tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165726072024-03-24T22:00:07.940-07:00Ken O' Bonnkenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-8326751436049371962024-03-08T13:52:00.000-08:002024-03-08T13:52:28.494-08:00Brush<p> Tools to evaluate for brush clearing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trimmer with blade </p><p><br /></p><p>Brush hog</p><p><br /></p><p>Flail mower</p><p><br /></p><p>DR Trimmer</p>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-41852704941165874452024-01-08T11:40:00.000-08:002024-03-24T21:59:37.126-07:00Trail Conditions along I-90<p> Links to help get trail conditions along the I-90 corridor</p><p><br /></p><div><b>============ WEATHER AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ========</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="https://www.windy.com/47.456/-121.763?gust,47.409,-121.724,11">Windy: Tanner, Riverbend weather forecast</a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="https://www.garykerr.com/snoqualmiewx.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weather conditions at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge | Gary Kerr</a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/12143400/?parameterCode=00065&period=P30D&showMedian=true#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D&showMedian=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SF Snoqualmie River AB Alice Creek Near Garcia, WA - USGS Water Data for the Nation</a></div><div>Useful for feeling if Alice Creek crossing is reasonable.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://adamschneider.net/hiking/snow_depth/">NOHRSC snow depth (adamschneider.net)</a></div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>============ LIVE CAMERAS ===========================================</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Tiger Summit. Elevation 3004 feet. <a href="http://stream.westin.hamwan.net/playersite_9799f41e-f5a0-47bd-a43f-843cd503f8bd.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">East Tiger (hamwan.net)</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Snoqualmie Pass (camera + conditions). <a href="https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/mountainpasses/Snoqualmie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snoqualmie Pass I-90 | WSDOT</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Snoqualmie Pass (all cameras). <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheSummitatSnoqualmie/streams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Summit at Snoqualmie - YouTube</a></div><div>Snoqualmie Pass. Elevation 3022 feet. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jrP4z572rA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Summit Central - Live Cam YouTube</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Snoqualmie Pass. Elevation 3022 feet. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJIsnXuICY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Summit Central - Central Express - Live Cam YouTube</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>============ TRAILS BY ELEVATION ===================================</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Red highlight is where you begin a ride. Green highlight is end of ride or trail segment.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><table border="1"><tbody><tr><td>Elevation</td><td>Trail or milestone</td><td>Trail Cam</td><td>Weather</td><td>Notes</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">3824</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/olallie-trail-70999/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olallie Trail</a></td><td><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>3824 max, 3248 end</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">3279</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/harris-lake-trail-75475/">Harris Lake Trail</a></td><td>n/a</td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>3-way intersection (start), 3279 feet. <a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/nf-310-road/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF 310</a></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">3022</td><td>Snoqualmie Pass</td><td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheSummitatSnoqualmie/streams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Summit at Snoqualmie</a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">3004</td><td>East Tiger Summit</td><td><a href="http://stream.westin.hamwan.net/playersite_9799f41e-f5a0-47bd-a43f-843cd503f8bd.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">East Tiger</a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>By the Tiger Mountain Summit radio towers</td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">3361</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/raging-ridge/">Raging Ridge</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Top of Raging Ridge.</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">2451</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/master-link-52966/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tiger - Master Link</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Top of Master Link</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">2200</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/road-9020/">Harris Lake Trail (NF-9020)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Bottom of actual trail.</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">2111</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/raging-ridge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raging Ridge #1 (bottom)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Bottom of RR-1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">2103</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/upward-mobility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upward Mobility #3 (top)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Top of UM-3</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">1734</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/upward-mobility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upward Mobility #3 (bottom)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Bottom of UM-3</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">1734</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/upward-mobility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upward Mobility #2 (top)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Top of UM-2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">1524</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/upward-mobility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upward Mobility #2 (bottom)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Bottom of UM-2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">1524</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/upward-mobility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upward Mobility #1 (top)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Top of UM-1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">1472</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/master-link-52966/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tiger - Master Link</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Tiger Begin - Parking Lot - Bottom of MasterLink climbing trail</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">1322</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/road-9020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF 9020 (Access Road only)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Access road to Harris Lake Trail, not actual trail</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">1157</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/olallie-trail-70999/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olallie Trail</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Olallie Trail - TH after riding Palouse to Cascades trail segment</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">1072</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/upward-mobility/">Upward Mobility #1 (bottom)</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Bottom of UM-1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: green; text-align: center;">1070</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/grand-ridge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grand Ridge</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Top of Grand Ridge</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">954</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/olallie-trail-70999/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olallie Trail</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Cedar River Parking lot. Before Palouse to Cascades trail segment prior to Olallie TH.</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: red; text-align: center;">496</td><td><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/grand-ridge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grand Ridge</a></td><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td>Bottom of Grand Ridge</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-58108660568964102412023-12-31T23:30:00.000-08:002024-02-02T19:58:28.181-08:00Trail Work 2023<p>Trail work done in 2023.</p><p>Previous year I was one of the <a href="https://www.evergreenmtb.org/blog/volunteer-of-the-year-2022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Volunteer of the Year 2022</a>.</p><p><strong>Summary (to date) Total 39 days. 120 hours trail work, 168 hours total including travel time.</strong></p><table border="1"><tbody><tr><td>Count Days</td><td>Day</td><td>Work Hours</td><td>Location</td><td>Travel Hours</td><td>Type</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">39</td><td>Sun, Dec 31</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Olallie</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">38</td><td>Sat, Dec 30</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Olallie</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">37</td><td>Sat, Nov 18</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">36</td><td>Sat, Oct 28</td><td style="text-align: center;">6</td><td>Harris Lake</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">35</td><td>Sat, Oct 21</td><td style="text-align: center;">7</td><td>Harris Lake</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">34</td><td>Sat, Oct 14</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Harris Creek</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">33</td><td>Sat, Oct 07</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Alpine Baldy</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">32</td><td>Sat, Sep 30</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Hansen Ridge</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">31</td><td>Fri, Sep 29</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Harris Creek</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">30</td><td>Sun, Sep 24</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">29</td><td>Sat, Sep 23</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Harris Lake</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">28</td><td>Wed, Aug 16</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Harris Creek</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">27</td><td>Thu, Jul 20</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">26</td><td>Sun, May 28</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Alpine Baldy</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">25</td><td>Thu, May 18</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>NF-9020</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">24</td><td>Sun, May 14</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Alpine Baldy</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">23</td><td>Fri, May 05</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">22</td><td>Thu, May 04</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">21</td><td>Sat, Apr 29</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>NF-9020</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">20</td><td>Mon, Apr 24</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>NF-9020</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">19</td><td>Sat, Apr 22</td><td style="text-align: center;">6</td><td>NF-9020</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">18</td><td>Wed, Apr 19</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>NF-9020</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">17</td><td>Sun, Mar 26</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">16</td><td>Sat, Mar 25</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">15</td><td>Sat, Mar 18</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">14</td><td>Fri, Mar 17</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">13</td><td>Thu, Mar 09</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">12</td><td>Wed, Mar 08</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">11</td><td>Tue, Mar 07</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">10</td><td>Thu, Feb 09</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">9</td><td>Wed, Feb 08</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">8</td><td>Mon, Feb 06</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">7</td><td>Sun, Feb 05</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">6</td><td>Sat, Feb 04</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Wed, Feb 01</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees, stump, tread</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Sat, Jan 21</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">0</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Tue, Jan 17</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Sat, Jan 14</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Sun, Jan 08</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0EQy1NYTXvcuum7T7RyAQojTN6u98cH9encoWLnxpdFpXiuJ475f9s6bYweWXZRtVl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sun, Dec 31</a>, 1 hour</div><div>Cleared a tree that had fallen on the trail previous night. There were several trees that fell in the drains nearby, so I cut them into firewood size and tossed them away from the trail and out of line of water flow.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0jipcj4uc11zPsGsi5qUPA4Qf2R6DjEsmwUJhZ1nBvFT1vfDoyRQRDnbWHrBppbfgl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Dec 30</a>, 3 hours</div><div>Cleared a large tree that fell on the trail 3 days prior. This fell into a drain, so required 15 cuts to take out enough of the tree to clear both the trail and the drains.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02fgm1YMnn4Giv62VaZGMgWecqn9Xz5nsChRE79ezH4FhoXfXqWh78swP4Mbw2Xf6Zl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Nov 18</a>, 3 hours</div><div>I took the pole saw to Harris Creek trail, mostly small and a couple medium size logs to clear. The Rock Creek crossing detour had enough brush to trip me up and tangle into the spokes, so I took the hand saw to finish it a bit nicer. I took out logs on the way back to Alice Creek. The creek crossing at Alice Creek also was overgrown and tangles into the bike on the push out of the creek, so I used the remaining battery on the pole saw to widen it a bit.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0M8he47NikoPAUre9qab4qReMmwAkwokhhphmDz6MQTrp5zs9Wwfs86GwUy5YTjDvl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Oct 28</a>, 6 hours</div><div>Harris Lake trail. Worked with Maarten van Dantzich with electric brush cutter, hedge trimmer and hand saw. We cleared around 4/10 of a mile of trail that was severely overgrown. Worked in the snow all day.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02YrkMq26MZanm73FZG2vebzBH74GUL9wRNEqS6iEQjp8WsJ5F17vyaoB49Y3oingyl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Oct 21</a>, 7 hours</div><div>Harris Lake trail. Worked with Maarten van Dantzich with electric brush cutter and hedge trimmer as well as rake and hand saw. We cleared around half mile of trail that was severely overgrown. After cutting, I raked most of it and threw the debris far off the trail. The latter section was such thick alder I just removed it by hand, too big for the rake. I also cut a few alders with the hand saw that were too thick for the power tools.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid028haUfConM7HaU24M7JQGcUYpTyxcKdsFg67997GC7UAmxmU732y8BzHqkYFUtaDpl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Oct 14</a>, 5 hours</div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Harris Creek trail (aka NF-9020), for brush work. I cleared 300 feet. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This section was so thick you couldn't really see the trail before. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I did two passes with the hedge trimmers. I then raked not just the trail but almost 2 feet on each side and tossed the debris far off the trail. After raking, I was able to use the loppers to cut down to the ground.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0257RJ7oXSKN7pXkkSn6FpKXFpcgfZtXXt8sBekwkXvv5UMBnAsUHJMpwtiFmJMu1bl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Oct 07</a>, 5 hours</div><div>At Alpine Baldy trail, I worked a single section that was severely overgrown, about 2.4 miles into the trail, for 750-foot section of trail. I cleared alders on both sides of the trail, down to the ground, then raked it off the trail. A finishing touch, I used loppers after raking it for some of the brush that was too thick for the electric hedge trimmer.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0GQMJDn6LJjTG5afy7XiNUFq3bUiZr48GZvQJXBihBJZ6tWCcg7AMd9w4Mqenh5dtl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Sep 30</a>, 4 hours</div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I got in 4 hours of brush work with Olaf (Stihl Electric Hedge Trimmer) today at Hansen Ridge. I cleared around 500 feet of brush on both sides of the trail midway through the Carter Creek trail.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0DKgUDGne8p46teKdrH7WqKCtPKPpMPDsNTr9X9g3WAeNsFScP5Vov6wo5DX4QoW7l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fri, Sep 29</a>, 2 hours</div><div>I cleaned the Harris Creek Trailhead. I picked up 456 bullet shells, a lot of tiny shards of broken glass, and shot up cans. I filled two pails, or 1 kitchen bag, full of the trash. I went into the woods to collect all items used for targets, mostly broken glass and cans. Of the bullet shells collected, around 50 of them were from the first 100 feet of the trailhead on the trail itself.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02nb6JhwK7LEvowDpR1ensj42HThYWKnCEpgX9qVAWRZwMr42KNJJTGmu4t8t6htwXl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sun, Sep 24</a>, 3 hours</div><div>I worked with Mike Westra, Erik Bedell, and Travis Cox. We used chainsaws on snags to clear the line for new trail currently referred to as A3 at Raging River.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0xF86dg8fHJ5cVZQkMcwX7SK2aDAHdAQEivo7KGZWjiCBDWnfeXnBR252nCWAtBBLl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Sep 23</a>, 5 hours</div><div>Trail work on Harris Creek and Harris Lake trails. At the recent washout at Rock Creek, I cleared alders for the main crossing. I cut a detour route higher up. I cut a few trees along the way to Harris Lake trail. At Harris Lake Trail, early section was pretty much not passable. I spent much of my day cutting alders there and tossing the branches to the side of the trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0T8JEwcupyPhVYxaHgJojfwnzUCo8Q4pL2EJFgpDEZCbdiZfLg9SaN49DiTHXyVYPl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wed, Aug 16</a>, 2 hour</div><div>Picked up 3 pails of trash at the trailhead. Removed barbeque lid that was stashed 1.7 miles into the trail near Rock Creek.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thu, Jul 20, 3 hours</div><div>Chainsaw work on A1 at Raging River with Evergreen. Worked with Mike Westra, XM, Jeff, Alec.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02f1ud6wBh62xexnAa5cdFMBaArMFykBtofnokj7tYEeFayriVpmziaoG6hWkoWWn1l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sun, May 28</a>, 3 hours</div><div><div>I returned to Alpine Baldy today to polish up a section with a big log partially in the trail that was causing a bend in the trail. I used my pole saw and cut two logs, took 4 batteries so I had a spare. I rolled each log down the trail and over a switchback. I spent over an hour cleaning up, again, because this left a lot of debris from sawdust, bark, and rot. This is in a section of trail that is very much overgrown.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0364QJQRAEQE4TRXGVRJ7awxzj6uVnKCwbyRbEQKcBNNEyAuNnYa8ajhmA7nQB31hnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thu, May 18</a>, 2 hours</div><div> I cleaned up the trailhead, again, of broken glass, targets, 434 shell casings ranging from small 22's to large rifle shells and shotgun shells. All of this was from shooting from a road used as a trailhead.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0pbML5h2WNC6Z88iH19q1GMt6WEKi8sdJTNvZErt6rscmQ4RQ9g8WVvZzKXmQJ4nrl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sun, May 14</a>, 4 hours</div><div>At Alpine Baldy, I started with small stuff using my hand saw at the beginning section prior to the avalanche debris crossing just before the climbing begins. Around 10 minutes past the avalanche crossing the trail went from dry to nearly 3 feet of snow. Being blocked, I turned around and hit a couple large logs with an 8-inch pole saw, the second one I measured and was 23 inches. To cut large logs where the blade can't make ends meet, I cut parallel cuts around the log, then a series of perpendicular cuts a few inches apart to make a square, then used a long screwdriver to pry the blocks out. Once initial blocks out, it allowed me to make a second cut deeper into the log to finish the job(s).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid033AByJKNTcxbwYUGcmCdJUSq35SfyiiDbpu6ubKZE1LpSSb3eZPAwejQNcbm2qq1hl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fri, May 05</a>, 2 hours</div><div>I delimbed and cut a small tree blocking the trail on Raging River #3. Later I cut logs in a few drainages for better access and water flow.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid024ABSAgkkLfvC5ZaQGH9sAg7T6PDzvR2cmrzT8tvTHcXAFNtyXuyYez1LG6hA24H3l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thu, May 04</a> 3 hours</div><div><div>I was cutting small, downed trees from drains starting from the upper half of Upward Mobility #3 (UM-3), all of Raging River #1 (RR-1), and the beginning of RR-2. Most of the work was with a pole saw and 4 batteries, but I finished with a handsaw once the batteries were spent. In the parking lot there was a lot of dark broken glass. I had a brush, dustpan, and plastic bag to sweep it up what I could.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0343WzM6pLGwBYKVJNP8GBonW9LqhMbsWVTcTZiQmwpPVJo3sjKcQmYgeFfJGhQxvql" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Apr 29</a> 4 hours</div><div>I removed 2 tires, a 4 foot crumpled section of metal culvert, and 2 kitchen bags full of trash, that was down a few embankments. Other than the trash which I'll dispose of myself, I took the tires and metal trash to a special recycling event hosted by the Snoqualmie Tribe.</div><div><a href="https://www.evergreenmtb.org/calendar/eventdetail/17071/forest-cleanup">Forest Cleanup (evergreenmtb.org)</a></div><div><a href="https://northbendwa.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1763">News Flash • North Bend • CivicEngage (northbendwa.gov)</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/tigerragingrivermtb/posts/1683646162060063/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mon, Apr 24</a> 1 hour {This post is to a FB group, so must be member to view}</div><div>Blake and I removed a refrigerator from the NF-9020 illegal shooting pit. This was 50+ feet down a steep embankment. Blake has a pickup truck, so he opted to take care of the disposal at an upcoming recycling event.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid029H1MfmtaDKQe5P5aSepjfW2V1TfhrS2ipbTk4VX6z2fGoHqH4zqL413zQo5MikTLl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Apr 22</a> 6 hours</div><div>I went up and down the NF-9020 forest service road picking up trash. Most of the work today was down steep embankments as well as many broken bottles that I meticulously picked up every shard possible.