Most of the time was spent rerouting a trail built by the CCC in the 30's. The trail follows a draw and parts are very steep, our job involved building new trail and adding switchbacks to avoid the steep sections. We ended up brushing, clearing and digging 1700 feet of new trail this hitch.
The ultimate goal is to have the trail be able to be used by both hikers and stock, mostly for elk hunting. We will be working on this trail for the next two hitches, finishing up the switchback section we started then moving on to two shorter sections. Part of the work will be building large cribbing retaining walls to anchor the switchbacks to the side slope and provide a good platform for stock to turn around.
The crew: Jim, Tom, Travis, Me, Vicky, Katie, Ashley.
Travis felling a tree to make way for the trail.
The crew rolling a huge rocky mountain maple root ball off the trail, It took half a day to cut out, there was much rejoicing.
Brand new trail.
Cutting out a stump. It's a lot of work and takes a while. Each one gets it's very own name.
-Kevin Carns, CD CM
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