What we can do for you
Assess your existing trails for user experience, safety, environmental sustainability, and long-term maintenance
Collaborate with you on the design of your new trails
Build and maintain your trails and roads
Design and construct state-of-the-art pump tracks
Recruit, train, coordinate, and supervise volunteers to do trail stewardship
Why choose to work with us
We build world-class trails - SCMTS leaders are experts who have specialized in trails for nearly 20 years
We can mobilize hundreds of volunteers to maintain and steward your land
We’re a nonprofit. We do this work because we care about the land and the people who access it
We’re trusted by the region’s largest land managers:
Bureau of Land Management
California State Parks
Land Trust Santa Cruz County
Cal Fire
Cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Scotts Valley, & Saratoga
Trails that we built and maintain
Saratoga-to-the-Sea Trail - Saratoga to Sanborn section
Soquel Demonstration State Forest - Sawpit reroute & Flow Trail
Wilder Ranch State Park - Enchanted Loop and West Engelsmans reroute
Glenwood Open Space Preserve in Scotts Valley
Pogonip Open Space Preserve - Emma McCrary Trail
Harvey West, Chanticleer, Scotts Valley, West Side, Ramsay Park Pump Track
Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument & San Vicente Redwoods
Detailed List of Our Services
Trail Assessments, Design and Planning
Trail opportunities and constraints analysis, conceptual planning, field layout, construction documentation
Trail damage, hazard, resource impacts, and repair needs assessment, inventory, and mapping
Trail and Road Construction and Maintenance
Trail construction, including mechanized construction and conservation crew supervision
Trail reconstruction and maintenance (including drainage improvement, logout & brushing)
Rock armoring, retaining walls, and trail bridge construction
Erosion control, drainage improvement, and revegetation
Volunteer Management and Supervision
Focused training for field staff, volunteers, conservation corps and land managers
Training available in trail design, construction, maintenance, or volunteer management