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New Park in St. Charles County - Indian Camp Creek


Mike Dunston, the trail steward for a couple of parks in St. Charles County has sent along some photos, and a description, which will eventually make its way to the GORC Trails page, of one of the newest parks there: Indian Camp Creek. ICC is located 7 miles north on US 61 between... Read more

Tags: indian camp creek, ICC, stco, sccp, new park, Wentzville

GORC's New Secret Weapon


If you've been on any of the newest trails that GORC has been working on, you've probably been surprised at how fast so much trail is being built. On of the reasons, in addition to the super hard work and dedication of all of our volunteers, is this amazing piece of equipment, the... Read more

Tags: trail tool, tool, weed wrench, stob, stump, sapling, Trail Building

SIUE Workday - Saturday, December 16th


Thanks to the hard work last weekend of the approximately 30 volunteers who cleared all of the nearly 6 miles of existing trail at SIUE, we'll be able to spend this workday completely on the construction of the new Trail #4. The damage was impressive, requiring 4 hrs. of work for nearly... Read more

Tags: sawyer, SIUE, trailbuilding, workday, Trail Building

SIUE Update


Well, we all knew that the ice storm had done major damage at SIUE. Here's a rundown: the map shows the downed trees which will require sawyer work. 34 on Loop #3, 21 on Loop #2. The ones marked with asterisks will require extra work. This does not even address the trees/branches which... Read more

Tags: map, SIUE, workday, Trail Building

Come and help build a new trail at Castlewood Sat. 12/02/06


Yes, you read it right. GORC has designed a new trail at Castlewood, and we need your help in building it. This one is going to be called the "Rollercoaster", and it's in the northeastern corner of the park, off of the Grotpeter. If you like the last GORC-built trail at CW, the "3%, or... Read more

Tags: castlewood, park, trailbuilding, workday, rollercoaster, new trail, singletrack, Love Trail

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