Trail Work Series
Front Range
Welcome to the 2026 Colorado Front Range Trail Work Series!
We are excited to partner with Jefferson County Open Space and Trail Runner Volunteers to present the 2026 Trail Work Series in the Colorado Front Range. This brings our local community of runners together to learn about and care for the living landscapes we run with. Through repetitive, hands-on service events with an educational component, we can share ecological values and create strong connections that inspire runners to care for the people and places they love.
This 2026 Colorado Trail Work Series will include at least 9 independent trail work events, each with its own short and unique educational component. Each event will be approved, permitted, and insured by Jefferson County Open Space, led by Trail Runner Volunteers and Runners for Public Lands Ambassadors and volunteers. Participants are not required to attend all events but can earn prizes and receive giveaways from our brand coalition members.
Registration is open for events through mid-July. As details are finalized, registration links will be updated here for the remaining events. Please note that the days and times of all events are subject to change based on the discretion of Jefferson County, current conditions and weather.
Click on the events below to learn more and register.
April 22
Crown Hill Park
May 20
South Valley Park
June 9
South Table Mountain Park
June 23
White Ranch Park
July 7
Matthews/Winter Park
July 28
Deer Creek Canyon Park
August 8
White Ranch Park
September 8
North Table Mountain Park
October 6
Crown Hill Park
From my “agency” perspective trail work using volunteers is most impactful and valuable because it builds community. A community of various user types that share sweat on a trail project and can have productive and meaningful conversations while playing in the dirt (or rock). This “community” has a passion for their surrounding trails and landscapes, and welcome opportunities to give back to these places that they recreate in. With education and ongoing meaningful trail work days, this community can become more engaged in, and aware of, local, county, state and national public lands issues (including indigenous connections, water, human rights, climate change, animal and plant migration, and ecosystem deterioration).
Somebody has to throw the first pebble in the pond, and each new trails volunteer can be the next ripple…as the volunteer community grows, so can the level of activism and outreach…which can lead to positive change in our communities and our country.
— Scott Waters, Trail Team, Jefferson County Open Space Colorado