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0gZCsRFAe3QJueQTPtWHp4981ZHhhcGfGc4RGSG2KTM9nGW4o6NtCHYCQkTPybfqvl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wed, Apr 19</a> 2 hours</div><div>I removed a full carload of trash from the shooting pit 1.5 miles up NF-9020. Everything came from trash tossed 50+ feet down a steep embankment. Among the items removed was the door to a freezer.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0MBrcXqrW8HRhNd2mRP9jxKo8FRHHE5eQQuXnFraK4fEhwc8K12SFPPKTnkUd8vRfl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Mar 25</a> 6 hours (report is for 2 days, Sat, Sun)</div><div>2 hours work on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday. Clearing logs from drains in Upward Mobility-1 from beginning to middle of the trail. Just about complete for logs in drains at first half of the trail, ready for replanting ferns and reshaping the drains.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0239x3wfrjhUEGEtdd6VmY5ruMdM8YD9MzV9FBPAC5pTsYdm8xuahJLyZyTaLFCKGbl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Mar 18</a> 7 hours (report is for 2 days, Fri, Sat)</div><div>2 hours work on Friday and 5 hours on Saturday. Friday evening cleared trees at start of Upward Mobility-1. Saturday, I cleared logs in drains from midway up UM-1 to the end, returned down Flow State but work was entirely on UM-1.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0C4d9TiQfFGrV8YRPFaeQuBcgkRAuKbGbkJeqtcbYiUYnBKTRaUxg56Wm4U6fbRdUl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wed, Mar 08</a> 3 hours (report is for 3 days, Tue, Wed, Thu)</div><div>I got up at sunrise to get an hour of tree cutting in before work. Tuesday, I did same except during my lunch break. Working on the fallen trees that made a mess at the beginning of Upward Mobility #1 at Raging River. The trail is actually clear, it's just the drains off the low side of the trail that got hit with logs.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10226736894362580&set=p.10226736894362580&type=3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thu, Feb 09</a> 3 hours</div><div>Cleared trees on Upward Mobility -1 for an hour, recharged batteries, then did a second effort for 2 more hours at end of day.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0uiYXkhRA4gH4GRxk2jQ5xEsoTTEjMULSQPPDnn9VehHneP5k5Wehn8eXMUcA8Jo3l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wed, Feb 08</a> 2 hours</div><div><div>Cleared trees on Upward Mobility -1 for two hours. Cut into "firewood" size for better removal away from drainages.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02pib8dgn4J1mmGdm2WFCqy28RdruMvhx3cWJCfTa1MEizKAUXV53NRX5iiCr56XBml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mon, Feb 06</a> 2 hours</div><div>I removed a snag tree that was overhanging the Upward Mobility -1 trail that was posing a danger to people who walk under it along the trail. I then cleared 2 drains of trees that had fallen in them.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02tKHiJWoAj9JNPqX7hS7BSY9EWYmLSgNLGYBBu7PH2FW9mHnYXCzzHn2n5u97QiTel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sun, Feb 05</a> 3 hours</div><div>I cut trees blocking a drainage at the beginning of Upward Mobility -1 at Raging River. This was a huge mess. It took much effort to clear a single drainage. Once it was done though, the drainage is accessible and will require work because it drains to a huge hole so will cause a puddle just off the trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid035misrJxu61q8mu5zCSnapaPLc36HATWvyFstGSxAsZBjn1MyPHcLcTAKJqErBu7Dl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Feb 04</a> 3 hours</div><div>I was cutting up fallen trees at Raging River, at the beginning of Upward Mobility -1. This section has already been cleared of trees on the trail, but it's an ugly nightmare of snags (partially fallen trees) and fallen trees not hitting the ground.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0bqGBXQYk1mjR77dSNDPC6zrnKisk69ktMiEcVPkUqEXpe4z1ja4Co4ugPgjEs19kl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wed, Feb 01</a> 3 hours</div><div>I removed a stump that was in the middle of the trail from a fallen tree. Rebuilt the tread in the trail so it's rideable again. Bonus, I took out a small tree along the way that was at edge of the trail, too close for standards. I worked on the stump while Jesse White raked what may have been as much as 3/4 of the trail for green debris.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0r1wG6p1bfnBCRmnUnmroHYJf7hGZQHAeK5AW34VDFGSUHr79CpDhziMpLW2UzZr4l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Jan 21</a> 2 hours</div><div>I cleared 4 trees on Raging Tiger that were partially sticking into the trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid03NMytWNPCkGbiha3sRzHqH2siRsNCqfj2LNmTkk5KtiihYAxxypNd8aF92epmaZQl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tue, Jan 17</a> 3 hours</div><div><div>I cleared 8 drainages on Upward Mobility. The trail was actually clear, but much work needed to clear the drainage exits. Took me 3 hours and 3 batteries on the electric pole saw to clear it all. Many more drainages need work, I just selected the worst ones as I inspected them. I finished after dark, so I had to ride down the access road.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid013pHi4B9Hrsp1DopsF2yDi93JnkJUkTwzTaRJXrgRUpe6k9DMR2iqSmWx4fSiecql" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sat, Jan 14</a> 4 hours</div><div>I cleared Upward Mobility 1-3, then down Poppin Tops (upper and lower). Many trees that had been cleared previously were sticking partway into the trail, so I just cut deeper to make it better. I also saw many drains that were clogged with trees from other work, so I cut into maybe 10 of them so the drain people don't have too much extra work. On Upper Poppin Tops, the first few steep berms were overrun with green debris, I scraped the steepest one.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0rGtoCE1iTa7VgLGX4axgy8NgRfxLSBGBHm8Dav6wVjJpNnSrGE7DsfcKxgGKPjyFl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sun, Jan 08</a> 3 hours</div><div>I cleared 9-ish trees today at Raging River, from Upward Mobility 1-3 to Raging River 1-2. Four of the trees were medium size, took a significant amount of effort with a hand saw. They had been cut at one end, but 3 of them were still sticking into the trail - good enough to ride past, but close enough to be below standards as it could catch a rider. The fourth medium tree had fallen lengthwise across the trail, so I cut two 8-foot sections out and trimmed the branches from the remainder. These were at the edge of what I could push off the trail. The other 5 trees were really groups of saplings (hence the "-ish" count) that again had been partially cut but far enough into the trail to make a rider dismount or risk poking your eye out.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>================== NOTES ===</b></div><div><p>The Harris Creek trail is composed of 3 trails linked together as below, located in North Bend, WA.</p><p></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/road-9020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF-9020</a></li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/nf-310-road/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF-310</a></li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/harris-lake-trail-75475/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harris Lake Trail</a></li></ul><div>Nearby is Mount Gardener (hiking) trail. A bit of misinformation, you can't drive it, but at least they mention it is gated and closed.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/mount-gardner#hike-full-description" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WTA - Mount Gardner</a></li></ul></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><ol><li><a href="https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2022-08-30.6258973404" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mount Gardner — Monday, Aug. 29, 2022</a></li></ol></ol></div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.snoqualmiewa.gov/532/Classes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">First Aid class</a>, Feb 18</li><li><a href="https://www.evergreenmtb.org/trails/sawyer-program" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sawyer certification</a> with Evergreen.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@worksafebc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WorkSafeBC - YouTube</a> - Great videos on sawing / safety.</li><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEF6CD38B0FC7CECB">(3) BC Faller Training Standard - YouTube</a> Base training, must watch this playlist as top priority.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUyWkHwckhS5Xtr8ZZbqjZXdqKuiTH9jc">(3) Forestry | WorkSafeBC - YouTube</a> 67 videos on Forestry. Includes the BC Faller Training Standard above.</li></ul></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-19362231498052191062023-12-01T22:43:00.000-08:002023-12-26T17:50:33.062-08:00My Favorite Trails<p> Kind of a silly post, but this is for my benefit to share some of my favorite trails and to bookmark links for trail conditions / directions</p><p><b><u>FAVORITE TRAILS by area</u></b></p><div><br /></div><div><b>HANSEN RIDGE</b></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/hansen-ridge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hansen Ridge</a></li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/carter-creek-trail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carter Creek Trail</a> (part of Hansen Ridge)</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/upper-5510-rd-gated/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upper 5510 RD - Gated</a> (part of Hansen Ridge)</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/nf-510-road/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF-510</a> (part of Hansen Ridge, connector to Harris Creek and Harris Lake trails).</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/harris-lake-trail-75475/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harris Lake Trail</a> (part of Hansen Ridge, the end)</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/national-forest-development-road-5510/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5510 </a>(Road to Hansen Ridge, to avoid driving thru potholes. Best to park at Annette Lk).</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/5510510/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5510-510</a> (Spur to Hansen Ridge, a favorite of mine, poorly maintained)</li><li><a href="https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/harris-lake-trail" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hansen Ridge</a> Site listing by WTA, others are TrailForks</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/little-saint-helens/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Saint Helens</a> (hiking trail as spur to Hansen)</li><li><a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/washington/hansen-ridge-trail-1020-little-saint-helens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hansen Ridge</a> (AllTrails)</li></ul><div><b>HARRIS CREEK</b></div></div><div><p>The Harris Creek trail is composed of 3 trails linked together as below, located in North Bend, WA.</p><p></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/road-9020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF-9020</a></li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/nf-310-road/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF-310</a></li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/harris-lake-trail-75475/">Harris Lake Trail</a></li></ul><div><a href="https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/washington/mcclellan-butte-trail" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McLellan Butte Trail</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>MOUNT SAINT HELENS</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recreation/bicycling/recarea/?recid=40378&actid=24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trail #234 Ape Canyon</a> - Forest Service, lower TH</li><li>Ape Canyon TH, upper</li><li>Lower Smith Creek</li><li>Upper Smith Creek</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/smith-creek-trail-225/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smith Creek Trail #225</a> - Trailforks</li><li>Marble Mountain Sno Park - location for SHIFT event</li><li><a href="https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/nwcc/site?sitenum=553" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">June Lake Snotel</a> - Snow conditions</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/friendsofapecanyon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends of Ape Canyon</a> - Facebook site</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfColdwater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends of Coldwater</a> - Facebook site</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelensFest2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHIFT</a> - Facebook site - annual event for trail work</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/3173903929593436?ref=newsfeed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHIFT 2022</a> - Event invite for this year's work, Aug 19-21, 2022</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Volcanic50K" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Volcanic 50</a> - Running race starts at Marble Mountain Sno Park. Aug 06-07, 2022. See also <a href="https://gobeyondracing.com/races/volcanic-50/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Volcanic 50 Web site</a>.</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/H4YkNtuuUEc?t=795" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smith Creek Loop (Ape Canyon)</a> - voice over trail reviews. 13:21-14:00. I get to listen to someone complain about sub-section of trail I've been clearing for 11 of the last 12 years as of 2019 when it was filmed. Video would be more dramatic if he had filmed it a month prior, before I put 3 days of volunteer work into it - you would be climbing over this maybe 50 times.</li><ul><li>Strongly disagree with his assessment of the climb out of Smith to Ape, he needs to give me credit for my hard work on the trail instead of complaining about the need for trail work. Also, it is much better to take the forest road instead of the road. Frankly, it is a silly thing to complain about, otherwise I endorse this video aside for the other parts of it.</li></ul></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><b>ALPINE BALDY</b></div><div><b>Directions</b>: Take Highway 2 to Skykomish. 1.9 miles after passing the ranger station, take a left turn on FR 6066 (a sign indicates this road). When you see the sign, immediately slow down and prepare to turn--the turn comes up very quickly. There is a fork 1.8 miles up FR 6066. Bear right, uphill. It will be 6.6 miles total to the trailhead. Keywords: Using your phone for GPS, you may want to map it to "<b>Jennifer Dunn Trailhead</b>" or "<b>Beckler Peak Trailhead</b>". Alpine Baldy and Beckler share same parking lot.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/alpine-baldy-trail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alpine Baldy</a> - Trailforks</li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/beckler-peak-hiking-trail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beckler Peak Hiking Trail #1240</a> - Trailforks - hiking trail adjacent to Alpine Baldy.</li><li><a href="https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/beckler-peak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beckler Peak</a> - WTA </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>OLALLIE</b></div><div>Elevation Start: 949 feet.</div><div>Elevation End: </div><div>Elevation Gain: 3,060 feet</div><div>Mileage: 9.0 miles</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/olallie-trail-70999/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olallie-trail</a> - TrailForks</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>OTHER / MISC FAV'S / RANDOM BOOKMARKS</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>410 area</b></div><div><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/ranger-creek-18770/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ranger Creek - Greenwater, WA</a></div><div><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/ranger-creek-trail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ranger Creek Trail - Greenwater, WA</a> This is connector trail above Ranger Creek</div><div><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/suntop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suntop - Greenwater, WA</a></div><div><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/deep-creek-44734/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deep Creek - Greenwater, WA</a></div><div><br /></div>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-46895829951034720202023-11-01T17:19:00.000-07:002023-12-26T17:21:29.415-08:00Trail Tools and equipment<p> For my reference, some of the tools and equipment for trail work.</p><p><br /></p><div>PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) requirements for chainsaws - personal notes for shopping. Includes some key tools too due to interrelationship of quality tools to safety.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Pants </b>- need apron style which is lighter and cheaper, or pants style which is more convenient. Favorite suppliers include <a href="https://goclogger.com/pants/professional/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clogger (goclogger.com)</a> and <a href="https://arborwear.com/shop-all/safety-protective/chainsaw-chaps-straps" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arborwear</a> within Evergreen sawyers, but also seems very good are <a href="https://www.husqvarna.com/us/personal-protective-equipment/technical-apron-wrap-chainsaw-chaps/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Husqvarna</a>. Another consideration is extra cost for wraparound the calf, not sure why that is necessary, but I decided to just pay the money and get the (?) safer product. I do have concerns that wraparound calf may make feet hotter, and pants may be hotter than apron, though maybe ok if pants option eliminates having other pants underneath. I landed with Clogger pants and Stihl apron. Having both, I currently prefer the apron style.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Felling Axe</b> - Suggested is 3–6-pound axe. I'm leaning towards fiberglass handle for lightweight, shock absorption and durability.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Helmet assembly</b> - I've heard some brands are cumbersome where the attachments for face shield and/or earmuffs break or fall off. I think Husqvarna may have that issue. Stihl helmet includes a 25db earmuffs, but you can upgrade to 29db which is annoying that the good one is not standard, so you have a useless one out of the box. I landed with a Pfanner helmet, in general I love it, only issue is the ear muffs tend to fall off frequently.</div><div><br /></div>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-75711243360039022482022-12-26T21:30:00.002-08:002023-01-13T23:31:50.412-08:00Trail Work 2022<p> Trail work done in 2022. I was one of the <a href="https://www.evergreenmtb.org/blog/volunteer-of-the-year-2022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evergreen Volunteers of the Year</a>.</p><p><strong>Summary Total 41 days. 115 hours trail work, 158 hours total including travel time.</strong></p><p>The Harris Creek trail is composed of 3 trails linked together as below, located in North Bend, WA.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/road-9020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF-9020</a></li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/nf-310-road/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NF-310</a></li><li><a href="https://www.trailforks.com/trails/harris-lake-trail-75475/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harris Lake Trail</a></li></ul><p></p><div><table border="1"><tbody><tr><td>Count Days</td><td>Day</td><td>Work Hours</td><td>Location</td><td>Travel Hours</td><td>Type</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">41</td><td>Mon, Dec 26</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">40</td><td>Sun, Dec 25</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">39</td><td>Sat, Nov 26</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">38</td><td>Sat, Nov 05</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Raging River</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">38</td><td>Sat, Nov 05</td><td style="text-align: center;">N/A</td><td>Harris Lake Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">N/A</td><td>recon</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">37</td><td>Sat, Oct 29</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Harris Lake Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">36</td><td>Fri, Oct 28</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">35</td><td>Sat, Oct 01</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Harris Creek / Harris Lake Trails</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees, brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">34</td><td>Wed, Sep 28</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">33</td><td>Sat, Sep 24</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">32</td><td>Thu, Sep 22</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">31</td><td>Wed, Sep 14</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">N/A</td><td>Tue, Aug 30</td><td style="text-align: center;">N/A</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">N/A</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">30</td><td>Sun, Aug 28</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">29</td><td>Sat, Aug 27</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">28</td><td>Tue, Aug 16</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">27</td><td>Sat, Aug 13</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">26</td><td>Fri, Aug 12</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">25</td><td>Thu, Aug 11</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">24</td><td>Wed, Jul 20</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">23</td><td>Tue, Jul 19</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">22</td><td>Sat, Jul 16</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">21</td><td>Sun, Jul 10</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">20</td><td>Sat, Jul 09</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Hansen Ridge</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">19</td><td>Sat, Jun 25</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Harris Creek Trail / Hansen Ridge</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>brush, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">18</td><td>Thu, Jun 23</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">17</td><td>Sun, Jun 19</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">16</td><td>Sat, Jun 18</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">15</td><td>Wed, Jun 15</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">14</td><td>Sat, Jun 11</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">13</td><td>Wed, Jun 08</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>creek crossing</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">12</td><td>Sat, Jun 04</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">11</td><td>Mon, May 30</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">10</td><td>Sat, May 28</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">9</td><td>Fri, May 27</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">8</td><td>Sat, May 21</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">7</td><td>Sat, May 14</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">6</td><td>Thu, May 12</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Tue, May 10</td><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Sun, Apr 24</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">5</div></td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Sat, Apr 23</td><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Sat, Apr 09</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Fri, Apr 08</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>NF-9020 / Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trash</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02FLpKVTvFmHMjcbmU2dMzor4MXNCjEEhZ4w3b6vM7btMyQhytp5ALx6swzxoDAF1Sl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mon, Dec 26</a> 2 hours</div><div>Upward Mobility-2 and Upper Flow State. Mostly small trees for clearing. I went up UM-2 and back, then early section of Upper Flow State till I ran into Jenny who told me the remainder of the trail is cleared. My electric pole saw seems to have burnt out the motor, so todays work was with the Silky Big Boy handsaw.