On April 17th 2025 nine volunteers and one Forest Service employee showed up to work on clearing downed trees from the Max Creek section of the R2R Trail. Downed trees were from the March 15th tornado that hit the Max Creek sectionRead More
On April 17th at 9:00AM several members if the Trail Society are meeting at the River to River Trailhead for the Max Creek section of the trail in an effort to work on clearing any remaining damage to the trail from theRead More
Just giving everyone a heads up, the FS will be putting on our Herbicide Applicator training this month. This training is for our volunteers who attend our invasive species removal events in spring and fall. Volunteers will only be allow to applyRead More
As update on construction progress, the 2024 East Side reroute between Dutchman Lake Road and the Dam is now complete and has the trail markers have been installed as of December 10, 2024. The remaining work on the west side is expectedRead More
On Saturday November 23rd, 9 people from the Shawnee National Forest Friends and the River to River Trail Society, gathered at Garden of Gods to do a trash blast, that had been postponed from late September National Public Lands day, because ofRead More
In response to numerous recent comments on Facebook, the Society has developed an official policy that is now posted on our website. This page also includes a link to the official Forest Service national trail assurance installation policy which our policy isRead More
Hi all, due to significant rain showers back on September 28th, the 2024 Garden of the Gods National Public Lands Day trash blast was cancelled. As a result, we are going to attempt it again on November 23, 2024. National Public LandsRead More
On October 29, 2024, the Forest Service trail crew started construction of the River to River (R2R) Trail reroute in the Dutchman Lake area. This reroute is a continuation of the reroute that was started in February 2023 when a 1/2 mileRead More
Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. We in the Trail Society have been working on our fall hiking schedule which was released. In an effort to give back to the forest, theRead More
The Trail Society would like to formally thank Richard (Rich) Hall for all his efforts to capture and share trail conditions including locations of numerous trees down across the trail. Rich section hiked from Giant City to Panther Den in June andRead More