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Scorpions Trail Crew, Pleasant Hill, OR (2025)

04/05/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

It was a busy week with three trail work days.

Saturday March 29th and Thursday April 3rd: We had two days at the Cloverpatch Connector trail. On Saturday Sig, Mike S., Alex, Sue and Andy worked on bridge #3. Alex, Sue completed assembling the vertical posts and started assembling the bridge rails starting with the bottom most “curb rail” which is roughly 6-7” in diameter. Andy and Mike continued to build up the on/off bridge ramps with rock and dirt. We also hunted down two additional cedars since it soon became apparent that we were going to be short. By the end of the day we had the curb rail up on the downstream side and three quarters of the way on the upstream side. The bridge is about 21 ft long so we needed a minimum of about 200ft of cedar to build all three rails and the support structure.

On the following Thursday we had a big crew of 9 and split up into a tread crew and a bridge crew. The tread crew (Mike S. Andy, Tom B., and Billy) headed into the trail from the TH further up 5826 where the trail crosses the road. It’s a little shorter hike form there to where they left off last time. They had about 50 more feet of tread to build before they reached the site of “bridge to be #4”. It was a tough 50 ft though as they were on a steep side slope and had to excavate a lot of dirt and rock to build a decent tread bench. Since they were very close to the bridge footing locations they stashed all the rock the excavated for later use when constructing the bridge. By about 1 PM they completed the trail all the way to the near side bridge footing.

The bridge crew, Sig, Peggy, Steve, Alex and Chris, stripped the last 2 cedars of bark and assembled the rest of the rails. By about 1:30PM all the rails were up. The bridge is structurally complete. The on/off bridge ramps need a few more inches of rock and fill but we are going to fold off on that until it dries out a bit. After 13 trail work days, 110 crew members and 772 total crew hours Cloverpatch bridge #3 is complete and the tread has been cut to bridge to be #4. A big thanks to all who contributed to this project! We are going to take a break from Cloverpatch for a while the let things dry .

Friday April 4th - A crew of 7 headed to the South Willamette trail #3645 to logout between Crale Creek Rd and the junction with Eula Ridge and Lawler trail. We had good recent scouting reports for this trail from the jct with Hardesty to Eula so we knew where the work was. Mike S., Andy and Jean headed in from the Eula ridge side with a chainsaw and cleared the 1 plus mile section to Harper Creek of logs and piles of fallen limbs. Sig, Mike K., Dave K. and Garrett armed with two XC saws, axe, wedges, and our Al pry bar, which we all love, to tackle a 1 mile section towards Harper Creek from the Crale Creek side. We entered the trail via and old logging road and a short bushwack to were the logs were. Most of our time was spent most of our time on a large log that crossed the trail twice and was pinned between three trees which provided some interesting lateral binds. We used crosscuts on this section since one of the crew members needed to get recertified. Both crews were done around lunch time. A beautiful day to b e in the forest. The South Willamette trail is now clear from Hardest to the jct with Eula and Lawler.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project: Middle Fork Trail bridge and tread work - Thursday April 10th
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Other activities:
Scorpion Trail Crew Social Meeting

A party, get together, will be held at the Bob Keefer Center 250 S. 32nd Street, Springfield. The time is from 5:00 to 7:00 Friday April 11th.
Ask for directions at the front desk for the room for the Scorpions. I am having this primarily for long time members to meet and get better acquainted with the newer members. There will be a booklet about Ron Robinson and his written history of the Scorpions for the folks that are not familiar with how it all came about. There will be finger food, water and soft drinks provided as well as delicious cake. I hope to hear from everyone that has not contacted me yet, especially newer members. Spouses are invited as well. Please email me at [email protected]. Thank you and hope to see you then. Jim

03/28/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Tuesday March 25th - Six Scorpions (Sig, Hal, Mike S, Jean, David K. and Jeff) took advantage of some beautiful weather and headed back to the Cloverpatch connector. The task for the day was to continue work on bridge # 3 which is 1.3 miles in. Once there we split into three small work groups. Sig and David started working on the bridge rails. We cut the 8 cedar vertical posts and support brackets to final size and attached two of them on the downstream side of the bridge with 8” lag bolts. We also started selecting cedar logs to use as the bottom curb rail and laid them out on the bridge.