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02ZknJW7qETFQLhNdf6kwswEyHqqLBmZizGPh7yPMXMH2a5eBMyh1CLJfgQ7oJxpc6l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Sun, Dec 25</a> 3 hours</div><div>Clearing trees at Raging River on Upward Mobility #1 and Lower Flow State. Both trails I completely cleared of downed trees, 10 on UM-1 and 3 on LFS. I also removed a lot of incidental branches along the way. This time I just hiked in because both trails were adjacent to the trail head. Most trees were cut with my pole saw, but the last 4 ones by hand with my Silky Big Boy because I exhausted both batteries.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02QF9dmrkmkVSQMufFwAMJknNbX1ZTKaLy51ZJmdy5GmXLKeiYoLBwBJJYrNw964H2l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Sat, Nov 26</a> 2 hours</div><div>Raging River. I cleared a couple trees at the beginning of Upward Mobility #1 trail. I then did a sweep to the closed section at Raging River #3 before turning back due to heavy wet snow.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0h3j1RWxnD6WunDGrAcTutsFXiN1R9q6MNB7cL6VbAQDmBq9dEdmHZKvqWcH9ubtql" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Sat, Nov 05</a> 2 hours</div><div>Raging River. Removed a couple trees along the Raging River #4 trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0tmEKEWvWXPKtEQSfkcuAxJDYyTD3BqqXNNa25c73qYqfJNCNeB8pJnadLHSG9Svpl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Sat, Nov 05</a> 0 hours</div><div>Harris Lake Trail. Battled cold temperatures, hail, and rain. Only to find out that the culvert at Alice Creek washed out, so trail is not passable today. On return, spoke with ranger for long time about problems facing this trail, but he's not going to change anything to help.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02WQFG6Xg54TUFvQTAB5b7zCn41eqEMHWcG6CBxkdTqsRnqp7x2dQptoa2k6r1k2tal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Sat Oct 29</a> 4 hours</div><div>I took the eBike 5.2 miles to Harris Lake trail. I did brushwork with loppers for extremely overgrown trail to the point where you couldn't see the trail and, in some cases, it would stop the bike. Threw the brush debris off the trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Note:</b> The distance to this work site was 5.2 miles with cumulative elevation gain of 1,940 feet. Trailhead elevation is 2,240 feet, work site at Harris Lake trail is 3,450 feet. No snow in sight today, but these numbers will be important later in the season to reference weather reports.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0D2EkqtjKoDxXXBJXoRi3kXXQJ3gHUgWYiVwoVinLQ73uehMgrdjM71K9u9aMnMQDl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Fri Oct 28</a> 2 hours</div><div>I picked up 341 rifle shells and broken glass at the Harris Creek trailhead. The broken glass was embedded in the soil all throughout the trailhead so took much effort to remove.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0aVyuQ2KmeSm16sKNtfVLLwEJqVXvd3R11WHpCxT1Yi5rzERqWk1scPHcEqJ9SDJol" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Sat Oct 01</a> 4 hours</div><div>Harris Creek trail. Removed tree by side of trail as it was a hazard. Cleared alder brush in 2 sections just prior to and just after the three-way intersection to Harris Lake trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02nfhHJjbwpbJ2kpFZd63Kje9V3yawcJey11j2qzGBdxdta3EGvDNoDSi6gHjtPFnsl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Wed Sep 28</a> 2 hours</div><div>Removed the Land Rover tire final half mile to the trailhead, then took it home for later recycling. Picked up 106 more bullet casings from the Harris Creek trailhead, mostly from 22, including a dozen unspent bullets.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02ikyMzawDVMTs6Wx2Ce6invho7LKH47NqW7hrsmdWvPsNZ7hamhj1vCRyDaD8mRRDl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Sat Sep 24</a> 3 hours</div><div>I recovered a Land Rover tire 200 feet down a scree field, then rolled it 1.1 miles down the trail towards the trailhead. Need to take it 0.5 mile further though, another day this was hard work. Picked up trash from the forest road, filled 2 pails plus some metal from destroyed signs for recycling.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02CMzX5DL7JP4xX3cjo3x68iENtRsTeKZnHs8J2nkGJrKEybqpFrxkB71R4XMAhWJgl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Thu Sep 22</a> 2 hours</div><div>Removed 255 shell casings and much tiny fragments of broken glass from the first quarter mile at Harris Creek Trail. Removed destroyed equipment from highway work from the NF-9020 forest service road.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid037bMk3WvukUUvVi1wcfazq2Ne75RM4CLMuCgAyDetx7DKbSQaEgEEnRFkV9nGC8HHl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook, Wed Sep 14</a> 2 hours</div><div>Cleaned trailhead to Harris Creek. Removed 152 shell casings and remnants of explosive targets. Removed trash at trailhead as well as primitive campground a quarter mile from the trailhead.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0cztJfrMNVYXz2MrNfdsWEaxXMXiQXQVxCJCCbKoXQkT3SvNTdWaLYHDzDEzoYrAdl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Tue, Aug 30</a> 0 hours</div><div>Actually 1 hour, but not counting it due to failure to achieve objective. Attempted to remove lug nut from tire discarded in woods, but socket got stuck. Attempted to remove metal parts of a barbeque, but bucket used to carry it broke. Illegal shooting by 3 people at end of day, they refused to stop, and trailhead was littered with hundreds of shells from them, trailhead was perfect shape a couple hours prior, as I started the effort.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0qfRzYXRK2avfDKVqeyXAjzixKwQX74Uao9pHuexLL5VAhuQjNvoHTFkTBQmptsEkl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sun, Aug 28</a> 3 hours</div><div>Lopper work to remove brush at Harris Creek trail. Also, removed a tire from the trailhead for recycling.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid031yTtSeAofcjwArnzSyjLZWDSdHeNGWfeNpK2dLFxbq7YMi47ZBkBSwLJfkyr46eql" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, Aug 27</a> 3 hours</div><div>Removed metal waste deep in the trail down a scree field. Picked up 55 shell casings and half pail of garbage from the trailhead to Harris Creek. Dismantled bed springs and removed metal from NF-9020 road.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0dDmKSSgJZfaREAeYUaWJX6WTwV97dwts54Vt3XCveHmqrwqaknF63fXE9cvrEQy9l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Tue, Aug 16</a> 1 hour</div><div>Environmental cleanup at Harris Creek trail. Hauled more of the barbeque parts from 1.6 miles down the trail. Picked up 193 casings from 9 mm handgun from people who were illegally shooting at the trailhead.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid037kJ5ihTLaD8echYgWZp8DXa3yuasYfpkcxuMoBFUgTn3dfk9rhhL21aYeP2SEc8Zl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, Aug 13</a> 3 hours</div><div>Environmental cleanup at Harris Creek Trail. Removed part of barbeque from steep scree field 1.6 miles down the trail. Cleaned up trash plus 500 shotgun shells from illegal shooting pit.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0tryFnbRXVaLvgibVHsAmGjvviXDobAeaeiTeAGG89T3jJWAYPLaCz7CCBAX3LHEyl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Fri, Aug 12</a> 1 hour</div><div>Worked with WA-Dept of Ecology to haul 55-gallon drum a quarter mile down the trail to the trailhead. This was to stage it for later removal, and it was removed next day by them.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02yvkA4Ym7NgQsVTCUf8Q8ag8Fw8tk9BxLFWNHWjv9MJVT57tNB1cBrADzL3jEpBY8l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Thu, Aug 11</a> 2 hours</div><div>More Environmental cleanup at Harris Creek trail. Cleared trail in vicinity of Hazardous waste drum to aid in removing it shortly. Picked up 2,500 shotgun shells from illegal shooting pit and disposed of it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02AkaiDrSapLZJnDVVKdkf7Jv2Yn6eHHWhvRYxLk1PgMaRkiNoXBeJBwSNTf4ujPeCl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Wed, July 20</a> 3 hours</div><div>Environmental cleanup at Harris Creek. (1) Assessed car parts in scree field. (2) Assessed 55-gallon drum of hazardous waste. (3) Picked up bucket of trash along NF-9020 road. (4) Dismantled burnt bed by side of NF-9020 and disposed of half of it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0zmzC87rcKLyeCZxVYXpJCckZpMv3SGTu4pCiS4ZFgPMrqQGUSHeP7Yy9BwLZ5pDol" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Tue, July 19</a> 3 hours</div><div>Harris Creek with lopper for alder trees. Cleared the section at the beginning of the second climb, to midway through it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02KRoVv3b3aH6jfQqkbESYayThpm6w6PdDGAVASFwfFwW6zG3zgwTtuNURLDmszP2l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, July 16</a> 5 hours</div><div>Loppers to get thick alder trees to the ground. I worked from the flat section after the first climb out of Harris Creek, to the beginning of the second climb.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02dJ15absRCZmDDFcwE5fbiTFixSD8GtUyRbchQ82NL9eYJQ5TzKhC2XzqL26syAFil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sun, July 10, 2022</a> 4 hours</div><div>I was doing brush work today at Harris Creek, with loppers for alder trees. I completed the first climb out of Harris Creek, then I dealt with pretty fearsome overgrowth of alders on the flat section between the first and second climbs. In some sections, it was just not possible to bike through, you'd have to push, and the trees would be pushing back. I got a ton of work done today, lot of alder tree overgrowth higher up. Both creek crossings can be done with dry feet now.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0o25DEbyXfGqmdpbLepbUy78bJ8pReHD5tX7qHHLaTxmT6qABPTgB65KvmDWiais3l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, July 09, 2022</a> 2 hours</div><div>Hansen Ridge. Minor removal of small trees and brush on the trail. Some minor rock work to adjust for a small rockslide that blocked trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02rt4CNXScitPAWSXnxxFGYHyr5mYi1Rp8t9MxLmphDw8czfdyvEPE3UhMLb5mFru4l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, June 25 1 of 2</a> plus <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0dZwZQtNAacwfuMkHvSaNjE872fyduQJWq9F2SRZ2dzCam5cBQLoR1M9rtLdSck5Bl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, June 25 2 of 2</a> 2 hours</div><div>First Harris Creek to pick up trash. Later, I went to Hansen Ridge and lopped brush on the spur road 5510-510 see link below for this seldom used trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0492DcqgdbCW2zEcbfPJFhyrzAeZSmweLzhKXjqemNqy5vqMkNUA13V2ywE9zddtcl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Thu, Jun 23 2022</a> 1 hour</div><div>Picked up shot up pumpkin from trailhead as that can be food for bears. Spent much time picking up broken glass that was shot into Corona bottles by a stump at the trailhead. Picked up 256 shell casings, mostly from 22 bullets.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02baigjVpmKjKApHtzQwP5iTWnXFi1RVS1PVFJ4cqyxugj1Xu1W8qtv733ZbxYbNV2l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sun, Jun 19 2022</a> 1 hour</div><div>Did not intend to do just trash cleanup, but something halted the trail work, so I reverted to the trail head. I cleaned up trash at the trailhead, 56 more shell casings and a moderate amount of trash. Trail head was not as bad as expected, and I wrapped it up in an hour.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid029V4jtLzvvbzyGQUdyzAgN1sRysZyPfJGJLmVzHqQsv6dBGNYDx4n3JrCqH3iGvAql" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, Jun 18 2022</a> 4 hours</div><div>Loppers for removing tree branches and thick brush at Harris Creek trail. Work done was just past the Harris Creek crossing, on the first climb out of it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02zWgEUwWU8XDKQFFB8ZR2b84AofZp9NB6n7je6FbJNwPZFqgG8bE3SZsk2yf7Km7yl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Wed, Jun 15, 2022</a> 3 hours</div><div>At the trailhead to Harris Creek trail, I used the pole saw to remove trees that fell on the trailhead, as well as on a car tire. Removed 330 shell casings plus lots of broken glass from the trailhead.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02K6gu1HZNTgzaixk4KzhiBMrZwaDN2ZECVUkxw7ZM6Bgf7WzVrW7f7LLhGdYMgTk5l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, Jun 11, 2022</a> 4 hours</div><div>Brush work with Ethan Espie using loppers. We focused on brush and branches that obstruct the trail or otherwise encroach on it. Worked on 9 active areas that were impeding trail. Rock Creek to Harris Creek is now able to be biked non-stop, but for sustainable trail will require much more work with electric hedge trimmers for the smaller stuff. Harris Creek is flowing fast, cold, and deep from snow runoff. Recommend to turn around there instead of risking crossing.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02x5FLaJvphLKCiHsFeGe1TMpqrMWnDVovYHQUn58TZCvd88WykRo8SNDtH6ejpxxnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Wed, Jun 08, 2022</a> 1 hour</div><div>Worked on improving flow and creek crossing at Rock Creek along Harris Creek trail. Removed jammed log between stepping stones to allow proper flow. Removed small debris as beginning of effort to restore flow on the near side.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02uGC8G95CQKw7u54og4WYUpJeFyJzC33BjmNRUpnsxTNMbhyYxB5T65E55Hj1dKRcl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, Jun 04, 2022</a> 5 hours - National Trails Day</div><div>Brush work for section of Harris Creek trail prior to Rock Creek. Severely overgrown section with trees and thick brush required electric hedge trimmers for bulk of work, also loppers for small trees and brush too thick for the hedge trimmers. Removed all debris so final cut with trimmers able to get to the ground for best maintenance.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0d5RM6anxhFnXSx2ayXRJRZ5mqxWhhGLcbJXye3HUsoREMYr3jThWw7ErzBht1QtLl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Mon, May 30, 2022</a> 4 hour - Memorial Day</div><div>Finished a section of brush that had been cut but not to the ground, fixed it with loppers. Continued lopping small trees that were encroaching on the trail. Worked the section midway between Alice Creek and Rock Creek. Removed more trash from the trailhead, mostly broken glass.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid02ZCECHTdWxtgNyfCc3D2xsSQfiGHAQpU19Ez5MMzAjiivaCHZuwZp8cqnWLeBPydAl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, May 28, 2022</a> 5 hours</div><div>Mostly loppers to remove small trees and branches from Harris Creek. I worked mostly at Alice Creek and Rock Creek along Harris Creek trail as the nearby water source causes fast growth there. End of day, more broken glass removed from the trailhead.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0bjzPFf3ee5pN2hnwJDGhwBnq9uM13S6CZdyUMao2o92yC4qNSKXeVQxe9uUhrWA2l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Fri, May 27, 2022</a> 3 hours</div><div>Used the pole saw to remove small trees from the beginning of the Harris Creek trail. Later spent final hour picking up broken glass and rifle shells from the trailhead.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid042tgpjJvtxLEjFWz28zFpGewKz6ZyeiighX8BzWuSMj5Dj5pN28xDzpiyUvZGBUpl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, May 21, 2022</a> 3 hours.</div><div>I cut trees from the Harris Creek trailhead itself, then along the trail, using my pole saw.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid023zer4B7JHeXE9gap9oj8JPf4yzNCASJ9j6CUWBFPWc4h6WvSkXKyA35nrwyWu4wl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, May 14, 2022</a> 2 hours.</div><div>I delivered 3 car loads of trash that I had recovered from the forest on NF-9020 to the recyclers today. 10 Auto tires, 5 of which were still on rims, a bicycle tire, and two televisions, one large one small. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0kX7td2U3kRFtkQeSbSh7XDt3EyfenjMtFa26ZR3gPcNwf8f6JkBdGwUoPme2sWR5l" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Thu, May 12, 2022</a> 2 hours</div><div>Trash removal from NF-9020, trail to Harris Creek. I recovered 3 more tires, 2 of which still on rims, a bicycle tire, and a fairly large television that was all shot up.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0JLE195yS9S2B2vxjHf2P9TjFaD3UbmTCrgrxUZtKxPK1PKVJ13DaGk62ymoZmY1ml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Tue, May 10, 2022</a> 2 hours.</div><div>I removed 6 tires from NF-9020, the road leading to Harris Creek trail. All of this was at the location where people go shooting and bonfires, about 50 feet or so down a steep embankment. The tires that were mounted weighed 75 pounds; the others were in the range of 35-50. As always, people who dump crap have to make it difficult by pushing down a steep embankment.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid027pAfBph6D7goB3fvjpqCDEiAFu9YvBqAAays3ivo6aeGUzgaDud7MBJdjsG7y9rWl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sun, April 24, 2022</a> 5 hours</div><div>Trash removal from NF-9020, trail to Harris Creek, included lots of broken glass, cans, and shotgun shells as always. I snagged a television that was thrown 50 feet down a steep embankment. I removed the flare that was used to set the bed on fire (ref yesterday's work). Got a rusty bald tire still fully pressurized. The frame of a car seat minus the fabric. The frame of a desk still assembled. And 5 more gallons of paint from a different location than yesterday's haul of 20 gallons of paint. Second day in a row I completely filled my car with trash removed from the forest.</div><div><br /></div><div>Apr 23, 2022. Saturday, 5 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/pfbid0kCesMbqvP5fTErY69rzXxdUxpxfJFV4qGBLJb3ysEZofWtKMEktMe1eZBkQW4KeWl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, April 23, 2022</a></div><div>Removed trash from the NF-9020 forest service road, leading to the Harris Creek Trailhead. Removed 20 gallons of paint that was disposed in a wet ditch. Lot of broken glass and cans removed.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Apr 09, 2022, Saturday. 4 hours.</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10224808177505864" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Sat, April 09, 2022</a></div><div>I covered 2.7 miles of picking up garbage from the side of the road. This included a few firepit sites, bottles, cans, shotgun shells, someone's headlight, the list goes on. Worked in a hailstorm that later become a snowstorm, got pretty soaking wet.</div><div><br /></div><div>Apr 08, 2022, Friday. 1 hour.</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/tigerragingrivermtb/posts/1414847472273268/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Fri, April 08, 2022 Group TigerRagingRiverMTB</a></div><div>I went midway up the 9020 road, the one leading to Harris Creek trail, and picked up a fair volume of bottles, cans, electronics, etc. from where you park to ride the Palouse aka iron horse trail. I later stopped many times along the way to pick up bottles and cans in the ditch on the road.</div><br />==============================================================</div><div>To understand the relationship between Harris Creek Trail (NF-9020), Harris Lake Trail, and Hansen Ridge, see image below.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d4oQgN5HjN09rq78m7a9PfhQoXLu-Dv6Tmgu9X-fUhvqv_Ir9VZcHhSvChgCTbRRGuPb5UjKB9dv8zwKy4t-ixrUxooe2ghalnTz5oJ4uAR2JsF-kn7in5Yd114uAeF_hEod/s1936/HarrisCreekHansenRidgeHarrisLake.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="1936" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d4oQgN5HjN09rq78m7a9PfhQoXLu-Dv6Tmgu9X-fUhvqv_Ir9VZcHhSvChgCTbRRGuPb5UjKB9dv8zwKy4t-ixrUxooe2ghalnTz5oJ4uAR2JsF-kn7in5Yd114uAeF_hEod/w618-h541/HarrisCreekHansenRidgeHarrisLake.png" width="618" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>==============================================================</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>RESOURCES (personal notes)</b></div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Snow Levels. See <a href="https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/nwcc/site?sitenum=553" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">June Lake Snotel</a> for snow levels at Mt St. Helens, typically good to go at Lower Smith when just a foot snow remaining. As of June 12, 2022, snow level at 42 inches (3.5 feet). Lower Smith Creek is lower elevation and melts out quicker. Confirm road access at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recreation/bicycling/recarea/?recid=40378&actid=24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ape Canyon TH</a>, in 2022 the road opened around June 11.</li><li>Trash removal. The county can give a waiver for fees at the dump/waste facilities, if you call them. <a href="https://kingcounty.gov/depts/dnrp/solid-waste/programs/litter-dumping/report-dumping.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Illegal dumping hotline - litter and illegal dumping - King County</a></li><li>IFPL. <a href="https://www.dnr.wa.gov/ifpl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Industrial Fire Precaution Levels (IFPL) | WA - DNR</a></li><ul><li><a href="https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/protection/ifpl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IFPL Map</a></li><li><br /></li></ul></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-21333497680672350182022-10-16T00:21:00.001-07:002022-10-27T22:19:44.425-07:00Wildfires 2022 - preparation in WA state<p>This has been a terrible year for wildfires in Washington and Oregon. This post is to share some experiences and wisdom for preparation for next time this happens. Much of it relates to what I did but am trying to word it in context of the reader to be useful for others.</p><p>Good questions to ask yourself at a time like this:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Does each member of your family have a go-bag that they could get into a car within five minutes to last three for more days?</li><li>Can you immediately get all your emergency papers, insurance forms, financial info, and cash should you lose your home?</li><li>If all you can take is what fits in your car, what will be included?</li></ol><p></p><p>This is a timely opportunity to think through your emergency preparedness</p><p>PREPARE YOUR HOME</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Remove brush around the house.</li><ul><li>I filled 2 yard waste containers just prior to the smoke. A bit late and not as much removed as I should have, but an improvement.</li></ul><li>Clear other combustibles around the house. Move things from yard into garage that may catch fire, such as lawn furniture or coverings.</li><li>Water the lawns. It's a bit late if it's already gone dormant, but do it anyway if water is not scarce.</li><li>Purchase air filters for home. I have 3 HEPA filters and 1 ionic, many people can benefit from a 20 inch box fan and a furnace filter rated MERV 11-13, likely 13 is best but don't exceed that number, see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qr1Aj6Di7w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to make your own clean air fan</a>.</li><li>Purchase masks. A cloth mask is better than nothing, but very inadequate. Best to have N-95 or better, I have N-99. Charcoal filters are good for volatile pollution, but the biggest threat is particles, pay attention to PM2.5 numbers, as it relates to the need to filter out particles of size 2.5 microns or smaller. A full face mask may be handy if you spend a lot of time outside, such as <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Variants-PT-100-Respirator-Filter-Set/dp/B07NM73V17" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PT-101 Full Face Gas Mask & Organic Vapor Respirator</a>.