Salmon Headwaters Cleanup

Please join us on Saturday September 13^th, 2014 at Timberline's Salmon River parking lot at 10:00 am for the 4th annual Salmon Headwaters Cleanup. Last year we picked and hauled 2 tons of trash in the bright sunshine.  First 30 people that sign in the morning of the cleanup will receive a free gift from either Timberline Lodge or Resource Revival.

Please bring:

Reusable water bottle or camel back
Sunscreen
Hat
Rain gear
Fleece
Hiking boots and socks
Work gloves

Food: We'll provide doughnuts, coffee, snacks, water coolers and Trail Butter will be making us some delicious sandwiches.

After Party: 
At Charlie's Mountain View in Government camp starting directly after the cleanup is finished. Charlie's Bar 88462 E Government Camp Loop Rd Government Camp, OR 97028 (503) 272-3333

Schedule:

10 AM Sign in and gather at Timberline’s Salmon River parking lot
10:00am-1:00(ish)pm give the Salmon River headwaters a good scrubbing
1:15pm reconvene at the Salmon lot for a group photo
Directly after the group picture head to the post-party at Charlie’s Mountain View in Government Camp

More Info About the Clean-Up

The purpose of the Snowrider Project's Annual Salmon Headwaters Cleanup on Mt. Hood is threefold:  to give the mountain a needed scrubbing, to remind people why they should want clean water, air and green land in the first place and to empower them to make change themselves. 

The first event was held three Septembers ago with partners Timberline Lodge, The US Forest Service, Timberline Mountain Guides and the Sandy River Basin Watershed Council.  50 volunteers showed up to the first cleanup and removed two commercial construction dumpsters worth of trash from the Canyon. During the cleanups that followed, two tons of trash was removed by 50-100 volunteers from the canyon, and this year we hope to double the number of people and trash from this pristine canyon.

The head of the Salmon River, which drains a portion of southwestern Mt. Hood, is located between Timberline Lodge and Mt. Hood Meadows. The entire length of the river is a protected National Wild and Scenic River, the only such river in the contiguous 48 states.  The river is likely named for its abundant anadromous fish: Steelhead, Cutthroat trout, Chinook salmon, and Coho salmon.  The loads of trash we’ve hauled out in the past few years hardly scrapped the surface of the debris in the canyon.  All our eyes were opened these past Septembers.  The Portland Chapter of the Snowrider Project is seeking just to do that!  We want to raise awareness regarding the unintended negative impacts of outdoor recreation on Mt. Hood and to positively impact future human activity in watershed environments. 

Partners

Black Diamond Equipment

Charlie's Mountain View

Terminal Gravity Brewing

The US Forest Service

The Mountain Shop

Timberline Lodge

Portland Mountain Rescue

Trail Butter

Voodoo Donuts