Rim Trail taking shape thanks to volunteer efforts

As work progresses on Hermit Road, the parallel project to rehabilitate the Rim Trail has gotten 300 yards closer to completion thanks to the efforts of a visiting team from the Student Conservation Association.

The SCA matches student volunteers with conservation projects of a few weeks and up to a month on public lands all over the country. The seven-member crew working on the Rim Trail is the first SCA group to serve in the park in more than 15 years.

They expect to finish this week on the stretch of trail past Mohave Point, overlooking The Abyss. Under the direction of trail crew leader Rich Goepfrich, they are grading a three-foot-wide path, shoring it up with rock liners and helping to build twin rock stairways.

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