We started out closing a heavily eroded trail going below the power lines, right near the West picnic area. We decided to reroute the trail, sidehilling into the hill creating a nice grade that should help keep down future erosion. You can see the before and after shots below.
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(BEFORE) Here is our subject. This erosion needs to be filled, and a new trail will be cut into the hill on the left. |
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Hey Jim |
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Taking the first few shots into the side of the hill |
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This went faster then we all expected. The new trail is taking shape, The eroded area is being filled in. |
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Starting to look like a trail |
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Getting close |
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Here you see 4 of about 30 deer running by. |
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Our first customers. They loved it |
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This was a washed out trail just a few moments ago |
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Sweet |
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Another shot of the top of the old eroded area |
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(AFTER) |
Once we finished the main trail reroute, we needed to move the trail coming from the road towards our new trail.
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X marks.. the closed trail |
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Some people are staying for more.. some people are done for the day |
Once we finished the reroute, we headed deeper into the woods towards the BMX pit. The trail went into an area that dips down about 4 feet. One side of the dip is properly angled and does not wash out. But the side we worked on was pretty bad. It had washed out an area about 6 feet wide, and 2 feet deep, all within about a year. We added some water bars/steps. This should help slow the water enough to help stop additional erosion.
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Onto the next trail in need of some TLC |
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Sizing up our next challenge |
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(BEFORE) Give us twenty minutes, this will look a lot better |
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You two.. go find some wood |
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First you add the water bar, then back fill |
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These two look like they were working, but they only started digging because I aimed the camera at them |
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(AFTER) Now that looks a lot better |
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Time to call it a day |
We had a good group today and did a great job in our attempts to save some trails and keep the park rangers happy. See you next month!
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Signs of Spring |