Jeff and Hal worked on the near side approach ramp to the bridge while Jean and Mike worked on the far side ramp. They harvested lots of rocks and excavated soil to gradually build up the ramps. Layering and tamping them down to fill in the voids between rocks. When completed the ramps need to be 3-4 ft high and about 10 ft long. That’s about 4-5 cubic yards of rock and soil for each ramp. By the time we wrapped up around 2PM they were pretty exhausted. But thanks to the energetic rock and dirt hounds.
the ramps are taking shape.

We planned a return trip for Thursday but had to cancel due to chances of high gusting winds and thunderstorms. We will give it another go on Saturday.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week Projects: Logout of South Willamette trail on Friday April 4th, 2025
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03/21/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

On the first day of spring 10 Scorpions loaded up with sunscreen and returned to the Cloverpatch Connector trail. It turns out the sunscreen was not needed but the weather was far better than we all expected. We all piled into three 4WD vehicles to head up to the TH on roads 5826 and 130 close to Westfir. We were a little concerned about road conditions and the snow level. A section of the North Shore Road had a washout that was getting bigger and deeper with the recent rains. But crew member Hal got a medal by heading out there a few days ago to make some improvements which enabled all of us to get through it. Thank you Hal! Our next concern were logs and possibly snow on the road as we approached the TH at 2000ft of elevation. We did need to buck up 3 logs on the way up 130 but the snow was just patchy in the woods and the road bed was clear. Having arrived at the TH without much difficulty we loaded up on materials and tools including two more 4x6x5ft cedar planks needed to complete the bridge deck and hoofed the 1.3 miles into the bridge site.

Once at the bridge site Sig, Chris, Jean and Jeff headed off into the woods to find the last two cedars that were dropped previously for use as bridge rails. We used straps to carry the approximately 25ft logs back to the bridge stumbling our way through some thick brush. Brian and Hal started working on the near side bridge ramp and Mike, Meg, Keiko and Sue started peeling the cedar logs that were already at the bridge site. Stripping the bark off of the cedars was the top priority task of the day.

We all took turns at various tasks during the day. A rock hunting crew found a great stash of big basketball size rocks that are perfect for building the on/off bridge ramps. By about 2PM all the cedars were stripped of bark, the near and far side bridge ramps were taking shape and all 8 vertical posts that support the rail assembly were rough cut. We headed back to the cars lugging some heavy rigging with us since it is no longer needed. Safely back at the cars Keiko rewarded us all with some dark chocolate.

We were all thrilled that the weather cooperated as rains were in the forecast. But we were all dry and impressively dirty. It started raining as we were driving home. Great work by everyone one, lots more to do so we will be back here next week…Sig

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next weeks projects: Cloverpatch Connector bridge and treadwork
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Other Events:

🦂 Scorpion Trail Crew Social Meeting 🦂

April 11, Friday 5-7 pm
Scorpion Trail Crew Social Meeting
Willamalane Park & Recreation
250 South 32nd Street
Springfield, Or. 97478
In the Ken Long Room
Ask for directions at the front desk counter.

Scorpion Trail Crew Gathering

A get together for the earlier members to meet and get to know the latest or new Scorpions. With a focus to learn more about each other and reveal the history of the Scorpion Trail Crew and the founder, Ron Robinson's role in the forming of the Scorpions.
Please come and enjoy the company of each other and form a stronger bond within the group.

Please rsvp to [email protected] before April 4th. Thank you.
Desert, finger food, water and soft drinks provided.

Jim Suiter

03/07/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday March 6th – A large crew of 13 Scorpions headed back for some more work on the Cloverpatch Connector trail. We split into three work crews. A saw crew (Brian M., Brian R., Brad and Keiko) tackled a complex pile of large trees just after bridge #1. The large trees crossed the trail twice and fell right on the trail tread for about 60 ft. We left them there with a 28” and 32” saw and let them have at it.

Hal, Sig, Steve, Andy and Tom B. headed to bridge three. Tom and Andy headed off into the woods with a saw to harvest cedars we will use for bridge rails. Sig, Steve and Hal started decking the bridge with 4x6x5ft deck planks and 4 10ft outrigger planks that are used to support the rails.

