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  • Forest Ecology Tour

    Dunk Rock Road (Westwoods) 77PW+QC, Guilford, CT, United States

    Please join GLCT president Spencer Meyer and CT DEEP state forester Alex Amendola for a late-season tour of some of the less common ecological features in Westwoods. We’ll look at […]

  • Trail Flagging – Westwoods at Dunk Rock Road

    Dunk Rock Road (Westwoods) 77PW+QC, Guilford, CT, United States

    This work party is delayed until the afternoon so people can first attend the Forest Ecology Tour, which starts at 9AM (See below). But once done, we’ll be heading over […]

  • Trail Blazing at Westwoods Greenwood Lane

    Greenwood Lane (Westwoods) 10 Greenwood Lane, Guilford, CT, United States

    With the expectation of new blaze materials having arrived, we’re planning on changing the blaze colors of the cross-trail north of the Greenwood Lane entrance, as well as blaze color […]

  • Brushing and Moving Cedar Logs at Spencers Creek

    Spencer Creek 220 3 Mile Course, Guilford, CT, United States

    A work party in November cut down a number of red cedars on the Sunset Creek meadow. The branches were all trimmed from the trunks, but many branches and all […]

  • Westwoods Trails Committee December 2023 Meeting

    Nathanael B Greene Community Center 32 Church Street, Guilford, CT, United States

    This month’s Westwoods Trails Committee meeting will be December 18th at the Guilford Community Center (32 Church St) in the Alexander Lounge. We will have a Zoom set up so […]

  • Trail Blazing – Westwoods at Greenwood Lane

    Greenwood Lane (Westwoods) 10 Greenwood Lane, Guilford, CT, United States

    The new blaze materials have arrived, and on the ‘eve of Christmas eve’ work party we expect to change over this cross trail to the new White Rectangle designation, and […]

  • Trail Flagging – Westwoods at Dunk Rock Road

    Dunk Rock Road (Westwoods) 77PW+QC, Guilford, CT, United States

    The Red Rectangle Trail just south of the Eversource right-of-way has an extremely steep section of trail just after the wetland crossing, which we’d like to improve, and plan to […]

  • New Year’s Day Westwoods Hike

    Sam Hill Road (Westwoods) 7893+RP, Guilford, CT, United States

    The hike through hardwood forest on Guilford’s western shore includes a view of a rock split by a tree, glacial boulders and the Lost Lake Overlook. This hike is family […]

  • Making Plastic Cross-Trail Blazes

    We can’t find a commercial source for special cross-trail blazes, so today we’ll be getting together to fabricate those needed in Westwoods. We’ll have all the materials we need, as […]

  • Installing Plastic Cross-Trail Blazes – Westwoods Sam Hill Road

    Sam Hill Road (Westwoods) 7893+RP, Guilford, CT, United States

    Our assembly line crew fabricated all the WW cross-trail blazes at last weekend’s work party, and today we’ll be installing them on their trails. We’ll be starting on the southern […]

  • Trail Clearing and Blazing – Westwoods at Dunk Rock Road

    Dunk Rock Road (Westwoods) 77PW+QC, Guilford, CT, United States

    Any clearing work we didn’t complete on the 30th will be completed first, then we’ll go through and install the Red Rectangle blazes. Paul will have a chainsaw if it’s […]

  • Westwoods Trails Committee January 2024 Meeting

    Nathanael B Greene Community Center 32 Church Street, Guilford, CT, United States

    This month’s Westwoods Trails Committee meeting will be January 22nd at the Guilford Community Center (32 Church St) in the Leete Room. We will have a Zoom set up so […]