Dates:

Meeting Date/Time/Location:
August 26, 8:00 AM, Bear Creek Trailhead

Hike In Date: August 26th

Hike Out Date: August 30th

Ranger District:

Hungry Horse Ranger District

Trailhead:

Bear Creek

Campsite:

Challenge Cabin

Miles to camp:

N/A

Hiking Difficulty:

Very Easy: Drive to the trailhead!

Work Difficulty:

Difficult: Full work days spent digging with picks and shovels to establish a new tread surface.

Project Description

The Big River Trail is an incredibly popular entry into the Great Bear Wilderness, and your help is needed to reestablish the first 200 yards of tread. Crews will work to install sill longs along the edge of the trail to help mitigate erosion of this trail into Bear Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Flathead River. Expect full days digging picks and shovels to help this trail last for future generations to enjoy. This will be the second BMWF trip to this section of trail to complete this project. Challenge Cabin will be your frontcountry campsite to enjoy great meals and the company of your fellow volunteers in the evenings.

Pop-Up Day Opportunity: Can’t volunteer for the full project? In 2024 we’re offering pop-up volunteer opportunities for some of our frontcountry projects. This means you can just show up for 1-2 days instead of the whole trip and contribute what you can to the trails. You’re welcome to camp with the crew for a night, or just head home after your day’s work. Contact Rebecca at rpowell@bmwf.org or (406) 387-3808 if you’re interested in joining this trip as a pop-up!

Cancellation Policy

It is very important to know that you are expected to commit to the project once you sign up. All of our projects take a lot of time and effort to organize and we want to make sure that we have full trips so that we can complete the project as outlined by our Forest Service partners. Please do not sign up for a trip unless you are committed to doing it.

We do, of course, understand that things happen and circumstances change, so if you must cancel, please do so as soon as possible. Cancellations made less than 45 days before the trip and no-shows will forfeit their project registration deposit as a cancellation fee. 

While uncommon, BMWF may find it necessary to cancel a project due to low volunteer sign-ups or safety reasons (i.e. wildfires), but will contact volunteers as soon as possible and typically no later than two weeks before the project start date.  For this reason we strongly recommend volunteers purchase trip insurance when making airline reservations or other travel arrangements.

To see how many spots are available click the SIGN UP button below. The second page will tell you when there are fewer than 4 spots remaining on a trip.

We encourage you to join the waitlist if a trip is full – we often have openings for these spots throughout the summer!