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PHOTOS: Volunteers help build trails in Silver Falls State Park

Park ranger Matt Palmquist works with volunteers to rake rock onto the new North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Park rangers Matt Palmquist and John Hilbert give an orientation to work party volunteers before working on the new North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Volunteer MacKayla Fithian, of Salem, climbs over a recently downed tree on the new North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Volunteers MacKayla Fithian and Trish Winn, both of Salem, pick up tools for raking rock on the new North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)John Hilbert uses a tracked wheelbarrow to dump more rock onto the under-construction North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)Park ranger Matt Palmquist tells volunteers about plans for a viewpoint on the under-construction North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)Volunteers cross a stream below an under-construction bridge on the new North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)An under-construction view point of the North Falls at Silver Falls State Park on the new North Rim trail on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)Park ranger John Hilbert explains the task of raking rock onto the new North Rim trail to volunteers at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)Park Ranger John Hilbert leads volunteers over one of two new fiberglass bridges on the new North Rim trail at Silver Falls State Park on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

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