Interns with the Siskiyou Mountain Club take a break from their work in the Red Buttes Wilderness last summer. Interns work, play and live together over a summer season that includes rigorous work to clear remote trails in southwest Oregon and northwest California.

Upcoming outings and adventure opportunities in Jackson County and beyond include the chance to sign up to become an intern with a summertime trail work crew, view environmental films, attend a fundraising social to benefit climate action and more.

Help clear trails next summer

The Siskiyou Mountain Club is already hiring 2024 Wilderness Conservation Corps interns, who spend the summer backpacking into remote sites where they bring trails back to life.

The club, a nonprofit organization, helps preserve 400 miles of trails in the backcountry of southwest Oregon and northwest California.

Interns can expect a rigorous experience cutting logs, removing brush and restoring lost trails. They are led by field staff with years of experience in backcountry trail work.

Interns participate in a remote onboarding process, then track personal and professional goals with support from staff.

Each intern must complete a 15-hour online curriculum before their term starts. The first crews head out June. 2. On off-trail days, interns stay at a blend of campgrounds and hostels in Ashland.

The pay is a $1,500 monthly stipend. Interns must be at least 18 years old and physically fit. For more information, contact the club at 458-254-0657, email info@siskiyoumountainclub.org or visit 33 N. Third St., Ashland.

View environmental films on Nov. 2, 16

KS Wild and Rogue Riverkeeper are hosting two nights of environmental films with additional question-and-answer sessions this Thursday and Nov. 16 at Southern Oregon University.

Thursday’s film, “Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty,” looks at the legacy of conservation and environmental justice of Stewart Udall, who served as secretary of the U.S. Interior Department from 1961-69. Highlighted is Udall’s long fight to win compensation for Navajo Indians and “downwinders” who acquired cancer from their exposure to radiation during atomic bomb testing.

The Nov. 16 film, “Sisters in Arms,” follows six women from several countries telling their stories of becoming influential leaders for environmental justice and protection. Their struggles are presented alongside those of special guest Julia Butterfly Hill.

Tickets are $10 for the Nov. 2 film and $20 for the Nov. 16 film, with no charge for SOU faculty and students.

Films are shown in room 151 in the Science Building Lecture Hall, 1250 Ashland St. in Ashland. Doors open at 6 p.m., and films begin at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at www.kswild.org. For information, call 541-488-5789.

Enter a benefit cyclocross race

This year’s Southern Oregon Outlaw Cyclocross series continues Nov. 4 at Tom Pearce Park, 3700 Pearce Park Road, Grants Pass. Additional events are held Nov. 11 and Nov. 18 at Lake Selmac County Park and Tom Pearce Park, respectively.

Registration is $20 per race. Parking at Tom Pearce Park and Lake Selmac is $5 per vehicle. All ages and abilities are welcome. Juniors 18 and under race free.

There will be two races at each venue: Beginner/intermediate riders start at 10 a.m., and advanced/expert riders launch at 11 a.m. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends 15 minutes before each race.

An Oregon Bicycle Racing Association license is required. Single-day and season licenses are available at registration. OBRA rules are in effect for all races.

Each race also features a Tyklocross race for all junior racers 10 and under at noon after the other races. Registration is required and entry is free.

Each race features a raffle after the finish, and past series have often given out over $5,000 in prizes.

All proceeds benefit Josephine County Search and Rescue. The event organizer is Cycle Analysis of Jacksonville. Shop owner Jana Jensen organizes the event annually, in memory of her son, Nicholas J. Jensen.

Follow the Cycle Analysis Facebook page for more information and updates.

Attend a climate action benefit bash

Southern Oregon Climate Action Now is hosting a Grateful Americana Benefit Bash at 6 p.m. Nov. 11 at Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland, with proceeds going toward hiring the organization’s first executive director next year.

No registration is required, and there is no charge, but a $20 donation is suggested. Free wine, beverages and appetizers are available.

The event opens with Steve Lavering and Mountaintop Sound performing Americana, bluegrass and folk music. Steve Schein and Shine On round it out with Grateful Dead covers and more Americana. State Sen. Jeff Golden of Ashland is scheduled to say a few words.

For more information, go to bit.ly/socangrateful.

Sell that old gear during annual Ashland Ski & Gear Swap

The 2023 Ashland Ski & Gear Swap is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 16 and 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 17 in the Rogue River Room in the Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland.

Registration to sell gear opens in November. Gear drop-off is 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 14-15. Registration is $2 per item. The person whose gear is being sold keeps 80% of the final sales price. Items that may not be sold include sunglasses, climbing rope, bicycles, tents and carabiners.

The event, which provides good affordable used outdoor equipment, is managed by Indigo Creek Outfitters with help from the Southern Oregon University Outdoor Program.

For more information, go to ashlandskiswap.com or contact indigocreekoutfitters.com; email skiswap@indigocreekoutfitters.com; 541-282-4535.

Readers and event organizers are encouraged to send details about upcoming outings and outdoor-related events to Rogue Valley Times outdoors reporter Shaun Hall at shall@rv-times.com or 2 East Main St., Medford OR 97501. Brief, to-the-point descriptions are best. Photographs can be helpful.