Legacy Trails Program

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posted Mar 20, 2024

Legacy Trails Program Grant Awardee Portal

Below you will find documents that may be useful as you prepare your invoices.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Cove Creek Trail Rehabilitation

This project will utilize professional trail-building contractors to rehabilitate this .325-mile legacy trail to re-establish it as a sustainable Forest Service (FS) system trail.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Hurricane Creek Trail Restoration

Volunteers will work on constructing trail drainage structures such as water bars to prevent erosion, installing check dams to reclaim sections of incised tread, constructing a turnpike to get through a wet/muddy area, clearing brush out of the trail corridor and restoration of campsites and fire rings near Echo and Billy Jones Lakes.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Vesuvius Recreation Area Trail System Restoration

16 volunteers including an American Hiking Society crew leader will join two Forest Service staff to repair the Vesuvius Recreation Area Trail System.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Munson Meadow Trail Restoration

10 volunteers, including an American Hiking crew leader will join this project to backpack into a stunning river valley of granite and pine trees and help restore access.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Blue Bend Loop Trail Restoration

Volunteers will work in Big Draft Wilderness on minor tread restoration, brushing of vegetation and removing slough and berm to improve the Blue Bend Loop Trail.


posted Feb 8, 2024

Catamount Trail Improvement

A 2.5-mile segment of the Catamount Trail located on the Manchester District of the Green Mountain National Forest will be improved, including hardening water crossings and muddy sections, smoothing out parts of the trail, and re-establishing proper drainage.


posted Feb 8, 2024

West Ridge Trail #176 Improvements

Project work will include replacing an old bridge on the West Ridge Trail located in Summit County, CO.


posted Feb 8, 2024

South Lake and Moss Lake Trail Restoration

The 3-million-acre Superior National Forest contains 2,000 lakes, 400 miles of hiking trails, and one of the most visited, federally designated wilderness areas in the country, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).


posted Feb 8, 2024

Pony Express National Historic Trail Improvement

This project focuses on the Slippery Ford section of the Pony Express National Historic Trail, which provides access to cultural history, scenic hiking, and rock climbing at Lovers Leap.