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Upcoming Crews
June 23: Lower Gray Wolf logout (ONF)
June 30: Slab Camp tread repair / tree removal (ONF)
July 18-24: Wynoochee Pass / Graves Creek / Sundown Lake (ONP) weeklong backcountry crew (link to sign up in 6/4 email)
July 24 (Friday): Wynoochee Pass gear pack-out crew
August 1 (Saturday): Little River (ONP), top-down logout
August 5-11: Hoh Lake Trail (ONP), weeklong backcountry crew. See 6/12 email for link.
SAVE THE DATE:
Saturday, September 12: West Elwha puncheon removal.
Future Crews
Here is what you have to look forward to that is not already on the schedule:
Spring - Fall 2026
Elwha-Hurricane, brushing and tread.
Snider Ridge and Kloshe Nanitch (ONF) - annual maintenance.
Kloshe Nanitch in particular has a bad spot for stock that we need to remedy, probably 3/4 the way up from the bottom.
Lower Big Quilcene (ONF)
Jolley Creek log-bridge replacement. Pending Forest Service approval which should arrive this season. Will schedule once approval is granted.
Lower Dungeness (ONF)
Tread repair from rootball tearing out the trail. Later in the season.
Bungalow Creek puncheon replacement. Pending ONF approval.
All trails: general maintenance.
In case you need inspiration ... a poem from Gray Wolf Trail Crew member, Sonya Langford, written on the Appleton Pass backcountry crew on about day 4 out of 6 ...
Trail Crew
I'm a wolf now
A Gray Wolf to be exact
The pack brought me in
To climb and brush, pack and laugh.
They said Come along, arms open wide
Hiking and toiling for hours
We stand side by side.
The rugged trails we love
These forests we revere
Make us face our shortcomings and fears
All the long rehearsed stories
We have in our heads
Follow us like shadows
Sometimes bringing dread.
All the I can'ts and I won'ts
All the Nevers. Not me!
Can fade into the past
When we don our packs
Choose our tools, and tackle the trail
Whatever it holds
Gray Wolves finish without fail.
The miles add up
When the work lies ahead
But the path soon reveals
where footfalls will tread,
Opening vast wilds
For intrepid explorers who dare
Enter this timeless wilderness
Where Wolves have shown skillful care.
For each trail, pass and peak
Everyone has stories
Retold each evening
All their foibles and glories.
They aren't here for money, or for fame
But their pride in their efforts
Pushes me to up my game.
For all who want adventure
And love these remote places too
They can now access spaces
To feel grateful, renewed
With a sense of awe and wonder
They can enter this wild realm
All because the Gray Wolves
remain at the helm.
Sonya Langford
Appleton Pass August 2025
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