</li><li>Have buckets of water surrounding the house. I have around 30 buckets filled and ready, most people will likely do much less, but even a few is better than nothing.</li><li>Have all exterior water outlets connected to a hose. Leave it in obvious location in case a good neighbor spots a fire and is able to help.</li><li>Have tools ready to cut trees or brush readily available. For example, I have my electric pole saw by the front door and batteries charged, same for electric hedge trimmer and a couple bow saws.</li><li>Go shopping for any essentials asap. Smoke lingers, plan on 2 weeks not just the standard 3 days that people typically recommend.</li><li>Know where your fire extinguishers are and check they are current.</li><li>Smoke and CO detectors functioning.</li></ul><div>PREPARE YOUR PHONE</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Install apps to monitor air quality. Apps vary for AQI, Air Quality Index, so install several and figure out which is best. I have IQAir and Plume. Also, see AirNow</li><li></li><li>King County Sheriff Office non-emergency line: (206) 296-3311</li><li>Burn ban number: (425) 434-6333</li><li>Snoqualmie Police non-emergency line: (425) 888-3333</li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><b>PREPARE YOUR CAR</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Gas tank filled in case long drive necessary to evacuate</li><li>Hand saw in car in case trees fall on road (important, don't cut trees if near powerline and don't get run over if tree is in the road, use common sense). Bow saw, Silky Big Boy, and loppers.</li><li>Shovel, pickaxe, or similar to help put out small fire if observed.</li><li>Cell phone charger inside. USB battery pack for recharging.</li><li>Floor pump or similar for tires</li><li>Jumper cables</li></ul></div><p></p><p><b>PREPARE TO LEAVE WITH NO NOTICE</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Medicine prescriptions filled, especially if asthma, allergy or other issues from smoke</li><li>Mentally know what to take, such as small valuables, documents, laptops and small electronics.</li><li>Have carriers for animals and food</li><li>5-gallon container of water already filled ready to grab and go.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>CHANGE HABITS</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Reduce driving</li><li>Don't go out into the woods if not necessary.</li><li>Share awareness with friends (good luck).</li></ul><div><b>HELPFUL LINKS</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Facebook and other groups for local alerts.</li><ul><li><a href="https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wildfireware/#@=-121.605,47.639,12,a0fdae79-4a84-47bb-9bb9-febf2ea8be7b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Loch Katrine Fire</a> - Wildfire Aware</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077756461590" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Washington State Fire Wire (Facebook)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Snoqualmiefire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snoqualmie Fire Department and Emergency Management (Facebook)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MtBakerSnoqualmieNF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest - US Forest Service (Facebook)</a></li><li><a href="https://zoom.earth/#view=47.587719,-121.837236,11.5z/overlays=heat,fires" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoom Earth</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/384656403182831" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everything Snoqualmie Valley (Facebook)</a></li><li><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SnoqualmiePD/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snoqualmie Police Department (Facebook)</a></li><li></li></ul><li>Air quality sites</li><ul><li><a href="https://www.purpleair.com/map?opt=1/mAQI/a10/cC0#9.39/47.6662/-121.9657" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purple Air</a> for air quality maps</li><li><a href="https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/</a> Search for Washington and filter for PM2.5</li><li><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/snoqualmie/98065/air-quality-index/351376" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AccuWeather</a>. They use Plume for data, which is also good to install on phone.</li><li><a href="https://www.windy.com/-PM2-5-pm2p5?cams,pm2p5,47.723,-122.196,5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windy</a>. Amazing maps for wind direction and PM2.5 forecast</li><li><a href="https://air-quality.com/place/united-states/duvall/e2e0e5cd?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">air-quality</a>. They don't seem to have my town, but close enough.</li><li><a href="https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wildfireware/#@=-121.344,47.715,12,64a243f4-5a89-4900-835f-94354e8e2535" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wildfire Aware (livingatlas.arcgis.com)</a></li></ul><li>Weather sites</li><ul><li><a href="https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cliff Mass Weather Blog</a>. Commentary on weather with insights.</li><li><a href="https://weather.rap.ucar.edu/model/index.php?model=gfs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forecast page: RAP Real-Time Weather (ucar.edu)</a></li></ul><li>Regulations:</li><ul><li>Burn ban (todo: link)</li><li><a href="https://www.dnr.wa.gov/ifpl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Industrial Fire Precaution Levels (IFPL)</a> - rules for power tools</li></ul><li><a href="https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Washington Smoke Information</a></li><li><a href="https://enviwa.ecology.wa.gov/home/text/421#Forecast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Department of Ecology - Washington's Air Monitoring Network</a></li><li><a href="https://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/AirQuality/SmokeFromFires/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Department of Health</a> - advice</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WashEMD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Washington Emergency Management Division</a> - facebook site</li><li><a href="https://www.pse.com/outage/outage-map" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Puget Sound Energy outage map</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WSDOT/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WS - DOT</a> fb and <a href="https://www.wsdot.com/traffic/trafficalerts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WS-DOT travel alerts</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-43740388129444115082021-12-27T22:00:00.002-08:002022-04-28T09:15:50.977-07:00Trail Work 2021<p> Trail work done in 2021.</p><p><strong>Summary Total 30 days. 80 hours trail work, 113 hours total including travel time.</strong></p><div><ul><li>Harris Creek Trail - <b>75 hours</b> over 28 days. 103 hours with travel time.</li><li>Raging River - <b>3 hours</b> over 1 day. 4 hours with travel time.</li><li>Alpine Baldy - <b>2 hours</b> over 1 day. 6 hours with travel time.</li><li>Mt St Helens - <b>0 hours</b> over 0 days. 0 hours with travel time.</li></ul><table border="1"><tbody><tr><td>Count Days</td><td>Day</td><td>Work Hours</td><td>Location</td><td>Travel Hours</td><td>Type</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">30</td><td>Fri, Dec 03</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">29</td><td>Wed, Dec 01</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">28</td><td>Wed, Nov 03</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">5</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">27</td><td>Sat, Oct 30</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">26</td><td>Fri, Oct 29</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td><b>Raging River</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">25</td><td>Wed, Oct 27</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">24</td><td>Thu, Oct 20</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">23</td><td>Sat, Oct 16</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">5</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees, brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">22</td><td>Wed, Oct 13</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">5</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees, brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">21</td><td>Tue, Oct 12</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">20</td><td>Sat, Oct 09</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">4</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">19</td><td>Fri, Oct 08</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">18</td><td>Sun, Oct 03</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">17</td><td>Sat, Oct 02</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">16</td><td>Fri, Oct 01</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees, brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">15</td><td>Sun, Sep 26</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">14</td><td>Sat, Sep 25</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">13</td><td>Fri, Sep 24</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">12</td><td>Sat, Sep 18</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>drainage, trees, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">11</td><td>Wed, Sep 08</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">10</td><td>Sat, Sep 04</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>brush, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">9</td><td>Fri, Aug 06</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td><b>Alpine Baldy</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">4</div></td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">8</td><td>Sun, Aug 01</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">7</td><td>Sun, May 30</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">4</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">6</td><td>Wed, May 26</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">5</td><td>Sat, May 22</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees, trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">4</td><td>Fri, May 21</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">2</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trash</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Tue, May 11</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>road</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">-</td><td>Fri, Apr 09</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">-</div></td><td>- Fail -</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">-</div></td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">2</td><td>Sat, Jan 23</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>brush</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">1</td><td>Mon, Jan 18</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">3</div></td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">1</div></td><td>trees, brush, drainage</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10224148297089266" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10224148297089266</a></div><div>Harris Creek trail. Brushing with electric hedge trimmer at 0.9 miles into the trail. More trash removal from the trail head and fire road.<br /><br />Wed, Dec 01, 2021, 1 hour</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10224139688634060" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10224139688634060</a></div><div>Harris Creek road. Removed trash at turnouts along NF-9021 to beautify the experience as you approach the Harris Creek Trail.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 5 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223981172951267" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223981172951267</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Loppers to remove small trees encroaching the trail. I cleared 2 sections, a half mile in and a mile in. Later, I removed so much garbage from the trail head it overflowed the trunk of my car.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223956679538947" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223956679538947</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work and small trees removal around midway to the Rock Creek crossing. Raked out debris because it was so thick that debris on side would have impacted future brush work.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223952734120314" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223952734120314</a></div><div>Raging River. Removed 1 medium sized tree overhanging the access road, needing a high cut with a pole saw on 6 foot extension. Cleared around 10 blockages on both upper and lower Return Policy trail.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223935507969671" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223935507969671</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Cleared a bunch of small trees encroaching on the trail. It's a section I brushed earlier, but returned with loppers to finish the small trees. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thu, Oct 20, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223888418992476" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223888418992476</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Cleared small trees encroaching on trail at early section.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 5 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223868129045240">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223868129045240</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Made it to the Harris Lake Trail which is severely overgrown with alder trees. Cleared a difficult section that was not passable due to trees growing in the trail itself.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 5 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223852605977173" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223852605977173</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Mostly removing small trees encroaching on the trail using loppers, but also an hour on the hedge trimmers for smaller brush. All work in the area of 1.0 mile from trail head.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223847584371636">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223847584371636</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work in reverse from Harris Creek back towards trail head.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 4 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223832755800931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223832755800931</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work in reverse from Rock Creek back towards trail head. I cleared around the creek crossing and ditch just above the creek, so that the path is clear once the creek is filled with water from seasonal rains. Brush wasn't as dense as other days, but was thicker stalks, at capacity to what my battery hedge trimmer can handle.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223828262208594" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223828262208594</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work. I got about a tenth of a mile done today in the evening. This makes the trail clear for the first 0.45 miles in very good shape.<br /><br />Sun, Oct 03, 2021, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223806803832148">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223806803832148</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work around 3/4 mile till the culvert around 1 mile in. Cut some pretty tall heavy brush.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sat, Oct 02, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223801574901428">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223801574901428</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work near start till 0.36 miles in, looking good for early section only.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fri, Oct 01, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223796846103211" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223796846103211</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail Brush early section of trail for 3/4 hour, then over an hour removing branches and logs from side of trail that were impacting ability to get brush cutter into the thick underbrush.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sun Sep 26, 2021, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223773069148802">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223773069148802</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Trash removal from trail head. Mostly broken glass and clay pigeons used for target shooting. This was embedded over large area of the trail head and painstakingly removed even tiny glass fragments.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sat Sep 25, 2021, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223767824737695" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223767824737695</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work at beginning of trail with Stihl eKombi borrowed from Jay.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Fri Sep 24, 2021, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223767824737695">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223767824737695</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Brush work at beginning of trail with Stihl eKombi borrowed from Jay.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>Sep 18, 2021, Sat, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223733313434934" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223733313434934</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Worked on drainage in the rain, then brush clearing. Removed muffler from forest road.</div><div><br /></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Sep 08, 2021, Wed, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223684126245285" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223684126245285</a></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/pnwmountainbikers/posts/3096624723948440/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/pnwmountainbikers/posts/3096624723948440/</a></div><div>Removed building materials including a water heater from the trail head. Very difficult to get water heater up the hill, attempted to dismantle it till that proved fruitless, eventually pushed it end over end out of the ditch. Huge struggle to get it inside the car. Filled car with more trash picked from the dirt.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sep 04, 2021, Sat, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223664531275423">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223664531275423</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Lopping brushes on trail. Removed lot of building materials, glass, and other trash from the trail head</div><div><br /></div><div>Aug 06, 2021, Friday, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223515868438945">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223515868438945</a></div><div>Alpine Baldy. Removed 4 trees in area of avalanche debris.</div><div><br /></div><div>Aug 01, 2021, Sunday, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223489378376710" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223489378376710</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Removed trash and ash from 3 illegal fire pits</div><div><br /></div><div>May 30, 2021, Sunday, 4 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223101183272075" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223101183272075</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. I removed trees and branches clogging ditch and causing marshy wet section of trail. Made it out 3 miles but had to turn around due to bear bounding across the trail. The section of trail I worked on was between Rock Creek and Harris Creek.</div><div><br /></div><div>May 26, 2021, Wednesday, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223069025708156">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223069025708156</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Cleared trees till intersection with Carter Creek trail. Lot of small branches and debris removed from trail.</div><div><br /></div><div>May 22, 2021, Saturday, 2 hours</div><div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223043778917002" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223043778917002</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Cleared to 2nd creek crossing at Harris Creek. Removed 4 small trees and one medium size tree. Picked up 2 more pails of garbage at trail head.</div><div><br /></div><ul></ul><div>May 21, 2021, Friday, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223036750061285" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10223036750061285</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Picked up 2 pails of garbage, a helmet, and a broken TV. Mostly broken glass in the dirt which is very time consuming to remove tiny glass fragments all over the place.</div><div><br /></div><div>May 11, 2021, Tuesday, 1 hour</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222968714080428" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222968714080428</a></div><div>NF-9020. Road work, to break up rock blocking road to trailhead. Follow up on May 18 with Justin's Makita RotoHammer with a drill.</div><div><br /></div><div>April 09, 2021, Friday, 0 hours</div><div><i>FB friends only.</i> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222754247398895" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222754247398895</a></div><div>I headed up the NF-9020 to do trail work, but hit a rock that busted my radiator. Had to get towed out. Cost me $700 out of pocket because State Farm Insurance sucks and called it a collision instead of comprehensive (road hazard).</div><div><br /></div><div>Jan 23, 2021, Saturday, 3 hours.</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222162709570819" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222162709570819</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Electric Hedge Trimmer, 2 batteries. I cleared sticker bushes back for the first half mile.</div><div><br /></div>Jan 18, 2021, Monday. 3 hours.<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222114168517323" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10222114168517323</a><br />Clearing Harris Creek Trail. Electric pole saw, 2 batteries. I removed the trees in the ditches and side of the trail that get in the way of drainage work and brush removal, as far as Rock Creek along the Harris Creek Trail. Also took out a number of overhanging trees that may fall on the trail.<br /><br /><br />==============================================================</div><div><br /></div><div>Check the <a href="https://wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov/nwcc/site?sitenum=553" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">June Lake Snotel</a> for snow levels at Mt St. Helens, typically good to go at Lower Smith when just a foot snow remaining. As of June 14, snow level at 6 inches and melting at 1-2 inches per day, so it's good to go because Lower Smith Creek is lower elevation and melts out quicker. Confirm road access at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recreation/bicycling/recarea/?recid=40378&actid=24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ape Canyon TH</a>, this year the road opened on June 07.<br /><div><br /></div></div>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-16091218066846915612020-10-31T23:30:00.002-07:002020-12-29T10:50:35.614-08:00Trail Work 2020Trail work done in 2020 to date.<div><br /><strong>Summary Total 27 days. 91 hours trail work, 132 hours total including travel time.</strong><br /><ul><li>Harris Creek Trail - <b>77 hours</b> over 25 days. 102 hours with travel time.</li><li>Mt St Helens - <b>14 hours</b> over 2 days. 30 hours with travel time.</li></ul>
