Trail Stewardship

Be a steward of the trails that nourish your spirit. Join an event from the list below. Our trail-tending season is October through April; events will be posted here beginning in September.

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Date Trail Status Outing Type Difficulty
Saturday, November 15, 2025 Skelton Creek Trail EVENT AVAILABLE Stewardship moderate
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Cold Canyon Trail EVENT AVAILABLE Stewardship easy
Saturday, December 13, 2025 Hites Cove Trail EVENT AVAILABLE Stewardship moderate
Saturday, December 20, 2025 Cold Canyon Trail EVENT AVAILABLE Stewardship moderate



Group Trail Tending Outings

Create a group outing with your friends, co-workers, club members or others interested in community service. Ideal for groups between 5 and 10 individuals, learn more here about our Trail Hero Program.


Voluntourism Events

To many, a trailhead is just a place to park and start a hike, but for Mariposa Trails it is the place where a relationship between the user and nature begins. Voluntourism is one way a visitor can enter this relationship of reciprocity. A blend of vacation travel, volunteering and stewardship, tourists explore new destinations and give back to the communities they visit. Mariposa Trails has crafted voluntourism adventures whereby travelers to Yosemite National Park can also opt to be “trail stewards” of nearby hiking trails, creating a meaningful way to give back while visiting the Sierras and Yosemite National Park.

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Adventure Outings

Join a recreational hike. Join an event from the list below.


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Date Trail Status Outing Type Difficulty
Sunday, November 16, 2025 Bishop Creek Trail EVENT AVAILABLE Hike moderate
Sunday, December 14, 2025 Hites Cove Trail EVENT AVAILABLE Hike moderate



South Fork Merced River Trail Restoration Project

This multi-faceted project will: (1) restore 20 miles of highly-valued non-motorized recreational trails; (2) install wayfinding signs, directional signs, place-name signs, mileage signs and cultural interpretation signs; and, (3) creates an online and paper trail-user map with locally relevant themes about trail safety and fire.


Mariposa Trails is currently seeking volunteers to join our team. Build your skills. Flex your skills. Be supported. Give back and enjoy the rewards of community.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

ORGANIZATION ADVOCATES

FISCAL SUPPORT

TRAIL STEWARDSHIP

TRAIL USE

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Educational Events

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Participate in Community Sponsored Events

Come by our booth at these events to learn about your local trails, our programs and how you can be trail stewards or a part of our organization. Help us build community while building trails!

MARIPOSA BUTTERFLY FESTIVAL

NATIONAL TRAILS DAY -MARIPOSA COUNTY TRAILS DAY