 MISSION...
TRACKS is dedicated to using, promoting, preserving, and protecting multi-use trails throughout Pinetop-Lakeside and the White Mountains. It strives to support and assist the development, maintenance, and improvement of non-motorized trails, and to provide a resource for education, communication, and social interaction designed to enhance the enjoyment of outdoor experiences on the trails.
VOLUNTEERISM...
TRACKS, as National Forest Service Volunteers, does weekly trail maintenance in the Pinetop-Lakeside, Show Low, and other areas throughout the White Mountains. TRACKS also participates in community Events, such as National Trails Day, Tour of the White Mountains, and Fall "Leafing" hike and pot luck dinner.
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TRACKS
POLICY regarding children working with the trail crew:
Any child
between12-17 years of age who wants to work with the TRACKS trail crew on
trails needs to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who must
stay to supervise the child during trail work. The parent
or legal guardian must also sign a liability form. If an adult
brings someone else's child to work on trails, that adult must have a
signed liability form from that child's parent or legal guardian and that
adult must stay to supervise that child during trail work. Children
under 12 may not work with the TRACKS trail crew.
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HISTORY...
TRACKS
was slapped into existence on a cold, snowy evening in February 1987.
The new White Mountains TRAILSYSTEM was born of trauma at the first meeting of
what was to become the White Mountain Horsemen's Association.
Twenty-five horsemen from the mountain met to commiserate the closing of an
increasing number of long-term riding areas. This problem, a result of
increasing population growth and uncaring developers, seemed destined to limit
access to the forest for native and visitor alike.But
it is not nice to mess with 'mountain folk'! Once challenged, they
act. So it began, the long, sometimes frustrating process of growing a
TRAILSYSTEM. It is here
now. A reality ... strong, full of life, and still growing like a
beautiful weed. To learn more about the History of Tracks
click here. Find
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