Dates:

Meeting Date/Time/Location:
August 27, 8:00 AM, Augusta Information Station

Hike In Date: August 27th

Hike Out Date: August 30th

Ranger District:

Rocky Mountain Ranger District

Trailhead:

South Fork Sun

Campsite:

Along Bighead Trail, about 1/2 mile after fording South Fork Sun River

Miles to camp:

3

Hiking Difficulty:

Easy: A short hike of about 3 miles will bring you to your basecamp.

Work Difficulty:

Difficult: The upper reaches of this trail have not been cleared in some time, so volunteers can expect heavy sawing and lifting of downed trees off the trail. A round trip hike of 8 miles is possible by the end of this trip.

Project Description

Near the popular Benchmark trailhead, the Bighead trail climbs to nearly 8,000 feet and overlooks the South Fork of the Sun River. Rocky Mountain Ranger District needs help continuing to clear this increasingly popular trail. This has been a multi-year clearing project, and we hope to be able to finish clearing this trail this season. Help us make it happen! Enjoy fishing the abundant holes and riffles of the Sun River, a refreshing swim, or just dip your feet in the water at days end!

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!