Mike S., Billy, Maryanne, Jeff continued the very hard work of building new tread towards “bridge to be 4”.

All crews made super progress. All that’s left of those nasty logs are mountains of saw chips. The bridge is decked (except we are short two 5ft deck planks which we will bring in next week) and cedar logs for rails are cut and we started stripping the bark off. The tread crew forged further towards “bridge to be” #4, they have about 50ft left to go. We were all heading back to the cars at the trail head at about 2:30PM. Thanks for all the hard work from the great crew….Sig

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project: Cloverpatchh bridge and treadwork - Thursday March 13th
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03/01/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday February 27th – Twelve Scorpions (Sig, Steve, Louse, Meg, Billy R., Brian R., Mike S., Jeff, Chris. Tom B., Hal and welcome to first time Scorpion W***y R.) returned to the Cloverpatch Connector trail close to Westfir to continue work on bridge #3 and digging new tread towards “bridge to be #4. We got off to a late start because the brief but strong wind event last week made a mess of road 5826. We had to stop and clear a bunch of debris and buck up about a half dozen logs before reaching the trailhead on road 5826-130. But we finally made it gathered tools and marched the 1.3 miles to the work site. On the way in one large fir was blown down just after bridge 1 and took a good sized cedar with it. It fell in the worst possible orientation right on top of the trail for about 50ft and then crosses a switch back a little further up and it has a nice big ugly root ball to go with it. It's a true project tree and will have a crew deal with it next week. We arrived at the new bridge site and four of us stayed there to work and the rest went a little further to continue clearing the trail corridor and digging new tread towards “bridge to be #4”.

The bridge crew completed leveling the stringers and pinned them to the bridge sills with rebar. We also cut some cedar blocks and lag bolted them in between the stringers for added stability. We added some 2x4 timber shims to the ends of the stringers and then fastened the backwalls on both sides using 4x6x5ft planks which protects the end grain of the stringers from dirt and debris. We then placed the deck planks on top of the stringers to be sure we had enough. The deck planks are 4”x6”x5ft but they are rough cut so there is quite a bit dimensional variation. We had just enough planks! Next week will try and adjust the planks to minimize abrupt dimensional changes as best we can and then fasten them to the stringers with 8” spikes.

The tread crew also made super progress. The vegetation is very thick in this area so it takes a long time to cut and rip out vines, salal, and Or grape in order to dig new tread. The organic layer on top of the hard mineral soil where you want the final tread to be is also very deep. But the crew persevered and are now within 500ft of the final “bridge to be” site. Another 2-3 work days should do it. We all wrapped up and headed back to the cars at about 2:30PM. We will have a repeat performance here next week. Come and join us if you can…Sig

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project: Cloverpatch bridge, log and treadwork - Thursday March 6th
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02/22/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday February 20th – After several weeks of snow related delays a crew of 10 Scorpions (Sig, Mike S, Jeff, Maryanne, Dave C., Brad, Brian R., Dave K., Hal and Steve D.) made it back to the Cloverpatch Connector trail to continue working on bridge #3 and digging new tread towards (soon to be) bridge #4. Four of us worked on the bridge and the rest ventured past bridge 3 to continue the arduous task of cutting new trail through very thick jungle growth towards bridge to be #4.

Both crews made great progress. The bridge crew moved the stringers on top of the footing sils aligned and squared up. We got one side leveled and pinned with rebar and cedar blocks. We have the other side close to being leveled but that will have to wait to next week to complete.

The tread crew undoubtably burnt a lot of calories cutting through thick vegetation and digging new tread. The layer of organics on top of mineral soil is very thick and takes lot of time and effort to clear off. But they made it another 500 ft or so. A photo below shows a root system growing in long downed logs. We will be back next week for more fun. Please join us...Sig

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project: Cloverpatch bridge and tread work - Thursday Feb 27
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02/15/2025

Last “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday January 30th – A big crew of 13 Scorpions headed back to continue working on bridge #3 and establishing new tread between bridge 3 and 4. We divided up into three crews with on crew focusing on the bridge, one on completing the logout between bridge 3 & 4 and the third on cutting the trail past bridge 3.

