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LMA Emergency Sani-Can Fund Drive
Outdoor Enthusiasts of Washington, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Covid-19 has no doubt impacted us all. Here at the Leavenworth Mountain Association, a Wenatchee Valley LCO, we have felt a significant impact. In April, we canceled our biggest annual fundraiser, Leavenworth Rockfest, on short notice to Stay Home and Stay Safe. The revenue from Rockfest goes directly to fund the eight portable toilets that you may have seen in the Mountaineer Creek Valley, Icicle Canyon, and Tumwater Canyon to manage human waste.
May 22, Icicle Canyon and the majority of the local trailheads in the valley open for the season. We just learned the Forest Service is allowing us to stage our portable toilets in anticipation of an influx of outdoor enthusiasts coming to town.
As folks arrive on Friday, the toilets will be in and ready to go. To improve sanitation in light of the pandemic, all toilets will have handwashing stations (previously only some did) and they now will be serviced twice a week instead of once. This will cost about $140 per month per facility.
Unfortunately, compounding this new expense with our lost revenue from canceling Rockfest, we’ll run out of funding for the toilets by the end of the summer. This is where we need help from our community - you all!
Anything you can give to help the LMA to keep these portable toilets up and running in the local canyons is necessary! No donation is too small. Once you have made your contribution help us spread the word: simply share on facebook, instagram, and twitter.
Please consider current Washington State and Access Fund guidelines (attached here for details) when planning your next recreational outing, and note the access updates listed below.
On behalf of the Leavenworth Mountain Association, we can’t thank you enough for helping us keep these amazing canyons as pristine as possible and for sharing this GoFundMe with all your friends and family.
THANK YOU!!!
Access Updates:
• If you come to Leavenworth, please social distance and wash your hands. Most shops are closed or have limited services. Please stick to the climbing areas and visit town in the future.
• Icicle Road is opening on Friday May 22, along with all trails and trailheads.
• Snow Creek Trailhead construction is done. The trail and trailhead are open.
• Mountaineer Creek Road (Stuart, Colchuck and Eightmile Lakes) will remain closed to foot, bike and vehicle traffic due to road and trailhead construction.
• Pay campgrounds are closed. You are not supposed to camp in them, even if you walk in.
• Dispersed camping is allowed by the Forest Service. However, Governor Inslee has asked people to stick to day trips and not camp. . A reminder, free camping is not allowed along the roadside of Icicle Road, between Icicle Road and Icicle Creek or at trailheads. Please do not camp in or near climbing or bouldering areas.
• USFS vault toilets will be open at Snow Creek Trailhead and Swifwater Picnic area. LMA Sani-cans are up at Mad Meadows/Playground Point, Forestland Parking, and Castle Rock TH.
• The Forest Service has warned that they will close areas again if people do not social distance. Please keep a low profile so that we do not have any future closures. And wash your hands! Thanks for remembering the best practices we've shared from Access Fund.
Covid-19 has no doubt impacted us all. Here at the Leavenworth Mountain Association, a Wenatchee Valley LCO, we have felt a significant impact. In April, we canceled our biggest annual fundraiser, Leavenworth Rockfest, on short notice to Stay Home and Stay Safe. The revenue from Rockfest goes directly to fund the eight portable toilets that you may have seen in the Mountaineer Creek Valley, Icicle Canyon, and Tumwater Canyon to manage human waste. May 22, Icicle Canyon and the majority of the local trailheads in the valley open for the season. We just learned the Forest Service is allowing us to stage our portable toilets in anticipation of an influx of outdoor enthusiasts coming to town. As folks arrive on Friday, the toilets will be in and ready to go. To improve sanitation in light of the pandemic, all toilets will have handwashing stations (previously only some did) and they now will be serviced twice a week instead of once. This will cost about $140 per month per facility.
Unfortunately, compounding this new expense with our lost revenue from canceling Rockfest, we’ll run out of funding for the toilets by the end of the summer. This is where we need help from our community - you all!Anything you can give to help the LMA to keep these portable toilets up and running in the local canyons is necessary! No donation is too small. Once you have made your contribution help us spread the word: simply share on facebook, instagram, and twitter. Please consider current Washington State and Access Fund guidelines (attached here for details) when planning your next recreational outing, and note the access updates listed below.
On behalf of the Leavenworth Mountain Association, we can’t thank you enough for helping us keep these amazing canyons as pristine as possible and for sharing this GoFundMe with all your friends and family. THANK YOU!!!
Access Updates:
• If you come to Leavenworth, please social distance and wash your hands. Most shops are closed or have limited services. Please stick to the climbing areas and visit town in the future.
• Icicle Road is opening on Friday May 22, along with all trails and trailheads.
• Snow Creek Trailhead construction is done. The trail and trailhead are open.
• Mountaineer Creek Road (Stuart, Colchuck and Eightmile Lakes) will remain closed to foot, bike and vehicle traffic due to road and trailhead construction.
• Pay campgrounds are closed. You are not supposed to camp in them, even if you walk in.
• Dispersed camping is allowed by the Forest Service. However, Governor Inslee has asked people to stick to day trips and not camp. . A reminder, free camping is not allowed along the roadside of Icicle Road, between Icicle Road and Icicle Creek or at trailheads. Please do not camp in or near climbing or bouldering areas.
• USFS vault toilets will be open at Snow Creek Trailhead and Swifwater Picnic area. LMA Sani-cans are up at Mad Meadows/Playground Point, Forestland Parking, and Castle Rock TH.
• The Forest Service has warned that they will close areas again if people do not social distance. Please keep a low profile so that we do not have any future closures. And wash your hands! Thanks for remembering the best practices we've shared from Access Fund.
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