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Coopers Rock WinterFest 2019 Recap [WinterFest 2020 scheduled for 2/8/20] –by Adam Polinski Cold temperatures but no snow, combined with sun but no warmth weren’t quite the weather conditions that the Coopers Rock Foundation (CRF) hoped for at the 8th Annual Coopers Rock WinterFest. Just one Saturday before WinterFest, a fresh 8” of snow covered […]
Coopers Rock WinterFest 2019 Events Schedule February 9th, 10 – 4, at Day Use Parking Lot, ¼ mile from I-68 Coopers Rock Exit. All events are “open house” from 10:00 – 4:00 unless otherwise stated. Hosted by the Coopers Rock Foundation – coopersrock.org. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE. Food & Drink for sale; donations accepted. Funds […]
Every 4th Sunday of the month there will be food trucks at Coopers Rock State Forest, 12:00 – 5:00 pm. They will be located in the large, gravel overflow parking lot just before the Overlook. April 28 May 19 (this is the 3rd Sunday) June 23 July 28 August 25 September 25 October 27
by Adam Polinski Just in case you’ve never been to Coopers Rock when there’s been snow, and you wonder when you can experience winter there, the Coopers Rock Foundation says: bet the big bucks on being able to see it and ski it, at our annual Winterfests. Six times out of seven, or 86% of […]
–by Adam Polinski Over the weekend of November 3rd and 4th, the Coopers Rock Foundation led volunteers on a trail maintenance hike-through of Roadside Trail, at Coopers Rock State Forest. Volunteers used rakes, shovels, and mattocks to clean out drainage features along the 3.1-mile trail, just as home owners clean leaves from their […]
Join us on Saturday, November 3 and Sunday, November 4 for our annual Halloween Candy Volunteer Trail Work Day! This is a calorie neutral event: we provide candy that you can consume guilt-free, as you burn it off doing trail work. Bring water, sturdy shoes, and clothes you can work in. Saturday, November 3: 9:00 […]
–by Adam Polinski, CRF Trailwork Coordinator Since Autumn 2000, there has been an Annual Rocky Habitat Restoration Day each September or October at Coopers Rock, held to minimize human impact among the most popular rocks for climbing and exploring, such as the Sunset Wall Area, the Tilted Tree Area, Roof Rocks, and more. It […]
Join us for our annual Celebration of the Outdoors festival! We’ll be at the Coopers Rock Overlook in the picnic shelters from 10am – 3pm, Sunday October 14 with all kinds of free, family friendly events. Check our schedule below for rock climbing, birdhouse building, live music, a drone demonstration, guided hikes, a raptor exhibit, […]
by Adam Polinski Two big days of work in August, 2018, catapulted the upgrade of the “campground hill” section of Scott Run Trail from 50% to 90% completed. The focus of this particular project on Scott Run Trail has been to tackle the poorly-drained, overgrown, and extremely rough trail surface of the quarter-mile […]