “give pony rides”, this is just for those who like to do this. The kids do not come expecting to ride the horses.
This location is about 1 hour from Denver. You are welcome to come for the day or for a couple of hours.
If we do not have a volunteer to bring the porta-potty trailer, we will coordinate bringing some of our kitchen items and canopies. If anyone has some tools for working on the trail, please bring them.
Particulars: Kids and chaperons arrive Friday any time after 11:00am and leave Sunday. FRBCH provides the meals for this event. Bring your own beverages. We will have water, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk. You will need your camping gear, working gloves, hat, long pants, high top boots or comfortable hiking shoes, water bottle, and backpack. Bring the usual stuff for your horse such as feed and water, haybags, and buckets. This is National Forest land so regulations call for certified weed free hay. Bring a highline, horse pen, etc. to contain your horse, manure fork to clean up after your horse when leaving. Remember, we practice “Leave No Trace” camping at all our campouts. Leave the area looking as good as or better than when we arrived.
Directions – Kitty will send you a detailed map when you RSVP.
•If you use GPS coordinates 39.426748, -105.564847, will take you to a dirt road. On the left look for the large dirt mound shown in the first map. Turn left there.
•Or another way to find us is to pass up the Forest Service Pack String HQ on the right side of the road at 56052 U.S. Highway 285, Shawnee, Co 80475. From that point, continue another .4 miles. On the left look for the large dirt mound shown in the first map. Turn left there.
•Or another way to find us is from C470 and Highway 285 travel South about 33.8 miles. On the left look for the large dirt mound shown in the first map. Turn left there.
•Follow the dirt road and take a left to the gate shown in the second picture. You need to open it for entry and be sure to close it. If there is an open lock, do NOT close the lock. If the gate is already opened, leave it open.
•Follow the curved road up the hill ½ mile as shown in the third picture. The camp will be in the large meadow shown in the photos.