Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Trail Building

We have been doing some maintenance on some of our other trails this weekend. It is our intention to establish a routine of trail work and prepare for our ongoing role as maintainers for the Lake trail. We find that various members of our club have found routes through and around our watershed lakes. Most of these aren't very long. When you look at them on a map, you see the potential to make connector trails and create a long section of single track. Most of these are the remnants of logging roads which follow the contours of the ridges. The recent thinning of these areas to enhance the long-leaf pine will actually improve our ability to route these connectors. It is our plan to get these done before summer growth starts. This way the trails can be kept open through the summer.

We look forward to getting started on the Lake trail. Building trails can be as much fun as riding them.