Trail Work Day - Coldwater Lake

Saturday, June 5, 2021
8:45 AM 1:45 PM 08:45 13:45

Coldwater Lake Boat Launch WA-504 Toutle, WA 98649 (map)

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Trail work opportunities are coming back! We have been given permission from the Forest Service to host a fun day of trail work and stewardship along Coldwater Lake along the Backcountry Rise course. Whether you’re a mountain biker, trail runner, hiker, trail work veteran or first-timer, we welcome you! This work party is limited to the first 24 people who sign up.

DATE: Saturday June 5, 2021

LOCATION: Coldwater Lake Boat Launch Area, off Spirit Lake Hwy 504 in SW Washington.

TIME: Check-in opens at 8:45am. Safety meeting begins at 9:00am. Hike in begins at 9:15am. Trail work until 2pm, including a lunch break.

SIGN-UP: You MUST fill out the sign-up form in the RSVP link prior to the work date. This is critical to our planning purposes.

WHAT TO BRING: Sturdy hiking boots (not running shoes), work gloves, eye protection, long sleeved shirt, pants, rain gear if wet, hard hat or bike helmet, drinking water and a lunch/snacks.

SOME TRAIL WORK TOOLS WILL BE PROVIDED, but if you have your own loppers, hand saw, rake, etc., please feel free to bring and use them.

TASK DESCRIPTION: We will hike 3/4 of a mile to the Elk Bench Trail junction along Coldwater Lake and begin cutting back overgrown brush along the Elk Bench Trail that leads up to the Backcountry Rise staging venue.

We’ll send out an email with additional details to everyone who signs up here.

REMINDER: You must complete the RSVP sign-up form prior to the work date. This is critical to our work day planning efforts.

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WAIVER: I know that trail maintenance work is a potentially hazardous activity, which could cause injury or death. I will not enter and participate unless I am medically able and properly trained, and by accepting this waiver, I certify that I am medically able to perform this task, and am in good health, and I am properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of trail work host/leadership relative to any aspect of my participation in this event, including the right of any trail work host to deny or suspend my participation for any reason whatsoever. I attest that I have read the rules of the race and agree to abide by them. I assume all risks associated with this trail work task, including but no limited to: falls, physical contact with others, physical injury including the potential of contraction of a communicable disease resulting from contact with other volunteers and participants. I assume all risks including: the effects of the weather; high heat and/or humidity; freezing cold temperatures; traffic and the conditions of the road and trails including surrounding terrain. I further agree to abide by the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) recommendations for the prevention of the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and other communicable diseases, and I attest to having read the CDC’s guidance at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html. I assume all such risks being known, appreciated, and accepted by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release Daybreak Racing LLC, Jeremy Long, State of Washington, USDA Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Cowlitz County, Washington, all work party hosts, trail work volunteers, event sponsors, event suppliers and contractors, their representatives and successors from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this volunteer task, even though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver. In addition, I acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases and voluntarily assume the risk that I may be exposed to or infected by COVID-19 and/or other communicable diseases by participating in this event. I acknowledge that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, and/or death. I understand that the risk of becoming exposed to or infected by COVID-19 in connection with my participation in this event and personally assume this risk. I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use my photographs, motion pictures, recordings or any other record of this event for any legitimate purposes. I understand that this event does not provide for refunds in the event of a cancellation, and by signing this waiver, I consent that I am not entitled to a refund if the event is cancelled before or during the event.