Good progress was made on all fronts. The bridge crew successfully moved the second stringer across the creek and adjacent to the bridge footings. Next time we should be able to place the stringers on the footings, level and pin them to the bridge sills. The logout crew bucked up two big 30” logs that was blocking additional tread work. After that they continued on and completed logging out opening the trail corridor to bridge 4. The tread crew continued to hack their way through a jungle of thick salal, OR grape and tenacious vines to establish another quarter mile of rough cut tread. We all wrapped up and started hiking out at around 2PM. Thanks to a great crew for super progress. Much more to do here so we will be back soon.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next weeks Project - Cloverpatch bridge and treadwork Thursday Feb 20th
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01/25/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday 23 January - 9 Scorpions (Steve D., Tom B., Jean, MaryAnne, Meg, Alex, Keiko, first time Scorpion Sue Z., and Mike S.) went to the northern terminus of 5823 and worked on both the west and east sides of the Winberry Divide trail (part of Eugene To Crest #3476). Tom and Alex hiked east towards Tire Mt., The rest of the crew worked on drainage or brushing the heavy growth of ferns Oregon Grape, and Salal. Unfortunately, one of the two brushers ceased functioning after maybe 10 feet of trail, but we were able to rotate people on the other one and got a mile cleared and raked. The middle section towards Tire Mt. will need clearing at some point, but for now Winberry Drainage has been taken care of. Thank you for joining us for the first time Sue and we hope to see you again soon…Mike S.

Friday January 24th – On a cold but sunny Friday a small efficient crew of 5 Scorpions (Sig, Brian M., Dave M., Andy H., and Jeff) returned to the Cloverpatch Connector trail to continue working on bridge #3. We last worked on the bridge in late November when we started moving one of the two cedar stringers closer to the bridge site from where it was felled. At that time the stringer was not being very cooperative but we did manage to get it better positioned for a final pull to set it on the bridge footings and sills. We secured it at that point since we new it would be at least 6-weeks before we resumed work here.

We hiked the 1.3 miles to the bridge site accompanied by 4 more 4x6x5ft cedar bridge planks (carried on shoulders). We were happy to see that everything at the worksite was still there as we left it. Sometimes the forest elves can be mischievous but they were well behave during our brief absence.

We took some time looking at the stringer position, assessing obstacles and finally coming up with a pull plan that would enable us to move the roughly 30ft long, 15” diameter cedar log. We needed to move it about 10 ft in two directions and lift one end about 6ft to get it positioned by the bridge footings. Using a grip hoist with 60ft of steel rope to do the heavy pulling along with a rope puller to help stabilize the far end we set up blocks and anchors to trees for the pull. It takes a good hour to set things up but we were finally ready. The stringer started moving one inch at a time per grip hoist crank. After about 6 ft of movement in one direction the far end of the stringer dropped of a log, as expected, onto a temporary inclined plane we built using long outrigger deck planks. We had to reposition the grip hoist for a directional pull so the far end would hopefully slide up the inclined plane and gain about 6 ft of elevation so it could rest on the far side sill. Amazingly enough it all worked as planned and the stringer ended up just where we wanted it at the correct height on, or adjacent to, the bridge sills.

After a lunch break in filtered sunlight, we pondered the next stringer which was up hill from the bridge about 100 ft away. This looked like it was going to be an easier pull since gravity was assisting. We needed to be carful that the stringer wouldn’t act like a torpedo as we were pulling it downhill so we secured the far (uphill end) with a rope using various trees as anchors. We set up the grip hoist for directional pull so it could be off to the side and out of harms way. Again the stringer miraculously obeyed our every command. It would move about 3-4ft at a time downhill sliding over logs, controlling the speed of decent was pretty easy with the rope and tree anchor. We got to a point where the downhill end of the stringer started digging into the ground but at this point it was already where we wanted it to end up. It is now positioned for one final pull to get it across the Tire Mt. creek and by the footings. We will be back to give it a shot again next week.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project:
Cloverpatch bridge and treadwork - Thursday January 30th
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01/18/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday January 16th - Last Thursday, 12 Scorpions (Sig, Jean, Tom B., Jeff, Chris, Steve, MaryAnne, Meg, Keiko, Alex, Dave C., Mike) went to Winberry Tie Trail, which we recovered nearly 4 years ago. We worked the lower trail, which needed extensive brushing, Sig (back in action after getting a new hip) and Alex took care of a 39 inch log that was right on the trail plus one other, holes were filled in and drainage was re-established. We were high enough to be in sunlight, but there was frost and the day never got too warm. The trail is now passable and looks good. Thanks to a great crew for some super work!

