Cal Poly logging team to host western collegiate competition
Teams from across the U.S. and Canada to compete
– Cal Poly‘s logging team will host the Association of Western Forestry Clubs Conclave April 1-3 at the university’s timber sports site.
The association, the largest of its kind, is an annual collegiate logging sports competition in the western United States and Canada featuring traditional timber skills such as axe throwing, saw bucking, and pole climbing. Cal Poly last hosted the event in 2018.
The three-day conclave will bring as many as a dozen teams from universities across the western United States and Canada, with more than 200 student competitors expected. Competing teams include those from UC Berkeley, Colorado State University, the University of Idaho, Montana State University, Cal Poly Humboldt, the University of British Columbia, and others.
The event is free and open to the public. Competition runs 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Parking is available in the Cuesta College A-1 lot, and shuttles will begin at 7 a.m.
Cal Poly’s logging team is an intercollegiate team of male and female students involved in traditional forestry field skills. For more than 30 years, the team has given students of all backgrounds and academic disciplines the chance to participate in competitive co-ed sports. The team is currently comprised of more than 100 students representing more than 12 majors.
“Hosting the 86th annual Association of Western Forestry Clubs Conclave is an honor for the Cal Poly Logging Team,” fourth-year forest and fire sciences major and president of the Association of Western Forestry Clubs Daniel Auten said. “For many of the teams attending the event, it will be their first time visiting Cal Poly. We are excited to welcome them and showcase our campus and logging unit.”
In late 2025, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) donated and installed two 80-foot wood poles at Cal Poly’s timber sports site, which will be used in the competition.
