First image is a photo of Vivian Slugoski and Ken Zelt
presenting Bazil Leonard (middle) a $10,000.00 cheque
for trail clearing in Willmore Wilderness Park.
2009 Trail Clearing
During 2009 the Willmore Wilderness Foundation had quite a busy summer as we had a trail-clearing contract with the National Trails Coalition. We participated in six different trail clearing and restoration expeditions across Willmore’s landscape for a total of 73-days.
Special thanks goes to Ken Zelt and Vivian Slugoski of the Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) for their support during one 18-day trip. We also salute AEF for donating $10,000 toward the second trip. A thank youalso due to Ken South, Dave Wildman and Richard Aarsen (the three musketeers) who spent five days clearing trail up Munn Creek. We can’t forget Ed Regnier of Saracen Head Outfitters and Ian Helmer who cleared the trail from Blue Grouse Camp over to the Moose Farm. Brian and Deana Bildson, Sheep Creek Back Country Lodge and Prime Property Management sponsored the Sheep Creek Trail Clearing trip in late August and September. High Country Vacations and Great Divide Consulting Inc. were also key contributors to the 2009 Trail Clearing expeditions.
All in all we cleared 290 kilmometers of trails in the park during the 2009 season. For a detailed breakdown of the trails that were cleared, read pages 12 and 13 of the January 2010 Newsletter. The crews worked a total of 2652 man days, restoring and upgrading the old packtrails. Click here for a PDF of the 2009 Trail Clearing Report.The trail clearing crew worked hard and put in long hours. It was a labour of love, but also alot of hard physical work.