Quincy-based Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship announces it is launching a new outdoor festival this fall called Mountains to Meadows Trailfest, a four-day celebration of trails and community to benefit the work of SBTS.
Trailfest will be held Sept. 19 through 22 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy, and offers a full slate of activities, including two days of optional trailwork with the SBTS professional trail crew on Mount Hough, a poker run/ride, locally led hikes, trail runs and mountain bike and moto rides on some of the best trails in Plumas County, family and late-night rollerskating sessions, food trucks, a beverage garden and an energetic lineup of live bands on the main stage, headlined by The Scott Pemberton Band, Boot Juice and the Gold Souls.
Festival passes range in price from $50 per person for trailwork volunteers, to $149 for all-access weekend passes and $699 at the top end for a limited number of VIP passes. Kids under 17 are free, and passes include tent camping for the weekend (upgrades are available for hookups). Day passes will also be available at the gate for locals who are just interested in joining for the live music Friday and/or Saturday, with pricing and details to be released closer to the event.
Trailfest is a fundraiser for SBTS, and proceeds from the event will benefit Connected Communities, SBTS’ legacy project to connect 15 mountain towns via a 564-mile multiuse singletrack trail. The project is already well underway, with various trails under construction or in the environmental review process in Plumas, Sierra, Lassen, Butte and Nevada counties, as well as Washoe County in Nevada. The initial work has been funded largely through government grants, but SBTS says completing Connected Communities will require significant fundraising and volunteer labor hours.
“The goal of Connected Communities is to revitalize mountain towns in the Lost Sierra by creating recreation-based economies, using trails as a tool to bring hikers, cyclists, dirt bike riders and equestrians into the towns’ main streets. With Mountains to Meadows, we’re inviting the community to be a part of what we’re building — to help out on the trails, to meet other like-minded folks, to enjoy the recreation opportunities we have here in Quincy and to celebrate another season of trailbuilding with a big party filled with good trails, good times and good people,” said Greg Williams, executive director of SBTS.
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship celebrated its 20th year in 2023. In that time it has built 197 miles of brand new trail, and maintained more than 2,500 trail miles throughout the Lost Sierra. Volunteers who register to dig at Trailfest will be part of building SBTS’ 200th mile of trail on Mount Hough.
Find all the details on the event at quincymountainstomeadows.com. For sponsorship opportunities, reach out to [email protected].
Information provided by Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship