PORTOLA AND CASTLE ROCK FOUNDATION

Train volunteers in conjunction with State Parks. Volunteers walk the trails, meet visitors, work in the visitor center store. By doing so they free the State Park Rangers to patrol the Parks.

Support State Park backpacking trips around Castle Rock and Portola Redwoods State Parks.

Provide supplies, and occasionally volunteers, to remove graffiti at Castle Rock State Park

Three bridges in Castle Rock are slated for replacement. Two of the bridges are located on the Saratoga Gap Trail and one is located on the Loghry Woods Trail. Parks is also planning to repair a bench at bridge – B1 on the Saratoga Gap Trail. Work is expected to begin soon with completion by the end of Spring 2020.

A section of the Iverson Trail, below Tiptoe Falls, has extensive erosion and unsafe walking condition. The stream channel has redirected itself and is running down the trail, forcing hikers to create alternative route to avoid the stream channel. The Santa Cruz District Trail Crew and Trail Center Volunteers are working this fall and winter to realign the trail, including constructing two sections of interlocking steps to allow hikes to quickly client out of drainage areas. New trail signs will also be added to guide hikers at the new trail intersections.