C2C Trail News Corvallis-to-Sea Trail / No. 12, Dec. 2016

Trail Opening Awaits Signs The anticipated 2016 opening of the eastern half of the C2C Trail has been delayed until maps are available and over 100 signs are purchased and installed along the 30 miles of route from Corvallis to Big Elk Campground west of Harlan. Both tasks have taken much more time than anticipated, but are slated to be completed this winter. A formal opening is expected early next year. Several trail segments will be closed to horses and bicycles annually from Oct 15 to May 15, so May 16, 2017 is the likely opening date for non-hikers on those segments.

In September, a few intrepid bicyclists took up the offer to participate in an over-night trip to Big Elk Campground from Corvallis’ Riverfront Park. Some made it, some got lost, thus reinforcing the need for adequate maps and signs before opening the trail. In November, Chris West finished off his 280-day “Walking Across America” from Newport, N.C. to Newport, OR. He honored us by taking the new Corvallis to Big Elk Campground portion of the C2C Trail, camping overnight at the dispersed camping area west of the Marys Peak North Ridge Trail parking area and at Big Elk Campground. Several C2C volunteers walked with him over the yet unsigned C2C Trail sections.

Some of the types of signs being purchased and installed for the trail.

Starker Forests Permit Reminder C2C Trail users need to be aware that use of the private, gated segment of the C2C trail on Old Peak Road will require a Starker Forest’s annual permit for Old Peak Road. The permits are available at their office at 7240 SW Philomath Blvd, 7 AM to 4:30 PM, Mon-Fri. At this time we plan to have maps available at Starker Forests for those obtaining permits next year.

Recent Outings on the New C2C Trail Several events in recent months marked the completion of the eastern half of the C2C Trail. On National Trails Day, June 4, we celebrated the completion of the new Sugarbowl Creek trail segment with a hike over the new trail segment, and in August with a 5-day, 60-mile hike to Ona Beach using the new eastern half and the proposed western half of the complete trail.

Chris West “Walking Across America” on C2C’s Sugarbowl Creek Trail

Permit Sought to Extend Trail to Ona Beach In 2017, the Corvallis-to-the-Sea (C2C) Trail Partnership will begin the pre-application process for a new permit from the Siuslaw National Forest (SNF). Current plans are to apply for what amounts to a renewal of the current permit for Corvallis to Big Elk Campground as well as both bicycle and hiking routes linking the current trail with Ona Beach. The present SNF permit for the Corvallis to Big Elk Campground segment expires in December, 2019. Enough lead time must be factored in for environmental assessment work by the Forest Service, as about 25 miles of the new Big Elk to Ona Beach route will be on Siuslaw lands.

Required Stinky Bob Removal Continues

C2C Thanks to…

C2C volunteers under the able tutelage of volunteers Jennifer and Dan Carper removed 75 pounds of the invasive Geranium robertianum over the 1-mile Sugarbowl Creek segment during the last two “bob-outs” in October and November. This brings the total “harvest” to 475 pounds on this segment during 2016. We are hopeful that the yield will drop noticeably in 2017 as the mature plants were largely eliminated this year and most of the plants pulled were small. Time will tell as the plant is plentiful elsewhere in the vicinity of the trail as well as forest and roadside areas near and far in western Oregon.

Doyle Hughes of Hughes Excavation of Philomath donated time and equipment to cut out a ramp on the Sugarbowl Creek trail segment.

Jennifer and Dan Carper, 2nd and 3rd from left, and a happy band of “stinky-bob exterminators” with the November harvest.

C2C Trail and Youth Projects Mesh Well Youth volunteers are beginning to play a part in the development of the C2C Trail. Eagle Scout projects have been completed or are in the planning stages, and trail classes from the Chemawa Indian School will bring Native American students to the trail under the aegis of the Northwest Youth Corps. Opportunities exist for maintenance of current trail, brushing of proposed trail route, installation of kiosks, removal of invasive species, and, we hope, construction of the western half of the trail under a new Forest Service permit. We thank Eagle Scout candidates Danny Gullerud of Troop 162 and Chance Delay of Troop 163 for the great work they and their crews did brushing out several segments of the future C2C Trail. Scout troops and other organizations are encouraged to consider adopting a segment of the trail or doing day-hikes to learn about the process of creating a trail from native Coast Range forest and terrain. Our volunteers will be very glad to help with both types of activity.

Del’s Farm Supply of Philomath provided a price savings on two loads of timbers used to crib the Sugarbowl Creek trail segment.

Thanks to all our volunteers who put in over 2,200 hours doing field work on the trail route this year and our donors whose generosity covered the $2,000 of materials for trail construction and the projected $8,000 cost for signs and maps for the route. http://www.c2ctrail.org to learn more or donate [email protected] to volunteer P.O. Box 1562, Corvallis, OR 97339-1562 The trail would not have been possible without land access permission from Starker Forests, Dan Farmer, Corvallis Watershed, OSU College of Forestry, Van Eck Forest Trust, Hitselberger Ranch LLC, and the cooperation of government partners, Corvallis, Philomath, Benton County, Lincoln County, and the Siuslaw National Forest.

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