JACKSON, Wyo. — Advocates for Multi-use of Public Lands (AMPL) is hosting a volunteer trail work day on Mosquito Creek on Saturday, June 15.
Volunteers will be working on the motorized/multi-use trail called Crankshaft and the new kid’s dirt bike loop, Kickstart. Participants will repair winter trail damage, cut back overgrown brush and shovel a patch of snow that often blocks the loop after most of the trail is dry.
“The goal of this event is to get outside, give back to our public lands, and do some spring cleanup on one of our favorite multi-use trails,” says Will Mook, AMPL’s Executive Director.
All recreationists are welcome. That includes dirt bikers, e-mountain bikers, mountain bikers, hikers, horseback riders and more. Volunteers will meet AMPL’s staff at the start of Crankshaft, located three miles up Mosquito Creek Road from Fall Creek Road.
Trail work will run from 10 to 1:30 p.m. Following the trail work will be a trailhead BBQ to celebrate the work and the close of springtime fundraiser, “All-in For AMPL,” which celebrates the growth of the organization. In the past seven years, AMPL has grown from a volunteer board to having two paid full-time employees as well as a seasonal, full-time paid trail crew. AMPL is growing with projects as well as working with land managers to ensure all users have access to high-quality recreation opportunities on public lands.
This summer, AMPL will have four trail crew members working on trails in Teton County. The org maintains Horsetail, Crankshaft, Arm Pump and Downshift motorized trails. Arm pump and Downshift are two new trails looping off Crankshaft that AMPL constructed over the past two years in Mosquito Creek. AMPL also clears and maintains non-motorized backcountry trails in the Palisades from Mail Cabin to North Fork of Fall Creek.
AMPL’s Idaho trail crew clears the motorized trails on the Idaho side of the Palisades as well as the eastern side of the Big Hole Mountains.
“AMPL strives to provide opportunities for recreationists to give back to the public lands we all enjoy and instill an ethic of stewardship amongst all users,” Mook says.
