Sierra Nevada Journey & Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship

Hope you're not afraid of heights!

Recently I had the opportunity to go and tour Grizzly Ranch, which is home to Sierra Nevada Journeys. This is a year round camp that sees approx. 6000 kids during the year within their multiple programs. The Campus is surrounded by magnificent vistas, valleys, and meadows and is situated on 1,500 acres of pristine Yellow Pine forest on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Located just 45 minutes from Reno and Lake Tahoe, and 2.5 hours from Sacramento. As you can see from the picture, they have an amazing ropes course! Their goal this year is to do programs all 12 months. This is possible because of the positive feedback of their returning kids each year! We are partnering with them this year for 4 trail workdays on the Lake Davis Trail. We will see 14 + students at each of these 4 trail workdays. The kid’s ages will range from 7-14. We will work on drainage; trail maintenance and educating the kids about stewardship. The Lake Davis Trail is a very special and is just outside of Portola, CA. This trail is easily accessible to all in Plumas County and especially those in Portola.

If your child is interested in participating in any of the summer programs at Sierra Nevada Journeys, please visit their website: www.sierranevadajourneys.org/parents/summer-programs/.

We will also have information brochures at our trail daze events. For a full schedule of our 2012 events please visit our website: www.sierratrails.org/events and RSVP for our trail daze events!

• Tara Stone's blog

I wish these volunteers luck and be certain that you are definitely not afraid of heights.
Alan Shortall

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