Spring Fling 5K Run & Ride Volunteer Signup

1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd.,Colorado Springs CO 80905

30 April, 2022

Description

Volunteers needed for our annual Spring Fling 5K Run & Ride multi-user trail event fundraiser! Participants from horse (riding and driving), pack burro runners, bike, run and hike/walk categories collect a poker hand from five card stations along the 5K course in Bear Creek Regional Park. We need volunteers for the following positions on event day: parking, course marking, registration, card station, finish/award area, scoring, course sweep and clean up. Volunteer times begin at 7:00 am and run through 12:30pm. Your time assignment will be based on your job. Parking - 7:00am-9:30am Course Marking - 7:30am Registration - 8:00am-9:30am Card Station - 8:00am-11:30am Finish/Award Area - 8:00am-12:00pm Scoring - 9:00am-12:00pm Course Sweep - 11:15am-12:00pm Clean Up - 11:30am-12:30pm Friends of the Equestrian Skills Course is a 501c3 nonprofit corporataion. Our mission is to promote the education of equestrians and other trail users by developing and maintaining a public equestrian skills course.   The Equestrian Skills Course is located in Bear Creek Regional Park in Colorado Springs, Colo. This Skills Course provides a learning environment for equestrians. The course consists of various sets of obstacles based on realistic elements riders often find on the trails in the Colorado foothills and mountains. Each obstacle set has a minimum of three difficulty levels (beginner - green, intermediate - blue and advanced - black) to allow horses and riders of all ages and skill levels a place to improve their skills as they prepare for the trail. Signage and a multi-use regional trail through the area also provide an opportunity to educate other trail users how to interact with horses and riders on the trail. Equestrians can take this opportunity to gradually expose their horses to the mountain bikes, hikers, runners and dogs frequenting this trail. The trail also allows the opportunity for equestrians to share their horses with trail users who might not otherwise have the chance to see a horse up close.