By Chris Cowan

Rubicon Trail Foundation President Message

Hello Everyone,

I would like to provide you with an update as to the work we are doing behind the scenes.

  • Welcome Jeff Blewett back to our board as a Director
  • Save the Date: May 13th for a Drive Thru Dinner Fundraiser – more information to follow soon
  • Save the Date: Sept.4th for Cantina for the Con – more information to follow soon
  • Rubicon Trail Foundation Student Scholarship – – more information to follow soon
  • Working with El Dorado County OHV Division to place signs up on the Rubicon during the winter months. The last few years we have had people go up unprepared and unaware of how fast conditions change. They then find themselves in a need to be rescued.  Thank you everyone for responding and providing feedback.
  • Mid Trail Staff will have some new educational materials to give out
  • El Dorado Forest Service announced today, March 31st that Dirt Roads will open April 1st, also they provided the following update on road conditions
    • Wentworth Springs Road – covered in snow between Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Ice House Road
    • Ice House Road – covered in snow north of the Loon Lake turnoff
    • Mormon Emigrant Trail / Iron Mountain Road – snow and ice and ice gets thick beginning at Pilliken Road when travelling toward Highway 88 from Sly Park Road

 I am grateful for your continued support and donations.  I invite you to reach out and share your ideas, thoughts, and feedback.  Hopefully, I will see you soon at an upcoming meeting/event or on the trail.

Sincerely,

Chris Cowan
President, Rubicon Trail Foundation

Mission: To enhance the future health and use of the Rubicon Trail, while ensuring responsible, motorized, year-round trail access.

Vision: Our vision is to be the trusted stewards of the Rubicon Trail, ensuring sustainability for the experience of the users.

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By Chris Cowan

President’s Message

The Board of Directors for the Rubicon Trail Foundation meet monthly for several hours, however each February we skip the regular meeting and hold what we call our Winter Summit.  Due to COVID restrictions we couldn’t hold our usual weekend Winter Summit, but we were able to meet for a whole day this past Saturday.  While this day is long and exhausting, we are so glad to have a list of priorities and goals to work toward and move forward with.  We use this time to strategize and plan for the year ahead.  This is the time to see the big picture on things and tackle our budget.  We cannot wait to roll out some new goals and share them with you.  Stay tuned.

List of Achievements for 2020                                                                                         

– Despite not having fundraisers due to COVID – we were able to maintain funded projects         

– New/updated brochure

– Upgraded the repeater at Spider

– Funded the carsonites grant to delineated the trail at the top of the bowl 

– Paid out $20,500 for Mid-Trail Staff

– $11,200 in matching funds to El Dorado County to fly rock for repair work on trail

– Donations/online sales up from previous years

– 3 mapping resources created – OnX, Gaia & Cartotracks

– Funded $1082.00 in volunteer meals for work parties

– Accurate swag count 

– Trash Can Hill work completed

– Working with a balanced/approved budget

– Worked with Tahoe National Forest 

One specific order of business we wanted to tell you about right away, is we filled our open board seat with someone many of you know, who previously was on our board, Jeff Blewett.  We are so excited to have him back.  Jeff is a huge advocate and dedicated to keeping public lands open.

https://www.rubicontrailfoundation.org/directors/

We look forward to rolling out some new fundraising ideas, seeing you on the trail or at an upcoming event.


Sincerely,

Chris Cowan
President, Rubicon Trail Foundation

Mission: To enhance the future health and use of the Rubicon Trail, while ensuring responsible, motorized, year-round trail access.

Vision: Our vision is to be the trusted stewards of the Rubicon Trail, ensuring sustainability for the experience of the users.

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