Siskiyou Upland Trails Association (SUTA)

04/14/2026

REMINDER!
•Our Last SUTA Trail Work Party of the Season is
SATURDAY April 18, 2026
•9:00 am -1:00 pm Trail maintenance on the Upper Bear Gulch Trail
•Free hearty lunch after we work!
•Meet up at Wolf Gulch Trailhead (directions available on google maps or on our website; www.sutaoregon.org)

This trail is on a steep side slope and is now several years old and the tread is in need of maintenance to 'clean the hinge'. We also need to repair damage from elk, gophers, and ground squirrels that have been using the trail and left some holes we need to fill in. This is mostly tread work but there is also some light vegetation trimming needed.

Wear comfortable and supportive hiking or work boots. Also bring work gloves, and dress in layers appropriate to the weather. Bring your own water bottle and SUTA will have water at the trailhead for refills. SUTA will also provide some yummy home-baked trail snacks! We provide tools, but if you have a favorite tread tool, loppers, or pruning saw, feel free bring it (write your name on it please)

Watch the weather forecast and your email in case of weather cancellation, or check www.sutaoregon.org

RSVP: If you plan to come, please email [email protected] so we can plan the lunch and snacks! Thank you!

04/13/2026

Come out to the Applegate Fire District Training Room at 7744 Upper Applegate Road to help us celebrate all the wonderful volunteers in our beautiful valley! SUTA will be there! Come see us and get free maps and stickers! 1:00 PM. See you there!

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

This is an amazing and important film. Some of us got to meet the producers at the premier here in the Applegate Valley several years ago. We highly recommend seeing it.

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On facebook at We Are Guardians Film. Or visit weareguardiansfilm.com

01/02/2026

01/02/2026

Please join us for a conversation with the Bureau of Land Management on January 8, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. at the Applegate Fire District Training Building, 1095 Upper Applegate Road. See meeting announcement flyer below. The meeting will also be available via Zoom - please email [email protected] for the zoom link. The meeting will be facilitated by Kirsten Shockey and an agenda will be emailed before the meeting. Please share this meeting announcement with anyone who is interested.

12/17/2025

Trail Construction Crew Openings! Apply now!

SUTA needs 4-6 crew members to build several miles of trails!

The project will begin in mid-January 2026 and go through late February or early March.

Pay is $21.00/hr, possibly more for experienced crew members.

We plan 4-day work weeks, approximately 8 hrs per day. This is challenging but very rewarding work. You can expect hike several miles per day and move a lot of dirt! Your 'office' is the great outdoors. SUTA provides tools and PPE.

If you or someone you know might be interested in this opportunity, please have them contact us at [email protected] or
call or text Joy at 541-974-0039 to discuss.

Building and maintaining trails is a great way to see some new terrain and make a difference in your community at the same time! We really need crew members - please spread the word.

12/04/2025

Our Next SUTA Trail Work Party is
SATURDAY December 13, 2025

9:00 am -1:00 pm
Light brushing and tread repair on the Tunnel Ridge-Bear Gulch section of the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail system. Free LUNCH following!

Join us on Saturday, December 13th, 2025 for some light brushing and tread repair in the Tunnel Ridge-Bear Gulch section of the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail. There are a couple segments of the Tunnel Ridge Access Trail with tread damage that we'll be repairing along with some brush trimming and lopping along the entire loop.

Meet-up at the Tunnel Ridge Trailhead at 9:00. The trailhead is near the 10 mile mark on Little Applegate Road. Check our website for driving directions if you haven't been there before.

Expect to hike up to 5 miles round trip.

What to Bring: Wear comfortable and supportive hiking or work boots. Also bring work gloves, and dress in layers appropriate to the weather. Bring your own water bottle and SUTA will have water at the trailhead for refills. SUTA will also provide some yummy home-baked trail snacks! We provide tools, but if you have a favorite tread tool, loppers, or pruning saw, feel free bring it (write your name on it please).

There IS such a thing as a FREE LUNCH! SUTA will provide a hearty hot lunch back when we are finished working.

RSVP: If you plan to come, please email [email protected] so we can plan the lunch and snacks! Thank you!

Thank you for helping us keep these community trails open!

(Watch the weather forecast and your email in case of weather cancellation, or check www.sutaoregon.org)

12/02/2025

There is nothing quite like a good day of volunteering for trail maintenance work with a bunch of like-minded trail users to get you in that warm, holiday giving spirit! SUTA trails need your help!

Our next SUTA trail work party is scheduled for Saturday, December 13th. Watch this page and your email for specifics as to where to meet up and which segment we will be working on. Hot lunch after we work!

If you are not already on our email list for work party notifications, please email us at [email protected] and ask to be placed on our list.

And as always, SUTA welcomes monetary donations as well. Visit our website and click on "You can Help". www.sutaoregon.org

Hope to see you there!

11/11/2025

Our first SUTA Trail Work Party of the Season is
SATURDAY November 15, 2025 !!

9:00 am -1:00 pm
Light brushing and tread repair in the Deming Gulch section of the
Sterling Mine Ditch Trail system

There are a couple of places with tread damage that we'll be repairing along with some brush trimming and lopping. If we have enough volunteers we will send a small group out to clear some downed trees as well.

Meet-up at the Deming Gulch Trailhead at 9:00. The trailhead is accessed from Sterling Creek Road near the 9 mile marker. Check our website for driving directions if you haven't been there before.

FREE LUNCH after we work!
(Watch the weather forecast and your email in case of weather cancellation, or check www.sutaoregon.org)

Expect to hike about 3 miles round trip.

Wear comfortable and supportive hiking or work boots. Also bring work gloves, and dress in layers appropriate to the weather. Bring your own water bottle and SUTA will have water at the trailhead for refills. SUTA will also provide some yummy home-baked trail snacks! We provide tools, but if you have a favorite tread tool, loppers, or pruning saw, feel free bring it (write your name on it please).

RSVP: If you plan to come, please email [email protected] so we can plan the lunch and snacks! Thank you!

Thank you for helping us keep these community trails open!

Watch our website or page for special event updates as they come up. Our work party dates for the rest of the season are posted there. Mark your calendars!

Visit us at www.SUTAoregon.org for more trail information, maps, events, and more!

If you're out on any of the trails and notice any downed trees, we'd appreciate an email with location information, photos, and descriptions of the trees or damage so we can plan to send volunteers out to clear the trail. Thanks!

11/05/2025

13 years ago today. An equestrian negotiates a technical "rock stairs" section of the Wolf Gap access trail approaching a switchback. This trail is part of the SMDT system that SUTA manages and maintains. It was always a "YeeHaw Giddiup Don't Stop!" moment negotiating that part. A couple of years after this photo was taken, a crew of SUTA volunteers re-routed the trail out and around, making for a smoother, gentler approach to the switchback, more sustainable, and much safer for everyone.

11/04/2025

Newly update Sterling Mine Ditch and Jack-Ash trail maps! We will be posting these updated maps in all trailhead kiosks over the next couple of weeks. You can download a georeferenced pdf version of this map from our website www.sutaoregon.org that you can open in the Avenza Maps app before you go out to hike or bike or ride, and you will be able to know your location on the map anywhere on our system while you are out there. DO this when you have a cell signal, and once out there, no signal needed...your GPS will track you on the map!