Next Thursday we will be back at the top of 5823 working east towards Tire Mt. TH on the Winberry Tie Trail.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project: Winberry Divide brushing, drainage, logout - Thursday January 23rd
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01/11/2025

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday January 9th - Nine Scorpions (Jeff S. Brian R., first time Scorpion Sarib K,, Jean, Keiko, MaryAnne, Meg, Alex, Mike S.) returned to finish the 4.5 mile Eugene to Crest section #3559 by Lookout Reservoir. Alex, Brian, and Keiko, hiked downhill about 2 miles to buck up the 14 inch log across the trail, clearing smaller stuff as well and then finished off going back to the vehicles and on up the trail to buck up the madrone at the very top of cougar hill. Jeff, Meg, and MaryAnne did their usual good drainage work, while Jean, Mike, and first time Scorpion Sarib handled the brushers and the raking. Somehow, we all ended up back at the vehicles at about the same time. The trail looks good and the stream flow has receded. Welcome Sarib to the crew and we hope to see you again soon!

Next Thursday, we go to the other side of Winberry Divide down low to brush big time and log out part 1 and maybe brush 2 of the recovered trail.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project: Winberry Tie trail brushing and logout - Thursday January 16th
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01/04/2025

Ths Scorpion Trail Crew 2024 Trailwork Summary link :

01/04/2025

Thursday January 2nd – A hardy crew of 9 Scorpions (Mike S., Tom B., Dave C., Alex, Jean, Keiko, Maryanne, Jeff and Chris S) headed back to the North Shore Tie trail to inaugurate the 2025 trail work season we will be returning here next week hopefully in better weather. Here´s Mike´s summary.

Thursday December 19th, Scorpions Stories #18
WATER, MUD, MacGYVER, AND A WISE DECISION
by Mike Smith

Driving out 58 to the North Shore Road by Lookout Point Reservoir, light rain I encountered in Eugene became heavy, which in Oregon I define as having the wipers on steadily. Trail work in the rain? The Dierks Bentley song, “What was I thinking?” ran through my mind. I hoped as I went further east the rain would let up, and indeed when we all got to the trailhead, there was mist and only a few drops.

Chris, Alex, and Dave C. drove 6 miles further to work the other end of the trail. Tom, Jeff, and MaryAnne worked first on a nasty muddy stretch, finding suitable rocks, a common refrain these past few months, the need having increased due to the recent weather growing a bumper crop of mud. They later cleared drainage under a bridge which 5 days earlier had been underwater. Jean and I continued brushing further up trail.

I don’t see much other than trail when I am brushing. I am swinging the brusher back and forth, come up from below to get ferns, maybe angle to get them and blackberry bushes, use the high lift to try to cut small woody branches, chest high horizontal mash to try to cut through something thicker. I soon had my rain jacket off, and for an hour I worked, two of us leapfrogging and alternating moving fuel and our packs along. We didn’t set up a formal system; when we encountered gear on the trail, we moved it.

I suddenly noticed the cold. And darkness. Time for the rain jacket and hood, the latter fitting over my hard hat, a must. It started to rain, which I noted by the dripping water off my hardhat, or into nearby puddles, and after about 30 minutes, wet gloves. The pin attaching the shaft of the brusher to me sheared off, leaving me with having to steady the brusher on my thigh while I tried to cut. That wasn’t a long term solution, and I didn’t have any line with me to attach it. I finally “MacGyvered it,” Tom’s term, that you need to be old enough to appreciate, running the throttle cable through the chest buckle of my vest. Then it worked fine, and the fix got me a half mile further to lunch and as it turned out the rest of the work day.

