Each summer we help maintain or build a trail in the park.
In previous years we have helped reroute the Pacific Crest Trail
to include a portion for lake viewing, rehabilitated the North
Junction Overlook, and helped maintain existing trails.
During the 2008 Project Weekend, part of
our group participated in the Bio-Blitz, looking for lichens
while another group painted the exterior of the Annie Creek
Entrance Station. Small groups with knowledgeable
scientists accompanying them fanned out over the park to look
for new species of lichen and inventorying known species.
The painting group of about 7, under the
capable leadership of board member Niel Barrett, spent Saturday
scraping off old paint, taping windows and spreading tarp s,
and, finally, painting the entrance station while rangers inside
the building collected fees and passed out brochures. Park
Superintendent, Craig Ackerman, helped for half the day taking
his turn scraping off old paint. What a difference the new
paint made!
2005's
event involved installing "Danger" signs to remind visitors to
be careful around the caldera, cleanup/rehab of a backcountry
campsite, and our ongoing Adopt a Highway project.
2004 brought us back to work on the ever popular
Annie Creek One of the foot bridges crossing Annie
Creek needed to be replaced, and we were just the group to do
it! We also spent some time working on water bars, trimming
brush, and doing general tread repair.
The year 2003 brought us back to Lost Creek Campground to
install bear-proof storage lockers. This was a fun and rewarding
weekend and the end result will help improve the safety of both
campers and black bears alike. See our for all the fun and hard
work
2002 marked the centennial year of the creation of Crater
Lake National Park. The Friends played an integral role working
with the National Park Service and other park partners in
celebrating this year-long event.
Our 2000 Trail Project Weekend started off the new century
with relocating the trailhead to Crater Peak. The old trailhead
was on the busy Loop Drive and had inadequate parking. The new
trailhead is now in the Vidae Falls Picnic Area. We continued this
project in 2001, including installing new picnic tables plus
additional trail work.
The 1999 trail project
in mid-August involved the construction of the first
first interpretive trail in the park since 1963 -- the Park
Headquarters Historic Walking Tour in the Munson Valley Historic
District. Visit our
for a look at Friends-in-action at 1999's event.
The trail project for 1998 we spent the
weekend working on the ever popular Castle Crest Wildflower
Garden Trail, doing trail tread and drainage work and replacing
a creosote-treated bridge with a natural wood bridge using a
historical design for the structure.
The trail project for 1997 was working on the Annie Creek
Canyon Trail. Trail work included bridge replacement,
installation of water bars, trail inventory with a mileage wheel
and basic trail enhancement. The Sunday morning project was
trail enhancement of the Discovery Point Trail (along the Rim)
and additional work on the Annie Creek Canyon Trail.
1996's project was trail sign inventory and culvert removal
on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). We hiked the Annie Creek
connector trail which follows a portion of the old wagon road
that went from Fort Klamath to Jacksonville in 1865. We made a
significant contribution to the park and had a lot of fun!
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