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<tr><td>Count Days</td><td>day</td><td>Work Hours</td><td>Location</td><td>Travel Hours</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>Sat, Oct 31</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>Sat, Oct 24</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>Thu, Oct 22</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
2</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Tue, Oct 20</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
2</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Sat, Oct 17</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Sat, Oct 10</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
4</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Tue, Oct 06</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
2</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Tue, Sep 29</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
2</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Sat, Sep 27</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Tue, Sep 22</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Mon, Sep 21</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Thu, Aug 13</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
6</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Fri, Jul 31</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Sat, Jul 25</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Fri, Jul 24</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
4</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Tue, Jul 21</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Fri, Jul 17</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
3</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Wed, Jul 15</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
2</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Mon, Jul 13</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
2</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Sat, Jul 11</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Sat, Jun 27</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
8</div>
</td><td><b>Mt St Helens</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
8</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Sat, Jun 20</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
6</div>
</td><td><b>Mt St Helens</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
8</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Sat, Jun 13</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Sat, May 23</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
6</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Sun, May 17</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
5</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Fri, May 15</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
4</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Sat, May 09</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
4</div>
</td><td>Harris Creek Trail</td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
1</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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</ul><div>October 31, 2020, Saturday, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221541489880715" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221541489880715</a></div><div>Harris Lake Trail. Redirected water flow from trail to prevent erosion.</div><div><br /></div><div>October 24, 2020, Saturday, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221491654034850" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221491654034850</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Finished tangle of trees at top of climb out of Harris Creek, moved huge logs off the trail. Worked on the wet section between first and second climbs. Small improvement to the drainage but mostly removed dead trees that were clogging up that section.</div><div><br /></div><div>October 22, 2020, Thursday, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221476620299016" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221476620299016</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Cut most of 3 large trees blocking the trail at top of climb out of Harris Creek. Worked till dark, had to ride 2 miles in the dark to finish the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>October 20, 2020, Tuesday, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221461935051894" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221461935051894</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Cleared branches to 3 large trees blocking the trail. Only had loppers, today's work was to prep the trees for later when I return with a saw. Did a bunch more of fine tuning branches along the climb.</div><div><br /></div><div>October 17, 2020, Saturday, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221447153522365" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221447153522365</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Fixed 150 feet of ditch coming out of Rock Creek. Fix included clearing brush that was covering the ditch then digging the ditch deeper to ensure water follows the ditch and off the trail. Added a new stepping stone to make the creek crossing easier and safer.</div><div><br /></div><div>October 10, 2020, Saturday, 4 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221389740287070" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221389740287070</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Fixed creek crossing at near side so water flows better and crossing is higher and with flat rocks. Far end of the crossing, I cut brush along embankment so you can walk downstream to safely get to the part where you climb out of the creek to continue along the trail.</div><div><br /></div><div>October 06, 2020, Tuesday, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221361602103633">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221361602103633</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Loppers to clear Rock Creek so creek crossing can follow highest path to keep feet dry.</div><div><br /></div><div>September 29, 2020, Tuesday, 2 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221314971777904">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221314971777904</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Garbage duty. Picked up a bucket worth of garbage much broken glass and a barbeque. All work within a quarter mile of the trail head including the trail head itself. Looking good!</div><div><br /></div><div>September 26, 2020, Saturday, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221292003963723">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221292003963723</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Erosion / drainage work with Ethan. We dug 5 channels across the trail just short of Harris Creek to drain standing water. Also a big puddle near the beginning of the trail. Worked in a heavy downpour, we were totally soaked and muddy!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>September 22, 2020, Tuesday, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221264192748460">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221264192748460</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Cleared to Rock Creek, finishing touches with lopper and bow saw. Picked up trash along trail including targets, shell casings, and broken bottles. Filled half a bucket with trash.</div><div><br /></div><div>September 21, 2020, Monday, 3 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221257995753539">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10221257995753539</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail - NF-9020 forest road approaching the trail head. 3 hours picking up shell casings, targets, and other trash at illegal shooting pit by the side of the road. Filled 4 buckets with trash plus large targets removed.</div><div><br /></div><div>August 13, 2020, Thursday, 6 hours</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220963870120582">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220963870120582</a></div><div>Harris Creek Trail. Electric Hedge Trimmer only. Brush work on the climb after the junction to Carter Creek and before the junction to Hansen Ridge / Harris Lake trails. This was mostly alder trees, whereas previous days were mostly salmonberries / sticker bushes. Finished as the sun set, barely had any light on the return.</div><div><br /></div>
July 31, 2020, Friday, 3 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220857517381830">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220857517381830</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail. Electric Hedge trimmer only. Brush work between the first and second climbs after Harris Creek. Mostly working the area near the wet spot where the water runs over the trail.<br />
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July 25, 2020, Saturday, 3 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220806963078004">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220806963078004</a><br />
Brush work on the sea of green section just before Harris Creek.<br />
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July 24, 2020, Friday, 4 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220800248470143">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220800248470143</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail. Electric Hedge trimmer only. Cleared most of the climb out of Harris Creek almost to the log that I cut on Tuesday. Used 3 batteries. This was a rather massive accomplishment as the climb was thoroughly overgrown and I cleared nearly the whole length of it on both sides.<br />
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July 21, 2020, Tuesday, 3 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220776744762565">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220776744762565</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail. Electric pole saw and handheld pick / mattock. Removed very large log by cutting 8 inches with pole saw and parallel cuts 4 inches apart, then chipping away between, and repeating until I hit center. Removed the log from both sides of the trail, 2 very difficult cuts.<br />
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July 17, 2020, Friday, 3 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220745424659582">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220745424659582</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail. Electric Hedge trimmer only. Cleared 3 sections of trail for overgrown brush, the biggest section was so overgrown you couldn't see the trail even when riding through it.<br />
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July 15, 2020, Wednesday, 2 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220729479300958">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220729479300958</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail. Electric Hedge trimmer and steel rake. Cleared 2 sections of trail for overgrown brush.<br />
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July 13, 2020, Monday, 2 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220712724642102">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220712724642102</a><br />
Sawed most of huge log on top of first climb out of Harris Creek. 2 hours on trail, using the electric pole saw and pick / mattock, but this requires a chain saw or clever cutouts with the pole saw.<br />
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July 11, 2020, Saturday, 1 hour<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220696659480483">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220696659480483</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail. 3 hours on the trail, but only counting 1 hour of trail work for the brush clearing on the steep section of the second climb. Loppers. This is an overgrown section on steep climb that takes you off balance due to the brush and steepness, cleared now.<br />
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June 27, 2020, Saturday, 8 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220567788978801">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220567788978801</a><br />
Mount Saint Helens, NF-83 "Jeep" trail from Ape Canyon TH to Lower Smith Creek Trail.<br />
4.5 miles cleared, entire trail down to Lower Smith. Cut many blowdown trees out of the way. Removed many branches impeding the way.<br />
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June 20, 2020, Saturday, 6 hours.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220513610544374">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220513610544374</a><br />
Mount Saint Helens, Lower Smith Creek Trail. Rainy day, but cleared 1.2 miles of trail till the final washout prior to the red bridge across Muddy River.<br />
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June 13, 2020, Saturday, 1 hour.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220440745562795">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220440745562795</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail head. I spent an hour cleaning up the trailhead, collecting spent shells, clothing, broken glass, and so on. I even removed a strange part to a car that was being used for target practice.<br />
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May 23, 2020, Saturday. 6 hours<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220255990384031">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220255990384031</a><br />
Harris Creek Trail cleared, 5 miles each way, from Alice Creek to junction of Hansen Ridge and Harris Lake trails. Electric pole saw and loppers to clear small trees.<br />
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May 17, 2020, Sunday. 5 hours.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220192308552025">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220192308552025</a><br />
Clearing Harris Creek Trail. Pruning branches and sticker bushes with loppers, and small trees with bow saw. 3 miles in, to top of climb after Harris Creek.<br />
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May 15, 2020, Friday. 4 hours.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220202160558319">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220202160558319</a><br />
Cleaning trailhead to Harris Creek trail. Picked up broken glass, shell casings, other garbage at trailhead. Also picked up trash in woods used for target practice as well as beginning of trail.<br />
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May 09, 2020, Saturday. 4 hours.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220119630975131">https://www.facebook.com/kenobonn/posts/10220119630975131</a><br />
Clearing Harris Creek Trail. Electric pole saw, bow saw, and loppers to remove small trees blocking the trail. Cleared to Rock Creek.<br />
<br /><div><br /></div><div>Much of this work is for Harris Creek Trail. To understand the relationship between Harris Creek Trail (NF-9020), Harris Lake Trail, and Hansen Ridge, see image below.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d4oQgN5HjN09rq78m7a9PfhQoXLu-Dv6Tmgu9X-fUhvqv_Ir9VZcHhSvChgCTbRRGuPb5UjKB9dv8zwKy4t-ixrUxooe2ghalnTz5oJ4uAR2JsF-kn7in5Yd114uAeF_hEod/s1936/HarrisCreekHansenRidgeHarrisLake.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="1936" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d4oQgN5HjN09rq78m7a9PfhQoXLu-Dv6Tmgu9X-fUhvqv_Ir9VZcHhSvChgCTbRRGuPb5UjKB9dv8zwKy4t-ixrUxooe2ghalnTz5oJ4uAR2JsF-kn7in5Yd114uAeF_hEod/s640/HarrisCreekHansenRidgeHarrisLake.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-76903798851034787502018-07-29T21:13:00.000-07:002018-07-29T21:13:20.441-07:00Trail Work 2018This is a short summary of trail work I've been doing in 2018. "Old Olallie" here is the trail from exit 38, take a right a mile past Olallie State Park, continue 2.8 miles past McLellan Butte midway TH to the end.<br />
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<tr><td>Count Days</td><td>day</td><td>hours</td><td>Location</td><td>Travel Time</td></tr>
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<tr><td>12</td><td>day TBD, future upcoming week</td><td>hours TBD</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>day TBD, future upcoming week</td><td>hours TBD</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
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<tr><td>10</td><td>Saturday July 28</td><td>6 hours</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Wednesday July 18</td><td>3 hours</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Sunday July 15</td><td>5 hours</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Saturday July 14</td><td>4 hours + 4 hours from Shawna</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Wednesday July 11</td><td>3 hours</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Sunday July 08</td><td>4 hours</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Sunday June 24</td><td><strong>6 hours</strong></td><td><strong>Mt St Helens</strong></td><td>8 hours</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Sunday June 17</td><td>4 hours</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Saturday June 02</td><td>3 hours + 3 hours from Shawna</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Wednesday May 30</td><td>3 hours</td><td>Old Olallie</td><td>1 hour</td></tr>
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<strong>Summary Totals:</strong> <br />
<ul>
<li>Old Olallie - 35 hours over 9 days. 44 hours with travel time.</li>
<li>Mt St Helens - 6 hours over 1 day. 14 hours with travel time.</li>
<li>Old Olallie (Shawna) - 7 hours over 2 days. 9 hours with travel time.</li>
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Plan to take a break Aug 05 for a few weeks for other pursuits.<br />
<ul>
<li><strong>Saturday July 28 --> 6 hours. Old Olallie.</strong></li>
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I did 6 hours of trail work at same place today. The first 2 hours was to finish the section before the steep climb, so that it is rideable to the 3rd creek crossing (Harris Creek I think it's called). The last 4 hours was clearing the steep climb from the creek. I almost got that done, it's rideable except for 3 trees and some debris near the top (note, much more climbing and other clearing necessary, I'm only talking about the first steep climb).<br />
6 hours in 89 degree weather is about my limit. I weighed myself when I got home, 4 pounds lighter even though I pre-hydrated and took lots of water and finished it all. I had to throw out my tuna sandwich, not sure why I packed that to begin with, it was gross by the time I was ready for lunch. Since I tear up my legs every time with sticker bushes, I lubed up with triple-antibiotic ointment prior to the work, that proved useful as I got another round of fresh cuts - I know I should wear long pants, but it's summer.<br />
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<li><strong>Wed July 18 --> 3 hours. Old Olallie.</strong></li>
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Today I got 3 hours more trailwork on same trail as before. I took only loppers for delimbing branches prior to tree removal. The 3rd creek crossing prior to steep trail is pretty washed out. Then the steep trail after that has many small branches but a small saw and dragging it out can clear it up. At the top of the steep climb it flattens out prior to more climbing, here I stopped because it is so overgrown you can't see the trail. I cleared it till the cows came home, at least now you can see the trail in that section. Tools of choice would be loppers and a brush cutter.<br />
I definitely won't complete this month due to other commitments. Rough estimate, I'm only halfway to the 3-way intersection to Hansen Ridge and Harris Lake and it's looking like it's not getting easier.<br />
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<span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">3rd creek crossing, just prior to the steep climb. Very much eroded since last time I was here.</span></span><span class="fbPhotoTagList hidden_elem" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList"></span></blockquote>
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<span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Top of the first steep climb after the creek crossing. Soon there are a few small trees still in the way, but the big problem is brush that needs loppers and / or a brushcutter.</span></span><span class="fbPhotoTagList hidden_elem" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList"></span></blockquote>
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Today was yet another day of trail work at same trail as yesterday. As yesterday, type of work was just a few trees but mostly clearing branches from trail as there are so many it's actually a lot of small stuff that will stop a bike and put a stick in your wheel or derailleur and generally not fun considering nearby options for rideable trails. I'm making progress and planning to return a few more times, but a few summer events will be splitting my time.<br />
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Shawna and I continued the trail work today on the trail from exit 38 (old olallie) to Harris Lake. Lot of branches embedded in brushes, kind of a nightmare section fixed whereas previously attempts to push bike through it would land you a stick in the spokes. Much work left, thanks Shawna for the help and a fun day on the trail.</div>
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Gratuitous before / after of one of the messes I cleaned up last night. 3 hours after work, means I finished just as darkness was happening. Second time I've seen fresh bear scat on the trail so I know I'm not alone. I seem to have a handle on the tree clearing several more days left and likely returning this weekend , but definitely need help on the brush clearing as that is out of control.<br />
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Continuing trail work on the trail from Olallie to Harris Lake. Today I used 24 inch bow saw and loppers. It really needs a chainsaw and tractor with attachment for weeds. 4 hours of fun by myself, about 15 mid sized trees and prep work for 6 more by removing the debris from fallen trees. The trail is rapidly getting overgrown as summer progresses, could use an army of people with weed whackers. A couple pics of today's handiwork below in before / after pics. No end in sight.</div>
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I had a fine day of trail work at Mt St Helens with David and Andrew. Clearing trail with loppers and saw.<br />
Don't ask what the mystery object is in the After/Before pic below, amateur photographer at work.<br />
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I continued work today, 4 hours, clearing trails from Olallie / exit 38 towards Harris Lake. Did finishing touches to the lead in to the creek and started the climb from the creek to the lake. I used pole saw with 8 inch blade which was a challenge as most trees I cut were 8-10 inch diameter - broke every safety rule. It will take a few more days to complete this, and could use a weed whacker especially on the climb.</div>
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Shawna and I cleared trail for 4 hours each. Pole saw and lopper work. We reached as far as the second creek to make it passable but needs a few more cuts.<br />
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I was chatting with a couple friends yesterday about an old favorite fireroad climb from Olallie (area) to Hansen Ridge, just off exit 38. A couple years back I posted photos of it being blocked by downed trees, basically abandoned.<br />
So... I returned to it today with bow saw and loppers and my Ellsworth. The trees I earlier posted blocking the trail have been removed. But, the trail is overgrown, and continuing further even more blowdown blocking the trail. I removed around 15 small trees, and even then did not reach the creek crossing at the base of the climb. I'll be back, hate to let another summer go by without riding this to Harris Lake.<br />
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kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-49585561405791449682018-07-28T23:19:00.001-07:002018-07-28T23:22:09.320-07:00Mount Saint Helens - Ape Canyon THDIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD<br />
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<li>From Snoqualmie, take Hwy 18 South for 28 miles.</li>
