BRUSHBACK BRIGADE
The Brush Back Brigade is one of our volunteer endeavors. It was inspired in 2010 by a donation from the Pearson Financial Group and the need to have a crew established to 'brush back' trails...and more.It is also supported by the District Operations Department (Bob Smith, Scott Lamont and Andy Dawson).
VOLUNTEERS WELCOME
The Brush Back Brigade is a group of dedicated volunteers who meet regularly to 'brush back' or generally work on trails. We are always looking for eager individuals who want to help keep our community trails in good order. If you'd like to join us in this rewarding work please fill our a volunteer form or contact us.
Trail need attention?
If you know of a trail needing attention please let us know here. It's also a good idea to as well contact the District, asking for the Operations Department at:
604-892-5217
2023
March 18 - Cattermole Creek abandoned camp clean up
April 6 - Loggers Creek Trail; gravelled and smoothing
May 24 - BBB Turtle Trail section of Town Dyke trail; 330 meters
June 2 - BBB Nature Trail; 1.9 km
June 8 - BBB Live Wire Trail; 1.0 km
June 17 - BBB Nature Loop Trail revisited
June 23 - Clearing Lower Spencer’s Trail and The Graduate; 1.0 km
June 28 - BBB Woodpecker Trail; 1.1 km
July 6 - BBB Jack’s Trail; 2 km
July 9 - BBB Toboggan Trail; 400 m
July 18 - BBB Nature Trail; 457 m
August 2 - BBB Dipper and Rotary Trail; 500 m
August 18 - BBB Dark Roast Connector; 300 m
August 30 - BBB Access Trail, Valleycliffe; 507 m
September 13 - BBB Dipper Trail by golf course; 400 m
Total 8894 m
Other trail clearning by our members
S&M Connector; 1.8 km
Fartherside; 1.8 km
Farside; 400 m
My Trail; 234 m
Seven Stitches; 461 m
Valleycliffe Natural Gas Pipeline access; 476 m
Cheshire Cat (under the powerlines); 600 m
Total 3971 m
Grand total; 12,865 meters of trail clearance
2022
The following trails were worked on this past Spring, Summer and Fall.
It started with the Nature Loop and the Finch Access trail to Finch Dr. as well
Access trails to the Town Dyke Trail
Reefer Rip trail that accesses Rusty Bucket
The Access trail from Westway road to the Graduate.
Eagle Wind Trail
Discovery Trail (near Squamish Elem.)
Toboggan Trail
Lower Valleycliffe Trail
Little Stawamus Creek Trail (near McNaughton Park)
Rotary Trail
Nature Trail Loop
Loggers Creek Trail
Dipper Trail
Mamquam Spawning Channel Trails
Mashiter Spawning Channel Trails
Ray Peters Trail
A gentle trim to the Brennan Side Channel Trails in the Spring
Also trimmed the Cheshire Cat Trail and White Rabbit Trails under the power lines
2021
Our Brushback Crew was out socially distanced but active clearing 1.4 km of trail. Extreme heat and dry weather curtailed normal spring-summer activity.
2020
The Brushback Crew has spent 182 hours clearing the corridor trails for a total of 6.7 kms to date.
Gallery Details (left to right):
Images 1 & 2 - Our Brushback Crew working on Magnolia trails in Valleycliffe.
Images 3-6 - Our Brushback Brigade hard at work on the Loggers Creek Trail. Photos by Heather Sidsworth.
2019
In 2019 the Brushback completed brushing back 4.2 kms of trail with 172.5 volunteer hours. This is not counting the Senior Smoothers Projects which gravelled 3 kms of travel with 240 hours of volunteer time.
