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Thank You, Raging River Volunteers!

05 | Oct | '26
Vivika Stamolis

As we approach the Grand Opening of the Raging River final two descent trails, we want to send a huge thank you to all the incredible volunteers who helped us build the new trails of Raging River Phase 3 over the last few years! Your time, energy, and hard work made this whole project possible, and we couldn't have done it without you.

‘Ferdinand’ (A1) - Staff-led, volunteer-powered

Thank you to:

  • Ady & the Sturdy Dirty Crew: Organized multiple work parties throughout the year and rallied numerous volunteers.
  • Joe Tucker & Student League Team: Showed up consistently to support work parties.
  • Chad Coder & the Amazon Crew: Contributed key volunteer support.
  • Singletrack for Soldiers Veteran Trail Crew: Provided valuable trail-building efforts.
  • Mo Madeoy & Jadon Greene: Offered stellar assistance as trail interns.
  • Zander Kroon: Training & supervised practice for New A & B Sawyers

‘PCT’ Rebuild (A2) - Volunteer-powered

Thank you to:

  • Matt Crisler: Led the PCT Rebuild project as the lead volunteer builder. Following the completion of this trail Matt was voted in as the President of the Cascades to Sound Chapter Board.

‘Executive Decision’ (A3) - Staff-led, volunteer-powered

Thank you to:

  • Ady & the Sturdy Dirty Crew: Organized and led a series of work parties.
  • Donut Squad: Chrissy Calvert-Pagel + team
  • Shred-It Sisters and several other local women’s ride & race groups: Came out in force to dig and support construction.
  • Pro Builders Heather DeChoudens and Sean Sweeney led outreach and hosted events to train and engage women’s groups in trail building. 

‘Reverence’ (B) - Volunteer-powered

Thank you to:

  • Dave Hutton: Spearheaded one of Evergreen's largest volunteer efforts, coordinating 107 work parties, engaging 115 volunteers for over 2,700 hours, and personally contributing 384+ hours.
  • Isiah Weber, RJ Gray, Michelle Gray, Matt Shovlowsky, & Jay Gore: Served as major contributors to the build.

‘Wild Waves’ (C) 

Thank you to:

  • Nate Yuhl: Spearheaded the initial sawing and clearing work to prepare the trail before machine construction began in Spring 2024.

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Thank you to:

  • Justin Meads: Logging the most volunteers hours building Trail E.
  • Jamie Haas & Bob Carrasca: Constructed the optional black lines.

 

Thank You, Volunteer Sawyers: 

Thank you to our volunteer sawyers who cleared the Phase 3 trails:

  • Nate Yuhl: Logged the most sawyer hours clearing trails across the project.
  • Ryan Kitchen, XM, & Rolland Waters: Pitched in for key clearing work across Phase 3 trails.

 

Thank You, Pro Builders & Staff:

Ian Robinson, Michael Fischer, Zander Kroon, Scott Miller, Heather DeChoudens, Sean Sweeney, Jarrett Ziemer, Matt Blossom, Brandon Good, former Trails Program Manager Mike Westra and former Trails Program Director David Fleischhauer.

 

I'm sure we missed a few, so one more big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Raging River trails. We are so grateful for this community and we couldn't have done it without you!

 

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We want to send a huge thank you to all the incredible volunteers who helped us build the new trails of Raging River Phase 3 over the last few years! Your time, energy, and hard work made this whole project possible, and we couldn't have done it without you.
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