Dates:

Meeting Date/Time/Location:
July 14th, 6PM, Augusta Information Station

Hike In Date: July 15th

Hike Out Date: July 19th

Ranger District:

Rocky Mountain Ranger District

Trailhead:

South Fork Sun

Campsite:

Backcountry Primitive; Near junction of #226 and the South Fork Sun River

Miles to camp:

3.5

Hiking Difficulty:

Easy: A hike of about 3.4 miles with minimal elevation gain or loss will bring you to your camp along the South Fork Sun River.

Work Difficulty:

Moderate/Difficult: Using digging tools including picks and shovels to help reestablish trail tread as needed, excavating slough coming onto trail, and removing rocks/tripping hazards from the trail. Additionally, volunteers will use saws to cut and remove trees that are within the trail corridor. If time allows, volunteers will hike roughly 2.5 miles up the trail to rehabilitate a turnpike in need of attention.

Project Description

Girls in The Bob brings teenage and young adult women (ages 14-19) on a volunteer adventure in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex for a week to get their hands dirty on wilderness stewardship projects. The girls work together to find their strength, push their limits, make new friends, sleep under the stars, and have an adventure of a lifetime.

Let’s be clear – this is no walk in the park! Projects include using crosscut saws to clear trees and digging with hand tools to improve tread or trail drainage features. Applicants don’t need previous backcountry experience, but should have a desire to explore the wilderness and learn more about public lands. This is an opportunity for young women to learn new skills and become more confident leaders, while having a blast in the backcountry! This years project will take place on Hoadly Creek Trail #226.

Volunteers will be using picks and shovels to remove slough and rocks off the hiking surface, making this trail more friendly for future generations of backcountry users. Evenings can be spent swimming in the South Fork Sun River, playing games with new friends, making good food together, and relaxing after a hard days work in a beautiful landscape.

Please note: While BMWF greatly admires wilderness therapy programs, Girls in the Bob is not designed to rehabilitate troubled youth. Instead, this is an opportunity for young women who are interested in and enjoy the outdoors to learn more about wilderness and gain new skills in supportive learning environment with a group of their peers.

We welcome all women and girls (transgender and cisgender) as well as non-binary people who identify with the women’s community, ages 14-19. Over age 19 and want to participate in a women’s trip? Check out BMWF #13: Women in the Bob!

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!