Rubicon Adopt-a-Trail Program
About the Adopt-a-Trail program
El Dorado County’s Adopt-a-Trail (AAT) Program is a volunteer partnership between El Dorado County Parks & Trails Division and community volunteers to help monitor and maintain the Rubicon Trail.
The Rubicon Trail has 16 trail sections that can be adopted by volunteers to complete basic trail maintenance. AAT groups are critical to helping the County accomplish valuable work at their trail section such as cleaning out energy rock dissipators and lead-in ditches, brushing and moving downed trees, monitoring for changes in trail conditions, reporting trail issues to County staff, and assisting with other trail projects.
Examples of Maintenance Activities
- Cutting back brush (brushing).
- Cleaning out culverts and drainage features.
- Installing and/or maintaining signage as approved by El Dorado County, Parks Division.
- Cutting, moving, or removing downed wood from trail.
- Using native vegetation or downed material to direct trail use away from private property.
- Maintenance of the installed Best Management Practice (BMP) installed at the locations identified on the maps provided for each section.
- Reconstruction of rock check crossing (xing), rock ditch crossing (xing), rock inlet protection, rock outlet protection, rock energy dissipater, and rock lined channel.
Adopt-a-Trail Groups
Below is the list of current Rubicon Adopt-a-Trail volunteer groups that support the Parks and Trails Division with maintenance of their adopted section.
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Section #
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Rubicon Trail Section
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Adopted By
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1
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Francis Cow Camp
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Mud Suckers 4WD
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2
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Wentworth
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Madhatters 4x4
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3
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Loon Lake Intertie #1
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Georgetown Stump Jumpers
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4
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Loon Lake Intertie #2
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Auburn Jeep Club
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5
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Ellis Creek
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ECV 86
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6
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Ellis Creek B
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Bun Trail Welder
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7
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Walker Rock
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Sierra Treasure Hunters
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8
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Soup Bowl
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El Dorado Rock Crawlers
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9
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Little Sluice
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SLO Crawlers
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10
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Arnold’s Rock
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Russ and Janet Watkins / MTA
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11
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Old True Big Sluice
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Rubicon Trail Foundation
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12
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Mechanic’s Pit
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Built Right 4x4
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13
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Buck Island
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Rubicon Trail Foundation
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14
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Big Sluice
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Jeep USA
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15
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Rubicon Bridge
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MetalCloak / NorCal 4 Wheelers
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16
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Rubicon Springs
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Jeepers Jamboree
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Interested in Volunteering?
For more information on the Adopt-a-Trail program, upcoming work party opportunities, and how to get involved with volunteering on the trail Contact Parks Program Coordinator, Tim Canavarro, at tim.canavarro@edcgov.us.
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