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<li>Take exit 21 to get on Hwy 503 towards Woodland / Cougar.</li>
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<li>Follow Hwy 503 / Lewis River Rd for 28 miles to town of Cougar. (so far, this should take 3hr 20 minutes, distance so far is 180 miles).</li>
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<li>Past Cougar, Hwy 503 / Lewis River Rd becomes FS Rd#90.</li>
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<li>Turn left on FS Rd#83 and follow to end.</li>
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<li>Ape Creek TH and Lava Canyon TH are separate paved spurs at the end of FR-83. You want to bear onto the spur that goes left to find the (signed) trail entrance.</li>
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This takes 1.5-2 hr drive time from I-5, but expected 4 hrs total from Snoqualmie.<br />
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TRAILS TO RIDE {IN THE VICINITY}<br />
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<li>Ape Canyon does not have facilities, but a couple hundred yards away, the Lava Canyon trailhead has two stinky outhouses. Otherwise Marble Mt Snow Park also has outhouses a few miles before the trailhead.</li>
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<li>Along the way, stop by at visitor center and sign the guest list!!! Funding for trails and organizations are dependent on visitors and this is one way that they keep track.</li>
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kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-55515137003047567232011-07-17T22:02:00.000-07:002012-08-05T22:27:10.191-07:00Lewis River CampoutBiking <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Trail:Siouxon">Siouxon </a> on Saturday, campout and biking <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Trail:Lewis_River">Lewis River</a> on Sunday.<br /><br />Both trails were in excellent condition.<br /><br />Siouxon Saturday<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy-s0LOh_Ob9SJyMw_Tn7tYmaCD3SMztIVxma6dhaHX6BolRD1Fcyzu4yAQd7CuOXYw7eyUMCyrJDbvey_wJCd6hmDmJX8QF5tLeHk2raR0yc_BhFVeOMK3GCN5WaWr0BNZzf/s1600/Siouxon.2011.07.06.049.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy-s0LOh_Ob9SJyMw_Tn7tYmaCD3SMztIVxma6dhaHX6BolRD1Fcyzu4yAQd7CuOXYw7eyUMCyrJDbvey_wJCd6hmDmJX8QF5tLeHk2raR0yc_BhFVeOMK3GCN5WaWr0BNZzf/s400/Siouxon.2011.07.06.049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633491405896519954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oVTgdYBcW8ClQjPNGBBih3u26SiC_x9NnVuCX1tbzti6t5_KutZsZUYGZJSQHE7EI4LOdkWf2jgrqFOcrWP1EI9vj7pzdkVaaR5Wa1Y6cJlSpOKKJ1N21J5nxQeYr0WS01KY/s1600/Siouxon.2011.07.06.052.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Bonn (myself), David Anderson, and Preston Peterson coordinated the first annual <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Helens_Fest">Helens Fest</a>. See the link for details, I'm focussing this blog entry mostly on photos.<br /><br /><strong>DAY 0: My solo reconnaisance ride for Butte Camp and surrounding area trails. </strong><br /><br />Huge washout along the Toutle trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURgpujahRhHrVzuyHwz1LqPYILDdg0pvN4XS-h2XfhLXZcEx_xNinqeyO2kIjw8-0ZXqs_ODqu3KQ1iikcSeiROR1l-Ig5y2YK-DpXiYeYWzw3ibEoT3EkLy6E9YOSEmIxB-Z/s1600/Day0_118WashoutToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURgpujahRhHrVzuyHwz1LqPYILDdg0pvN4XS-h2XfhLXZcEx_xNinqeyO2kIjw8-0ZXqs_ODqu3KQ1iikcSeiROR1l-Ig5y2YK-DpXiYeYWzw3ibEoT3EkLy6E9YOSEmIxB-Z/s400/Day0_118WashoutToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339494526611570" /></a><br /><br />Tough climb out of the washout.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tBhtzPKTGf0ZsRNM-PgyTJ6Tt4lzefrQ399GprWecIWHqDHbcXz25eNwZ_saILGuzxyxUw7UAHycirQTE7pz3DMOHi8iZOnhBkQJ8svFzsG9xqKO9zIJfFDxHN7NcpKwVkC3/s1600/Day0_120WashoutToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tBhtzPKTGf0ZsRNM-PgyTJ6Tt4lzefrQ399GprWecIWHqDHbcXz25eNwZ_saILGuzxyxUw7UAHycirQTE7pz3DMOHi8iZOnhBkQJ8svFzsG9xqKO9zIJfFDxHN7NcpKwVkC3/s400/Day0_120WashoutToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339485026441330" /></a><br /><br />Washout along the Toutle trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-StMr7LZXjvsPkZzkarCB-oXbLkwEKm5bJ1lgHoalGQo0rGhlK2El7mAdBARlbbmStmV-a6BKSJOUI5e-gmaD7EJr4LtASlKlU7MvPmybKrfcc985qc803uTmR5KSXzJaXUNJ/s1600/Day0_124WashoutToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-StMr7LZXjvsPkZzkarCB-oXbLkwEKm5bJ1lgHoalGQo0rGhlK2El7mAdBARlbbmStmV-a6BKSJOUI5e-gmaD7EJr4LtASlKlU7MvPmybKrfcc985qc803uTmR5KSXzJaXUNJ/s400/Day0_124WashoutToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339480205363586" /></a><br /><br />Toutle trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QK8wGEAxDsrZUtUI5dIL6N9lOR7hcnT2dVGTPPgIrDg6nNqiimwVSX5Nw8GHB1g8kiVNM2bflnnzzlRIjd3wkvXqpHQGme7RMBXyV5l2hPbXwP79x8VWvHGyAoVvQiePhE8t/s1600/Day0_126ToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QK8wGEAxDsrZUtUI5dIL6N9lOR7hcnT2dVGTPPgIrDg6nNqiimwVSX5Nw8GHB1g8kiVNM2bflnnzzlRIjd3wkvXqpHQGme7RMBXyV5l2hPbXwP79x8VWvHGyAoVvQiePhE8t/s400/Day0_126ToutleNearButteCamp.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339475118096642" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 1: Ride I led up Ape Canyon to Windy Ridge visitor center.</strong><br /><br />Pat Sprouse by Ape Canyon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkAejmbA4pxkSZTlzfrfGyM-NFakJq1b505Qv56vfscZhwMWZ_YdkkkxZwuEZS6JMay7QtmL825HfJYket2OtQsq19SKNAlGdRaCNrT3BvSwwoDxZSRyGH8jZa71xQNlYUcvy/s1600/Day1_131MeganCaponApeCanyon.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkAejmbA4pxkSZTlzfrfGyM-NFakJq1b505Qv56vfscZhwMWZ_YdkkkxZwuEZS6JMay7QtmL825HfJYket2OtQsq19SKNAlGdRaCNrT3BvSwwoDxZSRyGH8jZa71xQNlYUcvy/s400/Day1_131MeganCaponApeCanyon.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339469406396002" /></a><br /><br />Sherry Alviar and Rolland Waters goofing off at overlook along Plains of Abraham.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmO6TLewB4XIj7pzXwasB2IY9_ZUk4lTaONtR9SNtghQZ2bej1DMFGupI5r5429j4zIZnZN0HrNpTMDwLb4AicIrSRBj4Zqec0FBMDsflnv6lJDr_4hJi-xJZfTZx4LYSVG4b/s1600/Day1_135SherryRoland.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCxzJY0XIMi8fd8VkF_kfwyj9aNxVSjS_-vEq8RTGqgH0zN0ETzIfYZ5_D3tveADrbwPUc5exXfObt8WLHni8d0_qfSMb9pOjgycq2Zy5IMV5nQIZ3RT8BEywwPjgx7Tx4i7Q/s400/Day1_139RollandWatersTimCamasBikesSherryAlviarAaronOchsnerDavidAnderson.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339087237454002" /></a><br /><br />Aaron Ochsner on stairs, Windy Ridge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fHIunjrZqmzyQgRDRGUPS5OMsI-3JWE7CVMY96TdXtH61Ccu6QabJfQfOgNuCVwJ8ZFfsSgSaS90yLXG2U3iJxUXUFLhtQ6zFhpCslc4wcuKO6utd95W_DolpHiAuqvSdzAS/s1600/Day1_140AaronOchsnerStairsOnWindyRidge.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fHIunjrZqmzyQgRDRGUPS5OMsI-3JWE7CVMY96TdXtH61Ccu6QabJfQfOgNuCVwJ8ZFfsSgSaS90yLXG2U3iJxUXUFLhtQ6zFhpCslc4wcuKO6utd95W_DolpHiAuqvSdzAS/s400/Day1_140AaronOchsnerStairsOnWindyRidge.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339081190184706" /></a><br /><br />Windy Ridge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznBdNolpf139twcnpOdYQCEmWV401hnY7C1JurmVJ5ibJ47v4dM_dJD7eO9sTHxRL54zq58osQhveUeBGBgcZzrgSEbAr0iCt0sA7FKE_Movs1KGl295ERamdEr4W_kFv6s5s/s1600/Day1_142WindyRidge.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznBdNolpf139twcnpOdYQCEmWV401hnY7C1JurmVJ5ibJ47v4dM_dJD7eO9sTHxRL54zq58osQhveUeBGBgcZzrgSEbAr0iCt0sA7FKE_Movs1KGl295ERamdEr4W_kFv6s5s/s400/Day1_142WindyRidge.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495339077396377282" /></a><br /><br />Ken O. Bonn on stairs, Windy Ridge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Kce6QrTmglEky0xvRnvMCt6VoxB8J_s17BQtuqs6dwh33wVGCJPBMogH9K6oGthyNgPcAjfdYV1CESdnotApgGVHXHiIAzepo9U0vhiFJEbf2dm-1zw7GOfyM-28tea94rqj/s1600/Day1_144KenOBonnStairsOnWindyRidge.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Kce6QrTmglEky0xvRnvMCt6VoxB8J_s17BQtuqs6dwh33wVGCJPBMogH9K6oGthyNgPcAjfdYV1CESdnotApgGVHXHiIAzepo9U0vhiFJEbf2dm-1zw7GOfyM-28tea94rqj/s400/Day1_144KenOBonnStairsOnWindyRidge.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495338613287016930" /></a><br /><br />Aaron Ochsner refilling water, Plains of Abraham.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4_dFAhndmeRUg80uiOXeLJYFjiQxFfq5YyD4bozo1Qmek3uEe51rIr1VsMUit6XPl9D97j-tPUd1eohVouYPdJOU6d2zgID4pgESfTunXwVK4gaZddxy-ByJaAVfT-6Pm5Uu/s1600/Day1_150AaronOchsnerPlainsOfAbrahamRefillingWater.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4_dFAhndmeRUg80uiOXeLJYFjiQxFfq5YyD4bozo1Qmek3uEe51rIr1VsMUit6XPl9D97j-tPUd1eohVouYPdJOU6d2zgID4pgESfTunXwVK4gaZddxy-ByJaAVfT-6Pm5Uu/s400/Day1_150AaronOchsnerPlainsOfAbrahamRefillingWater.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495338603028807122" /></a><br /><br />Mount St Helens from Plains of Abraham.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZU8Vx6I6pxvxy0HV0R_K-ieRdcB-GoizClbBpJZ-2oewtkgyakQvSnQFfv2HA4wiKCrRDHVcIKqDmNDXccie_7NAkIR3xZY7my43moZhwYLM5RDGpL55OFdJGNfhAaDSW7Sj/s1600/Day1_153PlainsOfAbrahamMountStHelens.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZU8Vx6I6pxvxy0HV0R_K-ieRdcB-GoizClbBpJZ-2oewtkgyakQvSnQFfv2HA4wiKCrRDHVcIKqDmNDXccie_7NAkIR3xZY7my43moZhwYLM5RDGpL55OFdJGNfhAaDSW7Sj/s400/Day1_153PlainsOfAbrahamMountStHelens.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495338596215295730" /></a><br /><br />Ape Canyon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbR0dxngqO0rC8seWNgeAxuCinj56bqXXUS03u-0g3k4dJgAbKjJKcWihRo_mP80XdSqeFqRSnYt2khZhxS95SLS85GeJ9Tc0M4cyOUOff4cDuGN41zZvzdoiKXkb4v2chjWT/s1600/Day1_156ApeCanyon.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbR0dxngqO0rC8seWNgeAxuCinj56bqXXUS03u-0g3k4dJgAbKjJKcWihRo_mP80XdSqeFqRSnYt2khZhxS95SLS85GeJ9Tc0M4cyOUOff4cDuGN41zZvzdoiKXkb4v2chjWT/s400/Day1_156ApeCanyon.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495338586506631026" /></a><br /><br />Ape Canyon and Mt Adams.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr6BmjmOyl1xygYVrFjPAJgJfEAQ2rYbNe5FHMDFgRNBhh3eKGLVnB_Ug-DQ3JGYfpOA2qWw2F5m0irD4XFmWL5dJ-kZkXxBPKVimhoZXfV1fECd7-0FtFAvTGgy0-gGj3DXv/s1600/Day1_157ApeCanyon.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr6BmjmOyl1xygYVrFjPAJgJfEAQ2rYbNe5FHMDFgRNBhh3eKGLVnB_Ug-DQ3JGYfpOA2qWw2F5m0irD4XFmWL5dJ-kZkXxBPKVimhoZXfV1fECd7-0FtFAvTGgy0-gGj3DXv/s400/Day1_157ApeCanyon.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495338579490530594" /></a><br /><br />Ape Canyon and Mt Adams.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9hl4peq3YtRgrb0JzAJ_QVnj8GOP44CwfsurShq2uTzk_HOnl6qZtYq9bGKLzhlMafBVaDzdLb54Vxhea6R6T6CfRI-n0EAzEBDkKSsTALd-B4U4e0RhdrxuL9ISs7ySp0fY/s1600/Day1_158ApeCanyonMtRainierInBackground.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9hl4peq3YtRgrb0JzAJ_QVnj8GOP44CwfsurShq2uTzk_HOnl6qZtYq9bGKLzhlMafBVaDzdLb54Vxhea6R6T6CfRI-n0EAzEBDkKSsTALd-B4U4e0RhdrxuL9ISs7ySp0fY/s400/Day1_158ApeCanyonMtRainierInBackground.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495337894289010594" /></a><br /><br />Aaron Ochsner cruising by precipice along Ape Canyon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxV07v2mZgS6OrtmoC1Wx-ruqH7nf6KpHQHAECsYxrw9mrJKa26sOSDr-1ohta3wEJfEqm7sqrdfc0VnzIcRqnL-VfJag0scFvFrd7Qij9ZsFr5LSMWXi4HZnvAuqiuRVuAkfk/s1600/Day1_160AaronOchsnerAtApeCanyon.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxV07v2mZgS6OrtmoC1Wx-ruqH7nf6KpHQHAECsYxrw9mrJKa26sOSDr-1ohta3wEJfEqm7sqrdfc0VnzIcRqnL-VfJag0scFvFrd7Qij9ZsFr5LSMWXi4HZnvAuqiuRVuAkfk/s400/Day1_160AaronOchsnerAtApeCanyon.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495337887996647938" /></a><br /><br />Lahar in foreground of Mount St Helens.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwxRGWTHA93yIUnnOpDYauVJqslwsksgwIKtWFsRaURFaq2kBGTyjsn3WLmDZ-vMpOshl6bd1xUXeOoN7QwxFEZWVMSJ7_wne649mEGFDU5o_dKxBV93leovKRHptMDrGiiQe/s1600/Day1_161DescentFromApeCanyon.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwxRGWTHA93yIUnnOpDYauVJqslwsksgwIKtWFsRaURFaq2kBGTyjsn3WLmDZ-vMpOshl6bd1xUXeOoN7QwxFEZWVMSJ7_wne649mEGFDU5o_dKxBV93leovKRHptMDrGiiQe/s400/Day1_161DescentFromApeCanyon.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495337880077701618" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 2: Trail work on Kalama ski trail.</strong><br /><br />Whitney Maxwell making trail work look glamorous.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR0vN6Ro7CGQbjw2irS_PBNKVPo97F-YGF-dUHKg3AgQPfWXaq_BQN58yo_cITBz3-2GukSE3ufgo7MO4e8cj2LaPDsJTk9A_llFkmEH7yLTrOutZAKOvKhfandVnEOLUgU4g/s1600/Day2_162WhitneyMaxwell.small2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR0vN6Ro7CGQbjw2irS_PBNKVPo97F-YGF-dUHKg3AgQPfWXaq_BQN58yo_cITBz3-2GukSE3ufgo7MO4e8cj2LaPDsJTk9A_llFkmEH7yLTrOutZAKOvKhfandVnEOLUgU4g/s400/Day2_162WhitneyMaxwell.small2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495336484179523954" /></a><br /><br />Trail workers in peril of being run over by elderly horseback riders with a death wish.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhdTvwZVM9aq1aOvbGipvCN3Y1RAhL8YJgWh-2H5JwuUgUBHug_9EI4Idt1vzMe9YpQ9uU8d0aM-PzDF-DBGPkPNGFvMQoTlB7l9k_iEfLL7ZVoLWFOkvVaVq31gYWL8e-zAY/s1600/Day2_164AmySingmasterGretchenNelsonWhitneyMaxwell.small3.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhdTvwZVM9aq1aOvbGipvCN3Y1RAhL8YJgWh-2H5JwuUgUBHug_9EI4Idt1vzMe9YpQ9uU8d0aM-PzDF-DBGPkPNGFvMQoTlB7l9k_iEfLL7ZVoLWFOkvVaVq31gYWL8e-zAY/s400/Day2_164AmySingmasterGretchenNelsonWhitneyMaxwell.small3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495336278439184530" /></a><br /><br />Mountain bikers repairing Kalama ski trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y2WZnNqSC2Ks5t2IZgtezzgWbd-YuWZssx6QI-1-zh7NOfClxrjOh7xs8zB5fo368940t7SMtY3NytKXS3vliFzeFRKssQDjjGm-W9tVZBotB7TGy8UxHyynWZXZnjt6fPcY/s1600/Day2_165GretchenNelson.small.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y2WZnNqSC2Ks5t2IZgtezzgWbd-YuWZssx6QI-1-zh7NOfClxrjOh7xs8zB5fo368940t7SMtY3NytKXS3vliFzeFRKssQDjjGm-W9tVZBotB7TGy8UxHyynWZXZnjt6fPcY/s400/Day2_165GretchenNelson.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495335475566307954" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 3: Lower Smith Creek. Ride led by Robert Kulp, co-led by Dave Webb and myself, mechanical support from Tim of Camas Bikes.</strong><br /><br />Whitney Maxwell all smiles on her first mountain bike ride. Superstar!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GyUMFaXOlNwSW_9g_1LX_WIdS2t0A8X42bBm5yjbk25Vn-GqUCkGkmJ7rLo9hZEYfU0BXiWIdgtBxedrlzH49spAcGAh3QBBMdTYenGdZBXvoWGxScq2ZM0N8azdUDgTHwPJ/s1600/Day3_169LowerSmithCreekWhitneyMaxwellRobertKulp.small3.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 385px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GyUMFaXOlNwSW_9g_1LX_WIdS2t0A8X42bBm5yjbk25Vn-GqUCkGkmJ7rLo9hZEYfU0BXiWIdgtBxedrlzH49spAcGAh3QBBMdTYenGdZBXvoWGxScq2ZM0N8azdUDgTHwPJ/s400/Day3_169LowerSmithCreekWhitneyMaxwellRobertKulp.small3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495334997578513618" /></a>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-29833072400674737542009-12-23T13:43:00.000-08:002018-07-28T23:26:36.183-07:00Shoulder Exercises and StretchesBelow are a few links to shoulder exercises and stretches, and some key points I've figured out. I am far from a professional on the topic so don't believe a word I've said below, this is mostly for my benefit to get shoulders suitable for resuming swimming after I am mostly recovered from a severe case of whiplash that took my shoulders and neck out for a couple years.
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<br />All exercises are using dumb bells, so assumption is that weight is per arm, thus double amount is what is lifted with both arms.
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<br />Lift weight straight up and down, with shoulders pulled back. Do not rotate shoulders in circles, that will only injure you as it mixes the muscles from top of shoulders to the rotator cuffs. At top of lift, pinch shoulders to neck and pause for a second. You should go up and down every two seconds, if you are going fast it is not good. Suggested weight may be in the range of 20-30 pounds.
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<br />Dumbbell shrugs for traps
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<br />Suggested weight here is much less, anywhere from 2-5 pounds to start with, once strength is established and you have done this for several weeks then increase weight to as much as 10 pounds. Never go over 10 pounds, if you can do these exercises with ease, just do more of them. Too much weight here could easily cause an injury.
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<br />3 Shoulder Exercises for Rotator Cuff Injuries by Citihealth
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<br />kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-54260527762631915992009-12-12T22:23:00.001-08:002018-07-28T23:26:36.208-07:00ParaglidingThis isn't so much a blog article as a wiki site for my use to figure out where I'm going to get instruction and equipment to resume paragliding. I took 7 days of lessons before, but that was years ago, with Mike Eberle at North American Paragliding.
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<br />North American Paragliding. http://www.fun2fly.com/aboutus.htmkenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-66523373203224383202009-08-29T12:05:00.000-07:002018-07-28T23:25:35.364-07:00Miguel's dogMy friend Miguel recently got a dog, I'm hoping to meet it in two weeks. Photos are very cute!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirZ5HA0LQpbsYg6U5Zm6TJEvAmI2bzeW5O6tXlfo4jz3lGmSjuY8k_qrgLsrAxfM7FMkQuYWJrrsbYUl2pTW7WiqZ6MSldb2OfeViVebGTVq1a4uZfZ0RdG08oFIy2wuGGryI/s1600-h/MiguelsDog1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirZ5HA0LQpbsYg6U5Zm6TJEvAmI2bzeW5O6tXlfo4jz3lGmSjuY8k_qrgLsrAxfM7FMkQuYWJrrsbYUl2pTW7WiqZ6MSldb2OfeViVebGTVq1a4uZfZ0RdG08oFIy2wuGGryI/s400/MiguelsDog1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375464369350832994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxxgmLIxHqFSv1ZJ1xSSVeTOdlXEw_bMtz1VVcoCT7M_rc_HSZiUj1PNfW4AvQH1hDGxg2axsydJHrjxHeFdfKLpAm6SyIH5WJinSM4p6fcO5m9gubcRCsZJrhPu7AOlPlH00/s1600-h/MiguelsDog2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxxgmLIxHqFSv1ZJ1xSSVeTOdlXEw_bMtz1VVcoCT7M_rc_HSZiUj1PNfW4AvQH1hDGxg2axsydJHrjxHeFdfKLpAm6SyIH5WJinSM4p6fcO5m9gubcRCsZJrhPu7AOlPlH00/s400/MiguelsDog2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375464291368937010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknc5qxnYMNeM89yycB-wvP_Op87Obq0Dht3CsHKtIuTy46JHF0JOVR6thYpPFNDnXKe5EiufIR1AqD_9uWWC8sl1b4Cavd3_anuZrq4gFNHSyErthC5h_NLM1Liajak4Fpfyw/s1600-h/MiguelsDog3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknc5qxnYMNeM89yycB-wvP_Op87Obq0Dht3CsHKtIuTy46JHF0JOVR6thYpPFNDnXKe5EiufIR1AqD_9uWWC8sl1b4Cavd3_anuZrq4gFNHSyErthC5h_NLM1Liajak4Fpfyw/s400/MiguelsDog3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375464206863192450" /></a>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-63788261435004918602009-07-27T23:34:00.000-07:002009-08-12T23:51:47.091-07:00Norway Pass weekend of trail work on Mt St HelensThe weekend of July 25, there were three trail work parties on Mt St Helens, two of which I can report huge success! The third (wta at norway pass) I just don't know all the details but heard about it in the parking lot afterwards. The actual events as posted on the calendar were <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7859" target="ev0725">Mount St Helens - Norway Pass 3 day Trail Work</a> and <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7847" target="ev0726">Mount St Helens - Ape Canyon Trail Work Party</a>.<br /><br />Representing <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org" target="embahome">Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance</a>, I cross posted one event that was led by the <a href="http://writeteknorthwest.com/" target="gg">Growlers Gulch Trail Crew</a> and <a href="http://nw-trail.org/" target="nwtahome">Northwest Trail Alliance</a>. Although I was not able to entice anybody from Evergreen to come for that event, it was a huge success with a whopping 14 volunteers, as reported from this link <a href="http://writeteknorthwest.com/archives/1630/ape-canyon-trail-work-complete" target="msh0726">http://writeteknorthwest.com/archives/1630/ape-canyon-trail-work-complete</a>. I suppose Evergreen didn't help on Ape Canyon that weekend, but we support their efforts nonetheless, great job GG and NWTA!<br /><br />Evergreen did make a huge contribution that weekend however, as I was able to join forces with three volunteers from the <a href="http://mshinstitute.org/" target="mshi0725">Mt St Helens Institute</a> for two days of trail work at Norway Pass. We started with a 4 and a half mile hike up Norway Pass to Bear Camp, where we set up our tents and did some trail work near the camp, mostly sawing downed trees. The next day, we started doing some light trail work as we descended to the Lakes Trail, when the real work began! On the Lakes Trail, we fixed a landslide such that it is safer and passable, yet due to the extensive damage this will require a reroute in the future. A big part of the problem here was that the pumice was deep, the trail was steep, and the landslide left a rather unstable section of debris that will need to be removed. We did successfully make it safer though. Another section of trail had gotten so narrow and steep that the trail was barely there. Here, we were able to widen the trail and bank it properly so that it will be sustainable for a few more seasons. Returning to the Norway Pass Trail, we rounded out the day by cutting thru some huge downed trees in the trail. This was a challenge with a four foot buck saw, probably the hardest trail work I've ever done.<br /><br />The Norway Pass trail work was just the beginning for some, as there were a few more people who were planning on five days of trail work there. Henry Painter was our crew leader, this was the third event I've been on with him, and would like to say he is the best trail crew leader I've had the pleasure to work with. Henry made it fun, shared a lot of knowledge about trail work as well as the volcano. I always learn from him more aspects of trail work. Henry had led a hike to the rim of the crater the day before, and was planning on returning for the five day event after I was gone. Brent Long and Amy Edwards did a great job as well! It seemed both of them had a lot of determination to finish off the huge logs along the way, I can relate to that.<br /><br />A minor casualty along the way, both of my hiking boots completely delaminated while fixing the landslide on the Lakes Trail! Doh! This is the second pair of hiking boots destroyed while doing trail work on Mt St Helens, the first pair was last year also on the Lakes Trail but at a different location. Consequently, I did trail work and hiking back having no arch support, which hurt my plantar fasciitis. Eventually it was too much, so I switched to my sneakers once we were done with digging work.<br /><br />As a side note, anyone planning to camp at Bear Camp as we did, is required to have a backcountry permit. We of course were covered.<br /><br />Click on any of the 23 photos below for full size, some of the images look great when enlarged! The first 5 photos are from the night before the event officially started, as I wanted to be at the volcano early. If you wish original copies of photos for even higher resolution, or more photos of the trail crew that I just didn't have room to post, send me a holler and I can get them to you.<br /><br />If this sounds like fun or perhaps you care about trails at Mt St Helens, please join me on either of two upcoming events, as posted on the Evergreen calendar.<br /><ol><br /><li><b>August 29, 2009</b> Mount Saint Helens - Coldwater Trail Work Party. See <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7925" target="new1">http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7925</a><br /><li><b>September 26, 2009</b> Mount St Helens NVM National Public Lands Day event. See <a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7937" target="new1">http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7937</a><br /></ol><br /><br />Sunrise from Smith Creek overlook, Mt Rainier in background<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG63P3cBfFPUMun4kNPqgLEVhs1d8XcRz-3msD4v7th5XWl162_dCwgbsuYjAXMHbttMuVIkJ164LffHmYJ0keU8gqAtlxUIGkPfTvVKpWv0AMX_kkN6E2mgyue0RXRThdWRi3/s1600-h/002SunriseSmithCreekOverlookMtRainier.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG63P3cBfFPUMun4kNPqgLEVhs1d8XcRz-3msD4v7th5XWl162_dCwgbsuYjAXMHbttMuVIkJ164LffHmYJ0keU8gqAtlxUIGkPfTvVKpWv0AMX_kkN6E2mgyue0RXRThdWRi3/s400/002SunriseSmithCreekOverlookMtRainier.