June 2025

Work on the trails is in full swing and we invite anyone with an interest in trails to attend our upcoming work days. Come have some fun, meet new people, and perhaps get a little bit dirty. Light refreshments and tools will be provided.

Our next Trail Work Day is this Saturday, June 14, 8:30 am to 11:30 am at Mount Will in Bethel (1070 US Route 2)

Future Work Days:

Tuesday, July 22 - CATS (Community Access Trail System) at the Cemetery Road trailhead near Mt. Abram in Greenwood. This will be an evening work session beginning at 5 pm.

Saturday, August 9 - Bethel Community Forest, 9 am to Noon, 121 Locke Mountain Road. Mountain bike trail work.

Saturday, September 20 - Rumford Community Forest, 9 am to Noon, Isthmus Road (look for signs about 1.5 miles from Route 120). Hiking trail work.

Saturday, October 11 - Bethel Village Trails, 9 am to Noon, Fairway Road parking area. Help us prepare the ski and fat bike trails for winter use.

Perk Alert! Attend three trail workdays or put in 10 hours as a Trail Adopter and receive an exclusive Piney McPinecone volunteer t-shirt as a special thanks for all of your hard work. Stay tuned for additional volunteer perks in the future.

Got questions or need more information? Please click on the button below to email Andy, our Trails Director.

Can't help out on a specific work day but would love to adopt one of our trails? Contact Andy for that as well.

Finds in the Forest

Finds in the forest can be fun and quite interesting, but sometimes they need to be reported to our hard working trail crew, such as downed trees and drainage issues. The above images are of the trailhead for the Community Access Trail System (CATS) at Vernon Street (Bethel Village) which is temporarily closed.

The CATS is a multi-use trail system that has been a key project for IWT since the organization's founding in 2011. With a goal of connecting Mount Abram in Greenwood to Sunday River Resort in Newry via Bethel Village, this exciting opportunity to connect multiple communities through outdoor recreation needs support from the community to address the significant drainage issues at the Vernon Street trail connection.

To rebuild the trail, gravel fill is needed in addition to installing several drainage culverts and replacing a bridge. This work is currently estimated at costing approximately $50,000. Several donors have pledged/donated $15,833 to kickstart our fundraising efforts, and we hope you will join them in helping with this very important project.

Please consider a donation to this "Find in the Forest" by clicking the button below. Thanks in advance.

Have you Renewed Your Summer Membership or Want to Become a New Member?

Why renew or become a member? Membership dollars help us maintain our existing warmer weather trail networks as well as provide funding for new trails, including hiking, mountain biking, and multi-use trails. New members receive an awesome IWT swag item (hat or t-shirt.) Happy Trails!