Jean and I ate standing up by a stream. After noting the stream sounded louder, I spent the time watching the increase in flow upstream as well as the width of the stream across the trail. River runners routinely put sticks in the beach at water level to learn what flowing water is doing. I like before and after pictures, but the rain made it difficult to take a picture of the rising stream.

There were other before and after moments: puddle size before and after drainage work, or the accumulation of water in the drains. Last weekend, when I scouted the trail, as I drove out from Lowell, the road was blocked with branches and small trees at MP 3.5. I joined two others to open up a lane, and we all went on. Today, the spot just had scattered green. After I left the upper trail, on my way back to the North Shore, there was now a tree angled over the road that I could fortunately drive under, not there earlier. It reminded me that a few years back, Jim drove past lower Fall Creek Road about ten minutes before a rock slide covered it.

On the same abandoned road up to Winberry Divide where I had solo hiked just five days earlier, Chris and Alex, who had finished logging out the trail below, turned around when Chris “heard something growling in the brush just off the road. I was a bit ahead of Alex so retreated to check in with him. We walked back up the road, both heard the growling, assumed it was a cougar, possibly guarding a kill and decided it was prudent to not proceed further.” Wise decision in wild kingdom.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week´s project: North Shore Tie brushing continued - Thursday January 9th
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12/23/2024

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday December 19th, a crew of Eight Scorpions (Tom B., Jean H. Jeff S., Jim H., Mary Anne, Meg, Dave C., and Mike S.) went to the north shore beginning of the Eugene to Crest Trail to brush it and improve drainage. The trail connects the North Shore of the reservoir 8.9 miles east of Lowell to Winberry Divide and points east to Tire Mtn. and beyond. The bottom is swampy without much place to move either water or brush. MaryAnne, Meg, Jeff, Coop, and Jim went after the drainage, later helped by Tom and Jean when they weren’t brushing. Mike was one with the brusher. Eighty plus trail drains later, not including six culvert cleanings, which are a real mess and need long ditches on both sides to channel water, and 1 mile of brushing, and we are close to half way to 5823, which intersects the trail 3 miles up from the north shore road.

Weather cooperated, less water on the trail than there was Tuesday, and we stopped after we got up one of the steeper climbs. Plenty to do the next time, which will be on 2 January, at which time we will likely have a good idea of how good our efforts were. Several more sessions will be spent here, on the other side of the divide, and the divide itself.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next project: North Shore Tue trail brushing continued - Thursday January 2nd
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12/15/2024

Last week’s “Scorpions On The Trail” Work Summary

Thursday December 12th, a crew of 8 Scorpions (Jeff , MaryAnne, Tom B., Meg M., Chris , Jean Dave C.,, and Mike S.) worked in the rain and mud at Cloverpatch, mostly between bridges 1 and 2. There were a dozen large and small issues that needed addressing, including several significant reroutes requested. We began with a bypassing a nasty steep area, maybe 75 feet in all, with a 22-24 inch log blocking where we wanted to work. Not to worry; we all got behind and pushed it over a small rise where it ended against a few trees, partially blocking the trail below. It was exactly where we wanted it; chain sawyers won’t have to climb as far or bend over as much to cut it out later. Six of us worked on the first reroute filling depressions with the many rocks we were digging out. The other two worked on the second reroute, which had had some prior work from the DOD (Disciples of Dirt). As we finished these, the group moved further down the trail, hacking away at the side wall of another 100 feet of trail to remove the vertical drop water was currently taking to the trail. There was mucho mud.

Further down, there was a large rock that needed to be beveled to jut out less. Not to worry, Chris dug it out before I got there, and MaryAnne and Meg convinced me to help push it off the trail. No beveling required. Jeff dealt with more rock work, and the day ended with a nasty 100 foot reroute involving small stumps, more vine maple roots under moss than we never want to see again, a rock that was dug out at great effort by Chris and then reburied, because we never found another edge. Tom and Chris dealt with the final area needing a lesser outslope.

At 2 o’clock we called it a day and headed out past our handy work. I thought it would be two days’ of work, but what’s needed now is minimal and can be handled by a few when it comes time to work on bridge 3.

Hope to see you on the trail soon.

Next week's project: Northshoe Tie brushingh and drainage - Thursday December 19th
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