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369304302442503154" /></a><br />Smith Creek<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBbps8QViop1DP8Nj0zja4aRAFVdIvM-BIWt_6FwaYMTt-POQW3-DFKYq6OVMkUUXFzV2odCvx0HH6M9sY2aVV2m0Hn8ERsfjTRfVS_2A5uTtS-yEX36tNQp5WhZz00haY_63/s1600-h/006SmithCreek.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBbps8QViop1DP8Nj0zja4aRAFVdIvM-BIWt_6FwaYMTt-POQW3-DFKYq6OVMkUUXFzV2odCvx0HH6M9sY2aVV2m0Hn8ERsfjTRfVS_2A5uTtS-yEX36tNQp5WhZz00haY_63/s400/006SmithCreek.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369304097873954706" /></a><br />Camping near Smith Creek overlook, or so it appears, I don't see anyone in there :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJMUe4Oeb7q3TjzJsNa5LVUvUav6KJjNWwOPeSYt9dnXhnzHyM_ZYIxBflqJ8hAC038mVqGwlmV7YbjI0D2rNsLfDWfAHAk-No9BgU0IqfSMAlEg5cUndd-OmRoj_l32IhRS1/s1600-h/011CampingSmithCreekOverlook.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJMUe4Oeb7q3TjzJsNa5LVUvUav6KJjNWwOPeSYt9dnXhnzHyM_ZYIxBflqJ8hAC038mVqGwlmV7YbjI0D2rNsLfDWfAHAk-No9BgU0IqfSMAlEg5cUndd-OmRoj_l32IhRS1/s400/011CampingSmithCreekOverlook.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369303831035732706" /></a><br />Smith Creek overlook<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEWZ1kYXNjJCey-oow3t1NLH-lw3MMwKEfDam96ZW8P0pGx-qRDEY5_J6SSQmNtNj1zTPHolqQ1NZe3erLWFggwCJKzb-P_bWOzZZX_wYyuhiscHl-G0GBQKbv8bATJMNLkTS/s1600-h/025SmithCreekOverlook.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7fscu_91OxKHl5g6LuYoKwALnhF83K5pBM3xjHnwyHlOTVz1S4Ow8pQRHvLK0YY6lqscAEIEql0ax7-P3X7UZRo6lL_U-OnHlrJ3h_r02tNVsPGFEuypWBiVF8vsa6XSfzVC/s400/119MtAdamsFromBearCamp.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369297329931930434" /></a><br />Landslide pumice is deep, light, and loose<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXu7NemO_LcRalZ2DtYPTPu-_YELzEZKUNgjVIe5bsgZSj_lp5FeYuoNR8wFZrI7FeqYGIe2p7ks-ZqP9jY_tnnBF28jP_V4tFTyL8_tB3gXTQTsXF6TdPMSF_XQsPvD8ByyM/s1600-h/136LandslidePumiceIsDeep.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXu7NemO_LcRalZ2DtYPTPu-_YELzEZKUNgjVIe5bsgZSj_lp5FeYuoNR8wFZrI7FeqYGIe2p7ks-ZqP9jY_tnnBF28jP_V4tFTyL8_tB3gXTQTsXF6TdPMSF_XQsPvD8ByyM/s400/136LandslidePumiceIsDeep.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369296753874432882" /></a><br />Henry moving log by landslide<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM2rbEdwtOLXNKz-UIdpiUkpw9X79XNzw37oxItNoq3LqXjWt0cTxJyj49NiYXCqc20-iaHWaPba9g79K8nH3A7ONqDTcFJKzqExZo4wvSxecQO42DIZVGeU0FCNLfDjVv0BU/s1600-h/149HenryMovingLogByLandslide.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVMu80lrPNw7WWERAlbC9uwpGQ67eqTs28kpAaZMdlUvsRr6GIvcjkKknxL5Np5BbYaySqCP9HRmyYQfCH-0PxrIJszb1vMnuV5AD3gNtFJoql3hCN564_8MoH7kMQaiifqwC/s400/163AmyFixingLakesTrail.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369291545376269346" /></a><br />Amy Sawing Log<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEJEqxX3EReYHv9c01NIq92xUbqOhQV2uIl9vOvMyHLpVU0s3Y-N73_B25IepcxvxY_5HusnkAb3HL1a4sfGuocs02b7UlKKjVPN7tqCdz_VAsemL3QsdNtGuQIoUl8MbOgKk/s1600-h/166AmySawingLog.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEJEqxX3EReYHv9c01NIq92xUbqOhQV2uIl9vOvMyHLpVU0s3Y-N73_B25IepcxvxY_5HusnkAb3HL1a4sfGuocs02b7UlKKjVPN7tqCdz_VAsemL3QsdNtGuQIoUl8MbOgKk/s400/166AmySawingLog.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369291239019012386" /></a>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-67358586524342646532009-07-19T23:21:00.000-07:002009-07-21T01:32:14.131-07:00Butte Camp Trail work party on Mt St Helens15+ Hikers from <a target="msh0718" href="http://mshinstitute.org/2008-work-party-events">Mt St Helens Institute</a> worked with 5 bikers from <a target="msh0718" href="http://nw-trail.org/node/570">Northwest Trail Association</a> and <a target="msh0718" href="http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7848">Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance</a> for two days to repair and ensure sustainability of Butte Camp Trail on Mt St Helens.<br /><br><br /><strong>SPECIAL THANKS</strong><br />I don't have everybody's names to thank (please add in comments anybody I missed, I know I missed a few, sorry), but here are a few of the people who made this trip fun and productive:<br /><ul><br /><li><strong>Rick Richards</strong>, <strong>Hailey Heath</strong>, <strong>Brent</strong>, <strong>Amy</strong>, <strong>Paul</strong>, and <strong>Henry </strong>from Mt St Helens Institute. Henry has been doing trail work for well over 10 years, and is a welcome addition to MSHI. Henry mentored us on trail building techniques which was very eye opening. Everybody did a great job at giving a presentation on tool usage and safety, including special safety requirements for bikers. They broke up into manageable groups so as to supervise everybody. Rick carried a huge pack for camping gear which seems to have included items shared by everybody who did the backcountry camping.<br /><li><strong>David Anderson</strong> from NWTA for inviting me (<strong>Ken O. Bonn</strong>) to the event and for coordinating his organization. Although I've worked with MSHI and NWTA before (I represent Evergreen), it was David's encouragement that motivated me to attend this event. David has been working tirelessly to promote good stewardship of Mt St Helens and working with recognized organizations such as Mt St Helens Institute, Evergreen Mt Biking Alliance, and the forest service.<br /><li><strong>Jerry</strong>, <strong>Andrea</strong>, and <strong>David II</strong>, also from NWTA. These folks pushed ahead early on their bikes with a BOB trailer carrying heavy trail equipment, effectively doing their own work party an hour ahead of the official work party. They cleared some of the stuff ahead of us, and made a huge fix to a dangerous section.<br /><li><strong>Emily</strong>, <strong>Jennifer</strong>, and <strong>Anne</strong> from Kalama. Quite the athletic and fun family, I really enjoyed having lunch with you before you set out on clearing trail.<br /><li><strong>Paul</strong> brought his son <strong>Dillon</strong> from Oklahoma as they enjoyed their vacation time doing trail work some days and visiting the beach the next day.<br /><li><strong>Joe </strong>and <strong>Dawn</strong>, originally from Hawaii. They were part of the crew that camped out at Butte Camp before the second day of trail work.<br /><li><strong>Lance</strong> brought an upbeat attitude to the group and worked hard with us.<br /><li><u>Honorable mention</u> goes out to <strong>Doug</strong>, who chose to do trail work on his 67th birthday with us and later celebrating in town with his wife!<br /></ul><br />I could have done a better job at taking photos of y'all, looks like I only got the bikers in the photos, but a few others took group shots. Next time I'll get that camera out more!<br><br />My next work party will be on the <a target="msh0718" href="http://evergreenmtb.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=7859">25th at Norway Pass</a>, but please check the <a target="msh0718" href="http://mshinstitute.org/2008-work-party-events">Mt St Helens Institute calendar</a> for opportunities that suit you! Also, check out the Mt St Helens Institute for <a target="msh0718" href="http://mshinstitute.org/">other events</a> beyond work parties, as they do much for education of the volcano.<br /><br><br />Heading out for trail work on Butte Camp Trail at Mt St Helens<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysjgRF63EZclIO9KSCW_kmM0Jz7N2fz0nmyWuCyfGvBjXl7OwL8mBfaLmGmj0IS5Bq9-QRFX7XWa5omvpRklRJW-x-atQ753DffTdIQ8dknqM_HEkYCuUg0eC_u0H6as5JQ5p/s1600-h/28StartingUpButteCampTrail.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysjgRF63EZclIO9KSCW_kmM0Jz7N2fz0nmyWuCyfGvBjXl7OwL8mBfaLmGmj0IS5Bq9-QRFX7XWa5omvpRklRJW-x-atQ753DffTdIQ8dknqM_HEkYCuUg0eC_u0H6as5JQ5p/s400/28StartingUpButteCampTrail.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360802638994160818" /></a><br><br />Lupens lining Butte Camp Trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwvAs1vd9wwfzH8NkuriF8TqfjvstH_obMdGMl1qVRKDTdRjo58FzAmm-qjDZ4HDv7kHUFG-ySD7xAI-xFtIK9QTi1Rh4Zw3CtpjbsGoH409heVEoFtFzx7DXNFXTpUZUR0jg/s1600-h/20FlowersOnButteCampTrail.small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwvAs1vd9wwfzH8NkuriF8TqfjvstH_obMdGMl1qVRKDTdRjo58FzAmm-qjDZ4HDv7kHUFG-ySD7xAI-xFtIK9QTi1Rh4Zw3CtpjbsGoH409heVEoFtFzx7DXNFXTpUZUR0jg/s400/20FlowersOnButteCampTrail.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360801240594705698" /></a><br><br />David pushing BOB trailer loaded with tools up steep section of trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA3imqFlmQr608uZ6GHXB7tfeuNfUBAIsYsJ2eUIiN7npjb_wMBbBJHh02m8EDQMQhVGxNIwyHj9o7LaUnvhMqbIIQFY-sk9FPCHUYcoHwnle-UT6agBrHNhS3wuzIMdKaPZB/s1600-h/24DavidAndersonPushingBobTrailer.small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA3imqFlmQr608uZ6GHXB7tfeuNfUBAIsYsJ2eUIiN7npjb_wMBbBJHh02m8EDQMQhVGxNIwyHj9o7LaUnvhMqbIIQFY-sk9FPCHUYcoHwnle-UT6agBrHNhS3wuzIMdKaPZB/s400/24DavidAndersonPushingBobTrailer.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360800757882085746" /></a><br><br />Jerry, Andrea, and David II happy that they fixed a very dangerous section of trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocXIGRjimbyhZsj079Hq_bCnE1YzDof5p_0ZC4kHSty1KSdm9uxkZ__mpRenGEvIMQiq3IbjRJ2UFDr24_dNpKWfvkgOi4QQ4YfUSND2v2pixqPdK1nlmjAGja1oSefXaTLsi/s1600-h/13JerryAndreaDaveFixingSketchySection.small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocXIGRjimbyhZsj079Hq_bCnE1YzDof5p_0ZC4kHSty1KSdm9uxkZ__mpRenGEvIMQiq3IbjRJ2UFDr24_dNpKWfvkgOi4QQ4YfUSND2v2pixqPdK1nlmjAGja1oSefXaTLsi/s400/13JerryAndreaDaveFixingSketchySection.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360800384856657954" /></a><br><br />Riding Butte Camp Trail near the trailhead<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-nS0LMS_oHF85K_papsWG7WPVsk64dxrTijfKRD0EVF92sZjmFPZKirZkS2Rbrp3eRJd0kXDD5SHSjeQiTwQaprydQ5J2LWiYDcTt2LGds-9manMYcwBnIFXPDdGEmiMD1_Y/s1600-h/32KenRidingButteCampTrail.small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-nS0LMS_oHF85K_papsWG7WPVsk64dxrTijfKRD0EVF92sZjmFPZKirZkS2Rbrp3eRJd0kXDD5SHSjeQiTwQaprydQ5J2LWiYDcTt2LGds-9manMYcwBnIFXPDdGEmiMD1_Y/s400/32KenRidingButteCampTrail.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360800063165076610" /></a><br><br />Riding Butte Camp Trail near the trailhead<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU4noEfxiWgrr7KqZaBmBhDi8dbiNknltsfd_NeX6gd_f1zq2nHyHu5_gXRTQoDb3SBlz7mONEdmvnY-dOoJroocKCb7Dk9WOs5uOzNrMqem04M3RrXBd8iQOo_LUxWSOrpup/s1600-h/31RidingButteCampTrail.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU4noEfxiWgrr7KqZaBmBhDi8dbiNknltsfd_NeX6gd_f1zq2nHyHu5_gXRTQoDb3SBlz7mONEdmvnY-dOoJroocKCb7Dk9WOs5uOzNrMqem04M3RrXBd8iQOo_LUxWSOrpup/s400/31RidingButteCampTrail.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360799829440658706" /></a><br><br />Riding Butte Camp Trail near the trailhead<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7oCyXsTiSSM1l25hrNClzYofPiQqkie2_cyWNUslsAeEEhz2ZcX4ETIHTAO4PWI4dypQ60jwjloL232-Ryb2M_w84gmXwMu27vdDDJAx8-n9m_sedyB0rSXwDUSaqeb9R8PT/s1600-h/30RidingButteCampTrail.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7oCyXsTiSSM1l25hrNClzYofPiQqkie2_cyWNUslsAeEEhz2ZcX4ETIHTAO4PWI4dypQ60jwjloL232-Ryb2M_w84gmXwMu27vdDDJAx8-n9m_sedyB0rSXwDUSaqeb9R8PT/s400/30RidingButteCampTrail.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360799262328626898" /></a><br><br />Fixing dangerous yet beautiful section of trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-1u6H18C2dAM1r4PLfFEpHng7EuQDZi03SHW7QJ8dvvSZ682vkpYvf4tGboGj7mCS-X164I6kEPNi60pCH7vFMsfPa5MtpI1ITx6Mevh9nw1VaHf8H1FTNxOkGkYOGtuRNxA/s1600-h/05JerryAndreaDave.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-1u6H18C2dAM1r4PLfFEpHng7EuQDZi03SHW7QJ8dvvSZ682vkpYvf4tGboGj7mCS-X164I6kEPNi60pCH7vFMsfPa5MtpI1ITx6Mevh9nw1VaHf8H1FTNxOkGkYOGtuRNxA/s400/05JerryAndreaDave.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360798687873801442" /></a><br><br />Fixing wiped out section of Butte Camp Trail almost at top where it intersects with Loowit Trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevXNGPYS6YJupdIrOFj73pEyxTH3qqO6INO3Kd3b2KxGaFCykdF79AZ7zFIQ-ntt8by_OHQok5xWSWipDRB6V66VCQ202H98bZt-qC7fjz0GfizeI37uyD0jkG54Y0MXZ6Avm/s1600-h/08JerryAndreaDave.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevXNGPYS6YJupdIrOFj73pEyxTH3qqO6INO3Kd3b2KxGaFCykdF79AZ7zFIQ-ntt8by_OHQok5xWSWipDRB6V66VCQ202H98bZt-qC7fjz0GfizeI37uyD0jkG54Y0MXZ6Avm/s400/08JerryAndreaDave.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360798196612943842" /></a><br><br />Almost at Loowit Trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIePcH-Hj0R5y4xBoGBZPUTSEte02OuQA3L7A2-lqbfxcc7UzhPoA5cZp4mvvsIODbpGC6RcacUDIzOWnZM5rs17zGum_kNS7TEmv1y_d3II7nb_hOIClyV-QAGuw1MJ4dTRd/s1600-h/14AlmostToLoowitTrail.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIePcH-Hj0R5y4xBoGBZPUTSEte02OuQA3L7A2-lqbfxcc7UzhPoA5cZp4mvvsIODbpGC6RcacUDIzOWnZM5rs17zGum_kNS7TEmv1y_d3II7nb_hOIClyV-QAGuw1MJ4dTRd/s400/14AlmostToLoowitTrail.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360797707729215730" /></a><br><br />Sketchy Butte Camp Trail is gorgeous!<br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZDZtBjw4qVaKYXUQtEXUiYdw7xTkK84hgBoH1RVNgbuPwNw1FbUXo0bUBqCe05ut8LnKl_1e0uWOcWY_sonAI1o0y3TcdVGWKKcHYMquAX7WjR0LSL5-sjdpkyT0We-XMqE2/s1600-h/07SketchyButteCampTrail.small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZDZtBjw4qVaKYXUQtEXUiYdw7xTkK84hgBoH1RVNgbuPwNw1FbUXo0bUBqCe05ut8LnKl_1e0uWOcWY_sonAI1o0y3TcdVGWKKcHYMquAX7WjR0LSL5-sjdpkyT0We-XMqE2/s400/07SketchyButteCampTrail.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360797275049696578" /></a><br><br />Mt St Helens from Butte Camp Trail, near the trailhead<br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSuvz_kVOOf2s7gmbq9G33KGI4-NO82U06bvQI6jhTcfRTmAEOOaaZ_80jdz7dofF3Tt9_anOXNEWrXhRrMLaBi0Sh8A68dYlDTejIUzAzuwX6GHg1NzXkn9isPKYO6tRjPyi/s1600-h/34MtStHelensFromButteCampTrail.small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSuvz_kVOOf2s7gmbq9G33KGI4-NO82U06bvQI6jhTcfRTmAEOOaaZ_80jdz7dofF3Tt9_anOXNEWrXhRrMLaBi0Sh8A68dYlDTejIUzAzuwX6GHg1NzXkn9isPKYO6tRjPyi/s400/34MtStHelensFromButteCampTrail.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360796696954444466" /></a><br /><br><br />Returning on Butte Camp Trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PQV2MjStUMhn3zZTVUK8uCeU4AbGYCaTsJxFJflZ-EYalgv86WmVmwS-noETKLDVhK_ipQbf_6prsq8Ku_qRFzpcldSng9hef1fiFzWMxlmdcSUfiqtB97DVw_ZDJE9iEANI/s1600-h/26ReturningOnButteCampTrail.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PQV2MjStUMhn3zZTVUK8uCeU4AbGYCaTsJxFJflZ-EYalgv86WmVmwS-noETKLDVhK_ipQbf_6prsq8Ku_qRFzpcldSng9hef1fiFzWMxlmdcSUfiqtB97DVw_ZDJE9iEANI/s400/26ReturningOnButteCampTrail.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360802128132833522" /></a><br><br />Returning on Butte Camp Trail<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2e60uLOyp6fYgdv19YP6p6HP1dN890s2nzSa3nwKHLws0QwfRUzJNvJd0OHU9_dDc3pbf3O-b3lxCiUiDrSMCCFjVQL8Co31GGMNXl7KAGCOll_3_xgyUXJymApoY7Wg9Ryk/s1600-h/27ReturningOnButteCampTrail.small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2e60uLOyp6fYgdv19YP6p6HP1dN890s2nzSa3nwKHLws0QwfRUzJNvJd0OHU9_dDc3pbf3O-b3lxCiUiDrSMCCFjVQL8Co31GGMNXl7KAGCOll_3_xgyUXJymApoY7Wg9Ryk/s400/27ReturningOnButteCampTrail.small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360801820741407362" /></a><br />Mountain Bikers and Hikers worked together to keep this trail open and sustainable!<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMjXF6NBvBb95HpceTloeWo9OCreqb_1skcYGmCNnUmo0pd52Pq-7QjctCSwOl5kyGWG7kBvzFJqovhUpcdQ1zEPjdOqV6-cXezxyU2_qpVbI80UyT0OMpIhNr6EUu1kJUlAN/s1600-h/04ButteCampTrailOpenToBikes.small.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMjXF6NBvBb95HpceTloeWo9OCreqb_1skcYGmCNnUmo0pd52Pq-7QjctCSwOl5kyGWG7kBvzFJqovhUpcdQ1zEPjdOqV6-cXezxyU2_qpVbI80UyT0OMpIhNr6EUu1kJUlAN/s400/04ButteCampTrailOpenToBikes.small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360796376307869378" /></a>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-22450930206595805682009-07-04T18:35:00.000-07:002012-08-05T22:44:22.637-07:00Mount Saint Helens - Coldwater THDIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD<br />Basically, just 7 miles short of Johnston Ridge Observatory (you might want to call them for trail conditions, (360) 274-2140). Use your favorite mapping software to get to 24000 Spirit Lake Memorial Hwy Toutle, WA 98649.<br /><br /><ul><br /><li>From Snoqualmie, take Hwy 18 South for 28 miles.</li><br /><li>Take I-5 South for 79 miles. If you need gas or food, last decent chance is in Centralia (Subway, Starbucks, and Safeway near the exit).</li><br /><li>Take exit 63 to get on Hwy 505 towards Winlock/Toledo. Follow for 17 miles.</li><br /><li>Turn Left onto Hwy 504 (Spirit Lake Memorial Hwy) for 28 miles to Coldwater Observatory (closed).</li><br /><li>Two miles past the observatory is Coldwater Lake. This has a pier with a nice view of the lake. Also, clean bathrooms with running water.</li><br /><li>Go 1.5 miles past the lake to reach the trailhead, which is on the left just before a bridge.</li><br /></ul><br /><br />Estimated Time: 3 hours. Distance: 156 miles<br /><br />From the Coldwater Observatory (closed), go past it towards Johnston Ridge Observatory. Shortly past that, take the trailhead on the left.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbtc.org/wiki/index.php?title=Trail:Mount_Margaret" target="_new">BBTC Trails - Coldwater to Mt Margaret</a><br /><br />Coldwater trailhead. Take trail 230A to trail 230 to trail 1<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219341699714875090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9psVsxUHr2D3vtEVqZI_UVB8n7_Pe_5QIaHLsJ7fVaHuZmHJ8DcAY_sc8Zq5t0gDG3CkL67u08Y_xqwPCsKMd4zeeatYUOHhtCjzuLrdZZRqyhHeo8lXlBjsWXDDhqdibkdjc/s400/Coldwater230.jpg" border="0" />kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-69025364609804271162009-07-03T00:10:00.000-07:002018-07-28T23:25:35.369-07:00Mount Saint Helens - Windy Ridge THMILEAGE: 150 MILES / 3.5 HOURS<br /><strong>DIRECTIONS FROM SNOQUALMIE TO WINDY RIDGE</strong><br />People coming from Snoqualmie will want to choose either route below, there is little distance or time difference. However, people coming from Seattle or Bellevue will likely want to choose the western route on the left map.<br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDGf5EnlFPVg1hzdKzRmCK6U23Pkl0v60exDG7cmGODXf01OZnTORZR_myVOFGdY6mgr6OliWfnNyZx08FLqxquP5pdd07B0UbcZEV3Vdu8WUSZ1GDgI4DgxvTXPKYhF3Vh7_/s1600-h/SnoqualmieToWindyRidge.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDGf5EnlFPVg1hzdKzRmCK6U23Pkl0v60exDG7cmGODXf01OZnTORZR_myVOFGdY6mgr6OliWfnNyZx08FLqxquP5pdd07B0UbcZEV3Vdu8WUSZ1GDgI4DgxvTXPKYhF3Vh7_/s400/SnoqualmieToWindyRidge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429113208199658018" /></a><br><br />Western route, from Seattle or Bellevue, pass thru Renton and Puyallup.<br /><ul><br /><li>Take Hwy 18 Southwest for 24.6 miles (note, passing by Tiger mtn).<br /><li>Take ramp right for SR-167 South towards Puyallup (8.6 mi)<br /><li>Take ramp right for SR-512 West towards Puyallup / Olympia (3.4 mi)<br /><li>Take ramp right toward South Hill / Eatonville (0.4 mi)<br /><li>Turn left onto SR-161 / 104th St E (25.9 mi)<br /><li>Bear left onto SR-7 / Mountain Hwy E (10.1 mi)<br /><li>Turn right to stay on SR-7 (16.8 mi)<br /><li>Turn left onto US-12 (17.4 mi)<br /><li>Arrive at Randle, WA. Total 109.2 mi, 2 hr 15 min<br /><li><br /><li>From Randle, it is 35 miles on back roads to Windy Ridge.<br /><li>Take Hwy 131 South for a short while.<br /><li>Just a mile from Randle, take the right fork, look for signs towards Mt St Helens and Hwy 25.<br /><li>Pass <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/campgrounds/sites/iron-creek.shtml">Iron Creek Campground</a> 10 miles past Randle.<br /><li>21 miles past Randle, take the right fork on FR 99, look for signs towards Windy Ridge. <br /></ul><br />Eastern route, via Enumclaw<br /><ul><br /><li>Take Hwy 18 Southwest for 12 miles (note, passing by Tiger mtn).<br /><li>Take Hwy 169 South for 15 miles (note, passing by Lake Sawyer) to Enumclaw.<br /><li>Take Hwy 410 East for 41 miles (note, passing by Skookum area)<br /><li>Keep going straight, do not turn left onto Crystal Mt Blvd.<br /><li>Follow Hwy 123 South for 17 miles. Note, seasonal closure of this road.<br /><li>Follow Hwy 12 West for 24 miles to the town or Randle. Total so far is 110 miles, 2 hr 17 min<br /><li><br /><li>From Randle, it is 35 miles on back roads to Windy Ridge.<br /><li>Take Hwy 131 South for a short while.<br /><li>Just a mile from Randle, take the right fork, look for signs towards Mt St Helens and Hwy 25.<br /><li>Pass <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/campgrounds/sites/iron-creek.shtml">Iron Creek Campground</a> 10 miles past Randle.<br /><li>21 miles past Randle, take the right fork on FR 99, look for signs towards Windy Ridge. <br /></ul><br /><br /><br />This is my quick links page for info on Mount Saint Helens rides.<br /><br />First of all, call the forest service for conditions before heading out there. Always know what route you plan so you don't waste their time. Get phone number from official site, at <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/">http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/</a>. Also, there is a link to current conditions, that may answer your questions right away.<br /><br />Trail Links<br /><a target="new" href="http://bbtc.org/wiki/index.php?title=Trail:Ape_Canyon">BBTC Ape Canyon</a><br><br /><a target="new" href="http://bbtc.org/wiki/index.php?title=Trail:Smith_Creek">BBTC Smith Creek</a><br /><br /><a href="http://evergreenmtb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Trail:Strawberry_Ridge">Strawberry Ridge</a><br /><br />My trips<br /><a target="new" href="http://www.bbtc.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=3883">Cancelled Trip</a><br /><br />Goat Mountain<br /><a target="new" href="http://www.wta.org/~wta/cgi-bin.dev/wtaweb.pl?6+sm+16188+WL">WTA work party</a><br /><br />Volcano Cam<br /><a target="new" href="http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/views/static-classic.php">Volcano Cam</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/current-conditions/roads.shtml">Road Conditions</a> - be sure to check road 25 from Randle, as well as road 99 to Windy Ridge. Appears to be open now.kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-89205039463046353602008-12-25T11:52:00.000-08:002008-12-27T16:44:49.573-08:00Xmas 2008We have a white Christmas today. Thanks Doug and Kristen for a wonderful Xmas eve party last night.<br /><br />Beginning a tradition of holiday photo shoots, here's two pictures of Speedy enjoying Xmas with me. Merry Christmas everybody!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9ykJYIBK3MzOV5h0S-6AcFZSnOzzaHEJn3Jolwzakd_TV5lKN_CFKAT1rK37XXvg9nmOxuJBdgdsbdkYeCsCNVuxuCv0CYkkbsW7IbX4dpsDsNUG6QoJBsCBCZ9LJrmu0EyY/s1600-h/SpeedyXmas3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9ykJYIBK3MzOV5h0S-6AcFZSnOzzaHEJn3Jolwzakd_TV5lKN_CFKAT1rK37XXvg9nmOxuJBdgdsbdkYeCsCNVuxuCv0CYkkbsW7IbX4dpsDsNUG6QoJBsCBCZ9LJrmu0EyY/s400/SpeedyXmas3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284635306802798802" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpJSQJ3zO2Ju8bgPRl8sh2h8nec0utns9Mjb92KRrLNM1Xl6le2PDYfviENyKnp8-d9Z5GJ7jRlWv0kpBYmyMubbO764o5c39qQHLytWtT6YB2j0PhqBcfeCr0vFGGJEYVFCT/s1600-h/SpeedyXmas1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpJSQJ3zO2Ju8bgPRl8sh2h8nec0utns9Mjb92KRrLNM1Xl6le2PDYfviENyKnp8-d9Z5GJ7jRlWv0kpBYmyMubbO764o5c39qQHLytWtT6YB2j0PhqBcfeCr0vFGGJEYVFCT/s400/SpeedyXmas1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283823254864210514" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAg9Sg4iW1ude4IdWkR1VqRupMFMcgMrJQ6zITImpAD-MujgF0c_iH7Qy6ukVtWlyW31b6XSVujxiWLbxlIK9m5H4cZ083bFpLox7eKmLopi0W4yuNAYtohfWEaiMJ7REVYu4/s1600-h/SpeedyXmas2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAg9Sg4iW1ude4IdWkR1VqRupMFMcgMrJQ6zITImpAD-MujgF0c_iH7Qy6ukVtWlyW31b6XSVujxiWLbxlIK9m5H4cZ083bFpLox7eKmLopi0W4yuNAYtohfWEaiMJ7REVYu4/s400/SpeedyXmas2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283819580774997826" /></a>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-22285374793764557902008-12-23T11:20:00.001-08:002018-07-28T23:25:35.312-07:00Storm PreparationsNOTE, THIS IS IN DRAFT FORM, BUT PUBLISHING ANYWAY. This post may be updated several times in the next two months, too much to write at one sitting.
