Project Gallery

Saddle Creek Trail #1776 Rock-Out

Volunteers worked on a challenging project over Freezeout Saddle, and down Saddle Creek in Hells Canyon to reinforce the trail berm and clear medium loose rock from a steep trail.

April 20-21, 2026

  • Before Tread Work

  • After Clearning Rocks

  • Lantz, Tilly & JW

  • Big Country

  • JW

  • Another Before

  • After-Reinforcing the Berm

  • Spring in Hells Canyon

College Creek Ranger Station Facilities Maintenance Project

A Historical Ranger Station upriver from Imnaha, this CCC-built station received some TLC from volunteers taking care of the grounds, clearing access roads, and cleaning inside the main building.

April 18, 2026

  • Grounds upkeep before Fire Season

  • Cleaning inside the historical building

  • Thanks John!

  • Adding to the brush pile

  • Cutting the grass back to protect structures

Rope & Pulley System Training

Practicing an essential tool of backcountry trail clearing, Volunteers learned some engineering and creative problem solving using ropes and pulleys.

April 11, 2026

East Fork Wallowa River Trail #1804

Volunteers worked to clear 44 trees and brush 2.5 miles of trail along the lower section of the East Fork Wallowa River Trail.

April 4, 2026

  • Brushing along the trail

  • The Crew cleared 44 trees in 2.5 miles

  • Our Chainsaw Sawyers Mike + Mike

  • A beautiful day on the trail

  • Some big leaners

  • The Crew hard at work

Saddle Creek/High Trail Project

Volunteers hiked up to Freezeout Saddle, then camped along the High Trail in Hell’s Canyon NRA. Working along the High Trail, they cleared logs, brushed, and restored tread.

March 26-29, 2026

  • Logout Time

  • Serenade, Mary Kay + JW the Mule

  • Working on the Tread

  • Hardworking stock in the Canyon

  • Crew and Early Spring in Hells Canyon

Freezeout Trail Log Cutout Project

Mike and Russ clearing out large trees from the lower trail after some gusty storms this winter, including a beautiful old ponderosa pine.

March 24, 2026

  • Thanks Russ!!

  • Cutting out the giant from the trail

  • Clearing burned trees from the trail

  • Beautiful old ponderosa on the trail

Devil’s Gulch Trail Project

Clearing the popular early season trail, volunteers brushed and repaired tread that had been washed out over the winter.

March 22, 2026

  • Fixing and moving tread.

  • The Crew!

  • More tread work

  • Tread repair

Lower Imnaha Trail Project

Our annual early Spring Trip to keep the popular trail brushed and in good shape for early season fishing and recreationalists.

March 21, 2026

  • Cutting out Leaners

  • Moving rock debris from the trail

  • Fixing sloughed rocks

  • Brushing the Trail

West-East Fork Wallowa Trail Project

Volunteers worked to clear trees on the lower section of the West and East Fork Wallowa Trails, as well as the connecting trail between, clearing 12 trees in all.

February 7, 2026

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Bear Creek Trail Project

Volunteers worked to clear the first few miles of the Bear Creek trail, clearing 20 trees. JW the Mule helped haul some equipment, including a chainsaw and other tools. Two teams with chainsaws worked separately to cut and swamp the debris.

January 31, 2026

Making a cut plan for two large trees that fell across the trail.
limbing it up
On the trail
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Lantz and JW help carrying the tools
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Hurricane Creek Trail Project

January 16, 2026

Volunteers worked to repair trail tread that had sluffed toward the creek, and remove large boulders and trees that had fallen into the trail.

Removing large boulders on the trail in January.

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Trail sluffing down toward the creek

Chief Joseph Trail Project

January 9, 2026

When a large tree and root wad fell on the trail, the crew along with the USFS worked to measure the tree as a possible partial substitute for the BC Bridge replacement. The crew then used chainsaws and a pulley system to cut the tree and remove the root wad from the trail.

Making a plan to sever the root wad from the tree. After falling across the trail, the tree was measured long enough to use for the new BC bridge.

Volunteers work to secure and clear the log on the Chief Joseph Trail.

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This large tree and root wad feel across the tread.