Volunteer Campout Weekend 2026 Opener

Hello friends!

We will be working on USFS trails in the Silver Lake Horse Canyon, and Kirkwood areas during this upcoming campout.

Camp Details:

We will camp near Silver Lake at Plasse's Resort in the tent camping area at no charge. The folks there have allowed us to setup camp (the resort will not yet be open to the public),. We will be near We will have an outhouse and running water available to the site, and the hot showers will be availble at the resort. In exchange for helping out, we will be offering some camp cleanup for the resort campsites.

Please Bring food for your crew for friday, we will have a camp kitchen setup with places to cook and wash. Please bring your own flatware, plates, cups/mugs, and cooking utensils for each member of your party. We will have a hot water wash station to clean after community meals, this format helps us with the workload and keeps a clean camp.

A community potluck style dinner will be saturday after the trail work, ATS will provide the protein. If you are bringing a dish, let us know in your RSVP or by email. The event BYOB and inebriations in the evenings after trail work, but remember it is an all ages event so please consume responsibly.

Pancakes and fruit are provided for breakfast, and materials to pack a sack lunch for trail work, both Saturday and Sunday. Lunch examples are chips or snack mix items, fruit, PB&J station, and soft drinks. Please bring any food to accomodate any specialized diets or restrictions you may have.

Please check the forecast for the area, plase review as the event approaches. The weather at this elevation can change quickly, please be prepared for anything from warm weather to light snow this time of year.