Bring work clothes, extra clothes, work shoes/pants/gloves, rain gear, food and your running gear gear to enjoy some fun in the mud afterwards!
April 12 work party (tentative plan): We'll work on the section of Mima Porter #8 east and west of Wedekind fixing bridges and clearing trees and brush.
April 19 work party (tentative plan): We'll work on Greenline #6 (Crestline) between Wedekind and Capitol Peak and some other sections of the 50 mile course that might still need work.
All work parties will have a trail run following, to check out the Capitol Peak 50 mile course!
PREVIOUS WORK DAYS:
Saturday April 7 and Saturday April 14 2007 Cleared brush and worked on drainage work the infamous Hells Bottom section!
Trail Work Party on Hells Bottom: John Pearch, Kris Ryding, James Varner,
Karen Wiggins. Photo taken by Van Phan.
Tough trail work on the Hells Bottom section. Van and Kris off
on a 15 mile run after the trail work!
March 24, 2007 Cleared brush on a 1/4 mile section of the Lost Valley Trail on the Mima Porter #8. Many horseman crew also cleared out other down trees.
March 3, 2007 Worked with the Friends of Capitol Forest group in finishing the re-route trail on the Greenline #6 trail (just above Falls Creek campground) and also cleared about 1.5 miles of down trees on the Mima Porter, south of Falls Creek
January 14, 2007: The trails on the Mega Fat Ass Loop should be all clear of large trees and we also managed to cut the salmon berry down as much as possible. Thanks to all who participated in helping out!
December, 2006
We are currently checking out the aftermath of December 2006 windstorm in Capitol Forest. So far the Mega Fat Ass 17 mile loop only had about 10 trees down in the lower sections of the course and will be working with DNR and Friends of Capitol Forest to clear these trees. So far, the course looks great...but we still need to get to the far ends of the 50 mile course to see other trail work that is needed throughout Capitol Forest.
In the mean time, check out the Friends of Capitol Forest website for their ongoing trail maintenance and cleanup program:
http://www.capitolforest.com/friendsofcapitolforest.html
Thanks for your interest and see you on the trails soon!
If you are in need of a trail work service project for a 100 miler or just want to come out to give back to that trails, please join us! If you need a ride to the trail work, please contact me and I will try and arrange a ride for you.
