TPA Trail Crew - Hitch 9 - Norwood RD
Hitch dates: 8/13-8/20
Landmanager: John Hidy Norwood RD Rec
Club: Westcore- Geoff Thorson president
Where and what was done:
1. Norwood Ranger District
2. Trail miles ridden= 138
3. Trail miles maintained= 93
4. Trees felled=o
5. Trees cut= 59
6. Drainages cleared= 11
7. New drainages built= 0
8. Reroute feet= Several Miles of reroute planned on 3 trails
9. Reconstruction feet= 0
10. Debris removed feet= 2820 feet
11. Corridor clearing feet= 751 feet
12. Signs installed/ maintained=5
13. Truck miles= NA
14. Trail contacts= 25
15. Truck gas= NA
Trail names worked:
Red Canyon
Paradox
Hornet trail
Greys creek
Parallel
Power line
Aspen
Little red
Roundabout
Hanks point
Spring Creek
Dry Creek,
Buck
Wilson Mesa
Sunshine Trail
Projects and Duties performed:
● Maintained the Red Canyon trail removing rocks, cleaning drains, cutting corridor and installing signs. A major reroute was laid out so land manager can apply for a machine work grant.
● Assessed reroute feasibility on the Paradox trail. Mapped for landmanager.
● Received many bees stings while digging.
● Cut down trees and corridor on the Paradox trail.
● Removed rocks and erosion debris from 2,820 feet of trail.
● Cleared 841 feet of dense corridor.
● Met up with the president of Westcore Club (Geoff Thorson). Showed him reroutes so they can apply for CPW OHV grants to build these new trail sections.
● Planned reroutes that would require NEPA and planned reroutes that would not require NEPA to help Agency staff during uncertain times.
● Mapped new trail layouts and measured slope angles.
● Estimated production rates and briefed land manager on findings.
Troy’s words
Giving you all the Norwood hitch update. We got a wide variety of work done this hitch for John hidy out of the Norwood district. We also cut some trees out, cooridor, and moved alot of debris. All at the request of some public, Morgan from highland cycles, and the westcore club. The focus of the week was getting reroutes mapped on three different trails.
Each trail had a bad fall line section that is eroding alot. All of the new trail alignments would shed water and allow for a better user experience. We did about seven miles of GPS routes. Including three separate routes in red canyon to allow for a lot of flexibility of building from the forest service. We also have multiple options on nepa versus non nepa reroutes.
We also met up with the westcore vise president to look and discuss possible layouts. We mapped reroutes for sections on Wilson mesa, red canyon, and paradox. Also as an update on the bike. I pulled it apart and found the plastic piece that was going into the motor was compromised. The dealerships have not been much help so I have ordered the parts and will be able to fix it once they are in. I looked it up and it's just plug and play with the new one. Smug mug pictures are loaded. Everything else was pretty much as usual. Besides bee sting count was me 4...Mike 1...and Karl O....lol have a good week!