NorCal Ruck 2025

Join us for an all-day event to help you get ready for an upcoming season of long-distance hiking!

SWAG bag for all attendees.

We are looking for volunteers and sponsors for our Ruck. If you have interest please fill out our contact form: https://www.aldhawest.org/contact

• 8:00 - 8:45  -- Check In & Breakfast -- Bagels, cream cheese, fresh fruit, smoked salmon, coffee 

• 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome from ALDHA-West 

• 9:00 - 9:30 -- Trail Skills Session -- River & snow safety, foot care

• 9:30 - 9:45 -- Break

• 9:45 - 10:45 -- The Bigfoot Trail, with Mary “Fireweed” Kwart

• 10:45 - 10:50 -- Short Break

• 10:50 - 11:10 -- Trail Description “Lightning Round” -- Brief descriptions of trails & routes featured in our breakout sessions

• 11:10 - 12:00 -- Trail-Specific Breakout Sessions

• 12:00 - 1:00 -- Lunch – BBQ and fixings, veg options available – thanks to Scott “Shroomer” Williams and crew 

• 1:00 - 1:30 -- Trail Skills Session -- Dealing with Animals & Plants, “Hot & Cold”

• 1:30 - 1:40 -- Short Break

• 1:40 - 2:30 -- What’s in your Pack? Gear Panel Show-and-Tell

• 2:30 - 3:00 -- Pack Shakedowns! Or, visit trail orgs, mingle with friends

• 15:00-15:30 -- Legendary Gear Raffle really, the raffle is worth the price of attendance :) 

• 3:30 - 4:00 -- Wrap-up / Clean-up / Leave no Trace

HUGE THANKS to our Gear Raffle Sponsors: Backpacker's Pantry, Backpacking Light, BearVault, Chicken Tramper Ultralight Gear, CNOC Outdoors, Durston, FarOut, Gossamer Gear, Jolly Gear, Katabatic Gear, Kula Cloth, Leki, Mountain Mike, Purple Rain Adventure Skirts, Sawyer, Six Moon Designs, Symbiosis Gear, and Treeline Review

If for some reason you are unable to afford the ticket and want to attend, please send a request for help via our contact form:  https://www.aldhawest.org/contact