Join CRAGS – the Sacramento & Highway 50 Climbers’ Coalition - and the Access Fund Conservation Team West for the 2025 trail work season at Lover’s Leap. With help from the Bay Area Climbers’ Coalition, Tahoe Climbing Coalition, Blue Granite Climbing Gym, Tahoe Gear Exchange, American Trails, Strawberry Station, Lover’s Leap Guides an d Women’s Lead Club we have volunteer opportunities available and we need your help!
As part of our ongoing multi-year project to stabilize and improve the trail infrastructure at the three principal climbing areas in the Highway 50 corridor – Sugarloaf, Phantom Spires and Lover’s Leap – CRAGS is working with the Access Fund over several weeks this summer at Lover’s Leap. We’ll be working on the Pony Express Trail - our main access trail - and continuing some spot work along the base of Lower Buttress, completing work on the landing platforms and staircases below Sinbad Herbert, The Groove and then continuing up the Main Wall approach trail with some rerouting, platform and step building at some other key locations. We’ll have a mix of lighter and heavier work; some brush trimming/clearing; some rock work; some tool use and some fun!
This work is supported in part by a grant from the American Trails' Legacy Trails Grant.
This year the BACC is stepping up huge to fund part of this project as well! Thanks Bay Area!
We are still looking for volunteers to join us for one more volunteer day this season - we’ll have more later, stay tuned:
Saturday, June 28 @9am with TCC
Saturday, July 5 @9am with Strawberry Locals!
Thursday, July 10 @9am with Blue Granite Climbing Gym & Tahoe Gear Exchange
Saturday, July 12 @9am with BACC → Lover’s Fest Fundraiser Party to follow!
Sunday, July 20 @9am with Women’s Lead Club! - Register HERE!
Details:
Meet at 9am at Strawberry Station General Store on Highway 50
Please bring closed toe shoes, work clothes, food and water!
Trail work is heavy duty; but light duty jobs are available too!
Gloves and safety glasses are required & available - BYO if you have your own!
Minors must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian.
Please leave ALL dogs at home.
All volunteers must sign CRAGS + AF waivers (digital - click on the link to sign) + Forest Service waivers on the day of.
Saturday July 12 at 6pm for Lover’s Fest Annual Fundraiser!
Join us for the 3rd annual summer season “Lover’s Fest” party at Strawberry Station General Store, hosted by Lover’s Leap Guides and your local climbers’ coalition and trailwork sponsor CRAGS.
There will be GOOD FOOD - we LOVE a good old BBQ and pig roast !?! - plus sides, snacks and non-meat options. We’ll have cold non-alcoholic drinks and beer!
Thanks to Smokin Joe’s BBQ for the help with the food!
We have an awesome raffle with prizes from many of our sponsors, plus we’ll have music and other festivities.
Includes LIVE music starting around 7pm from High Beamz!
Beer from Touchstone Brewing's Pintworks!
Ocun Crack Pull Up Contest!
$20 general admission for food and raffle tickets
Donate more = get more raffle tickets!
Prizes from local sponsors and climbing/outdoor brands!
All donations go to CRAGS stewardship work at Lover's Leap and the local Strawberry community
Sunday July 13
Climber coffee at 9am at Strawberry Station General Store
FREE clinics with Lover’s Leap Guides 10am-3pm
Ocun Climbing Shoe Demo
A big thanks to ALL of the awesome partners who are supporting to send this project: Climbing Resource Advocates for Greater Sacramento (CRAGS), Lover’s Leap Guides, Strawberry Station, Tahoe Climbing Coalition, Bay Area Climbers Coalition , Blue Granite Climbing Gym, Tahoe Gear Exchange, Women’s Lead Club, American Trails and the Eldorado National Forest.
Thank you to all the volunteers for your hard work this summer, we can’t do it without you.
Help us build trails and come party with us on July 12 —> Interested in future work days? Awesome! —> sign up now!
Thanks and see you out there,
CRAGS & Lover’s Leap Guides
Want more ways to help? Here’s what you can do: