[pct-l] North Cascades Trail Skills College

[Barry Teschlog]

The north Washington PCTA trail crew chapter, the North 350 Blades, has posted their entire list of classes for the North Cascades Trail Skills College.
The full list of classes is on the PCTA website at:

https://www.pcta.org/volunteer/trail-skills-college/north-cascades-trail-skills-college/

Or go to the PCTA web page, find the green "Volunteer" button, from there find the Trail Skills College link and then the North Cascades Trail Skills College link.

There are a range for courses for beginner, intermediate and advanced trail crew volunteers.

Beginner Classes:
103 Basic Saw Crew Training - April 21 at North Bend and June 23 at Rainy pass
100 / 101 / 102 - Intro to Trail Maintenance.  April 28 Snoqualmie Middle Fork near North Bend and July 21 south of Snoqualmie Pass
Introduction to Power Brushing - July 7 south of Snoqualmie Pass

Intermediate:
205 Tread Reconstruction - June 30 Smithbrook TH near Stevens Pass

Advanced:
Advanced Trail Reconstruction - April 28 Huckleberry Trail near Darrington
Puncheon Construction - May 12 Middle Fork near North Bend
200 Trail Design - July 7 Stevens Pass

Additionally, there are  saw certification at Darrington May 5-6 and North Bend June 2-3.  Note that North Bend is effectively full, as is the chainsaw initial certification track, so focus on the Darrington crosscut saw certification event if you are interested in pursuing a saw certification.

For sign up, go to the linked PCTA page and click the link for the class you are interested.  Sign up contact information is included with each course description.