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<br />Well, here in Snoqualmie we've had some terrible weather, very high winds of 40-60 MPH sustained, and gusts as high as 87 MPH reported. Lots of reports of frozen pipes, a cracked window, power outages, and garage doors blown in. This posting lists some of the things I did to prepare for the storms, some things I should do.
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<br />One thing to remember, if you have time, it may be your last chance for a while. Last chance for a hot bath, wash clothes, cook, wash dishes, vacuum, so better do it while you can.
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<br /><strong>SAFETY FIRST / COMMON SENSE THINGS...</strong>
<br />Smoke detector working
<br />Carbon monoxide detectors working
<br />Fire extinguisher in kitchen and/or garage. Recently charged.
<br />Clean the house, you never know who will need a place to stay :). Especially clean near potential problem areas for ease of access and to ensure it stays dry in case of failure, example is to ensure cutoff valve is not blocked by household items, garage door may leak so don't have things on the floor that would be damaged if they get wet.
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<br /><strong>PREPARATIONS FOR COLD TEMPERATURES / SNOW</strong>
<br />Primary concern is for frozed water pipes.
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<br />Check the crawlspace for insulation around all water pipes.
<br />Open all cabinet doors to allow heat under sinks
<br />Block exterier crawlspace vents with cardboard (consider styrofoam in future)
<br />Temperature inside house steady 69F, even at night. Waste of energy, but cheaper than frozen pipes.
<br />Slow but steady drip to prevent freezing.
<br />Disconnect hoses, including any adapters which may void the frost free feature
<br />Insulate exterier faucets.
<br />Some people have option to drain hose line, I don't, but is good if you can.
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<br />SHOULD DO
<br />Insulate around pressure relief valve.
<br />Tape a few water lines that are semi-exposed.
<br />Buy humidity meter with thermometer for crawlspace.
<br />Anti-humidity pellets for crawlspace
<br />Sweep crawlspace of garbage, vacuum later.
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<br /><strong>PREPARATIONS FOR POWER OUTAGES</strong>
<br />Recharge flashlights or buy batteries for them.
<br />Keep cell phone charged.
<br />Stock up on food / water for a few days
<br />Ensure generator works, refamiliarize with starting procedures
<br />Generator hookup to house with special switchbox and 40 Foot high voltage power cord.
<br />Have cables and locks handy to secure generator (theft is a big issue!)
<br />Fill spare gas tanks for generator
<br />Fill gas tanks for car, as power outages affect gas pumps
<br />CO Carbon Monoxide detectors (2 minimum) - check batteries and test!!!
<br />Turn pilot light on for gas fireplace, so easier to have backup heat.
<br />Clean particles in gas fireplace to reduce asthma.
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<br />PREPARATIONS FOR CAR OR OTHER TRAVEL
<br />Car - Hand pump to adjust for lower pressure due to cold
<br />Car - sand in back in plastic bucket (cat litter container optimal, as it has a pour spout).
<br />Car - shovel in back
<br />Car - Chains - check if they fit and test putting them on.
<br />Car - fully fueled up
<br />Bus - see if bus service is an option, likely unreliable in icy conditions
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<br />KNOW YOUR SYSTEM
<br />This section to include graphics of where to find things, such as emergency shut off for gas and / or water and electricity. Obviously, a work in progress...
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<br />PREPARATIONS FOR HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS IN CASE OF DAMAGE.
<br />Note: personal notes below, not an endorsement or disparagement of anybody, just my experiences.
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<br />List of plumbers
<br /><a href="http://www.beaconplumbing.net/" target="_new">Beacon Plumbing</a>. I think I'm going to use them next, I heard good things about them, and I've seen their trucks driving on the Ridge a lot after the last storm, so they seem to be favored locally.
<br />Clifford Knopp - don't like him. He was unprepared with parts, so I had to pay him hourly rate as he went shopping for basic plumbing parts. He did not insulate PRV after completion. He started the process of applying cement to the pipes after shopping, so had to pay him to wait even longer, he should have started that and then gone shopping, to minimize down time. Expected bill around a hundred dollars, was triple that due to charging me for his wait time. Would have been nice if he could have scheduled other clients to service while waiting for the cement to dry.
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<br />List of general contractors
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<br />List of furnace / hot water technicians
<br />Bob's heating - they seem fine, somewhat lukewarm about them. May try a different company next just for comparison, but overall I would hire them again.
<br />Fast - their name is on the hot water heater.
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<br />List of electricians
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<br />List of locksmiths
<br />OK, kind of unrelated, but I really like Brian of Big Brian's Locksmithing.
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<br />http://www.govlink.org/storm/prepare.aspkenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-4151063267110356452008-11-30T18:22:00.001-08:002012-08-05T22:45:11.374-07:00Dog bite day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIkHgI-lSMv70ZtfSdXFxvRRbZQCvySXDboikQDuGDrVvOb7ba9TaT_6Qp84LBg9SKdqjO_cg17yfnzi5lMutFhrJiqENs5RaCb9HewH2jXXfRFmr_OMYeJJ4O84abFF-QVee/s1600-h/DogBite1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIkHgI-lSMv70ZtfSdXFxvRRbZQCvySXDboikQDuGDrVvOb7ba9TaT_6Qp84LBg9SKdqjO_cg17yfnzi5lMutFhrJiqENs5RaCb9HewH2jXXfRFmr_OMYeJJ4O84abFF-QVee/s400/DogBite1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274680938911889554" /></a><br />I was mountain bike riding on a fire road just past the power substation when a dog bit me at 1:30 PM. <br /><br />I was climbing up and saw a woman (Margo, last name withheld) who was walking five dogs - 3 small dogs, a medium sized one, and a large dog. I think she had the small dogs on leashes, the medium dog stayed back with her, but the large dog walked ahead of them. She was trying to call the large one back. As it was a fairly steep climb, I was biking slow, and the large dog (Red) walked past me. It seemed non-agressive at the time, it was not growling, and did not pay much attention to me.<br /><br />As Red dog got a couple feet past me, he (she?) suddenly turned around and bit me on my left calf. This stunned me, it was a completely unprovoked attack from a dog which appeared friendly.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_unyyavnpxKkU-Ae0nWuPB0hEl3vAey1bI2OiP78gq9XDbHwI5nCcQyzZHloL10smB3lVQjVa_0hLXFVFfr7g4NCtQyIhyNcA9HR9Kzlm-x3mceZPmVtv063wtiiO9vmFiote/s1600-h/DogBite2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_unyyavnpxKkU-Ae0nWuPB0hEl3vAey1bI2OiP78gq9XDbHwI5nCcQyzZHloL10smB3lVQjVa_0hLXFVFfr7g4NCtQyIhyNcA9HR9Kzlm-x3mceZPmVtv063wtiiO9vmFiote/s400/DogBite2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274683265467606706" /></a><br />Fortunately, I was wearing tights, which may have buffered some of the germs from the dog and maybe lessened the potential for bigger injury. There were several teeth marks on me, the largest was evaluated by the doctor as being a puncture wound 2 cm (almost an inch) in length. This left a very visible chunk missing from my leg. Margo and I did a quick inspection of my leg, realized it was not too bad, so all we did for first aid was to wash it with some of my water and just let it continue to bleed.<br /><br />I called my friend / neighbor Erik for a ride to the hospital, but he was out in the woods at the time so unable to give me a ride. Margo said she could give me a ride, which I reluctantly accepted, because she was on foot and probably a 2 mile hike back to her car. As I just had to ride my bike downhill, I went ahead and waited over a half hour for her. During that time I gave the leg a couple more washes with the water from my camelback. <br /><br />While waiting, I saw a car in the parking lot with a sticker saying "woof", so I figured that must be her car, so I took a photo of her license plate. I was fairly certain she was playing honest, because she had some kind of ID on her vest which I read the name Margo on it, so I believe I have the true name and cell phone number which she gave me. Also, she sounded pretty level headed and acting decently, apologetic for the incident, so I had no need to doubt her sincerity.<br /><br />Margo drove me and my bike to my house, just a mile up the road, and her dogs were well behaved in the back with my bike. I then gave her my phone number, and she promised to pay for my medical bills. After she departed, I washed my leg several times with soap and water, and then drove myself to the Snoquamie hospital ER.<br /><br />At the ER, they examined the wound and advised me that they will not be giving me Rabies shots, but this is on condition that the dog be observed for 7-10 days. If the dog gets sick, it could impact my treatment. I was discharged from the hospital around 3:30 PM.<br /><br />Next stop, Snoqualmie PD at 4PM. The officer on duty took down the license and contact info for Margo for the record only, but said he likely will not follow up as this fell in King County (unincorporated?) jurisdiction, not Snoqualmie. He gave me the contact for animal control, and asked that I contact them on Monday morning. Things to discuss is how to monitor the dog for 10 days as my injury recovers. The officer stressed that although the dog handler may have been nice, that they are responsible for the actions of their animals, and therefore they consider the dog attack as an assault from the owner. Hmm, very sobering way to look at it. The dog handler is definitely someone I consider to be a very nice person of good intent.<br /><br />Personally, I'd like this incident to just go away, but the police officer advised me it is not that simple. I need to pay the deductible from the ER visit that insurance doesn't pay. Also, he said it is common for insurance to deny my claim, as they expect the responsible party (Margo the dog handler or Red's owner) to pay for it. I hope this is not curtains for Red, that would be sad, but the reality is that a dog which bites people without being provoked is likely to attack others. I'll leave the judgement up to animal control.<br /><br />Everybody lost something today. Me, Margo, Red, real dog owner. Wish Red would have not bitten me.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUxVbs14RaUtlNiHu9qSDIj0M2ht9x4PrRtmA1qsG1jQ_2FWQR0b3X0OdLHBmdH5jVo67aTQXroDsTG4MA1f2WpMWNQMdvBigMlYN4iMfIRPpkHMuwXJPikNxEJDgEbRgsw_Y/s1600-h/DogBite4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUxVbs14RaUtlNiHu9qSDIj0M2ht9x4PrRtmA1qsG1jQ_2FWQR0b3X0OdLHBmdH5jVo67aTQXroDsTG4MA1f2WpMWNQMdvBigMlYN4iMfIRPpkHMuwXJPikNxEJDgEbRgsw_Y/s400/DogBite4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274684442239156786" /></a>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-73572908164801341362008-11-28T11:30:00.001-08:002008-11-28T11:33:05.612-08:00Speedy PicsSome cute pics of Speedy taken on Thanksgiving day.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshv7YbPMg9qAGpw1yJMNXca2LY34V5lie0NhlYEI_-ZrahQnFsM1i84Y0kV0zLlqqLwBUhiOyNu5FvNsaGmh6HV83LKKnu_MIPX2TgfHZ9pUnzGhDTlKNVFTl8QAixRp5wKcb/s1600-h/Speedy2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshv7YbPMg9qAGpw1yJMNXca2LY34V5lie0NhlYEI_-ZrahQnFsM1i84Y0kV0zLlqqLwBUhiOyNu5FvNsaGmh6HV83LKKnu_MIPX2TgfHZ9pUnzGhDTlKNVFTl8QAixRp5wKcb/s400/Speedy2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273793509513528658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc2cA3DrCTM1UAmpVPn8fyQaj1eYvke_CyxkMOfzk9QF571b4kkG6rHknMse43ZOiSjA6YllzSQAuvCLffpHbb1JkcvDx1v7npPISnAguc7TvmwoWIz8KyxADW4sJe9JRa7eM/s1600-h/Speedy1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc2cA3DrCTM1UAmpVPn8fyQaj1eYvke_CyxkMOfzk9QF571b4kkG6rHknMse43ZOiSjA6YllzSQAuvCLffpHbb1JkcvDx1v7npPISnAguc7TvmwoWIz8KyxADW4sJe9JRa7eM/s400/Speedy1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273793398261774674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UPbNsCwg8GikTJLHts7lZSGu-kVJuPx476f0FaW2CWh9fHSIiEmYWRZQWvsWRQWK81Utuzbd4ejETb4RzNzRyN5LH4JytEi8NveE-CQfxunFEroibCODXvCSwwy4ndTcUTrp/s1600-h/Speedy3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UPbNsCwg8GikTJLHts7lZSGu-kVJuPx476f0FaW2CWh9fHSIiEmYWRZQWvsWRQWK81Utuzbd4ejETb4RzNzRyN5LH4JytEi8NveE-CQfxunFEroibCODXvCSwwy4ndTcUTrp/s400/Speedy3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273793278759456066" /></a>kenobonnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12754216751871572306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16572607.post-76583107500845107492008-10-13T07:07:00.000-07:002018-07-28T23:25:35.381-07:00Vermont Biking Middlebury Mt & Texas FallsBelow are pictures from my bike ride in the Rochester / Hancock area of central Vermont. The ride was up Middlebury Mt and then a trail in the Texas Falls area. Roughly 27 miles of road riding and 2 miles of trail. I'll let the pictures do the talking and just a few commentary in the hovertext of the images.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTkj1qMYY2oz8LQ9kptgLoFVcSSpTEjIYNcjZOgobTiKKvueiVsAGRskfmy0DQdEwXky2UNNX_tiEYYaqsK5_ft4caTmaoSjb4Sr4dbIB5JLeIs54Cf8gJ3liGh3F7mhJoVlq/s1600-h/1MiddleburyMtLongTrail.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTkj1qMYY2oz8LQ9kptgLoFVcSSpTEjIYNcjZOgobTiKKvueiVsAGRskfmy0DQdEwXky2UNNX_tiEYYaqsK5_ft4caTmaoSjb4Sr4dbIB5JLeIs54Cf8gJ3liGh3F7mhJoVlq/s400/1MiddleburyMtLongTrail.JPG" border="0" alt="Top of Middlebury Mt by the Long Trail"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256643160561143346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMnoLBaYrohaa3QMUbUiakz9bQmVdswhoa9xmd7v3i6zTia-x3h95hZTmWCR7E_0zDmaAhF0UvOWclMZOCi_piq4aWQ9wQOZP5MLxXys4nAyUwTkHtMBwkEnGIEFR6jhpslOR/s1600-h/2MiddleburyMtSteepDescent.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMnoLBaYrohaa3QMUbUiakz9bQmVdswhoa9xmd7v3i6zTia-x3h95hZTmWCR7E_0zDmaAhF0UvOWclMZOCi_piq4aWQ9wQOZP5MLxXys4nAyUwTkHtMBwkEnGIEFR6jhpslOR/s400/2MiddleburyMtSteepDescent.JPG" border="0" alt="all the right ingredients for a screaming fast 70 MPH descent!!!"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256643042356399298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6Km3mifhoGHh5VlQ1o5jsOuU-k9s69cQqPQ6_TKOyEqyB6DpJhNl5wNETQbgbXK4nC9is9VFNOQyNMACQQ_4JADsLNvflDC23nSysm5czIrJmHNwiqLZ6TmoqNnRhWQhCS5V/s1600-h/3TexasFallsRestrictedActivities.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6Km3mifhoGHh5VlQ1o5jsOuU-k9s69cQqPQ6_TKOyEqyB6DpJhNl5wNETQbgbXK4nC9is9VFNOQyNMACQQ_4JADsLNvflDC23nSysm5czIrJmHNwiqLZ6TmoqNnRhWQhCS5V/s400/3TexasFallsRestrictedActivities.JPG" border="0" alt="Texas Falls is great, but what's this all about no public nudity?!?! Some rules are made for breaking..."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256642893116762642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCc6tpdlA_GCkXUHiE4AKCHfJLbW2x4K2reEDVtZYrDm2SFws3Z4ySv52W4I2XER_I5GMNED4xv-_2alO9tJAHOHftAcwO-wXr6JXppNbVxKQRIG_-ui5s17VBO-9EeW3uBntJ/s1600-h/4TexasFalls.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCc6tpdlA_GCkXUHiE4AKCHfJLbW2x4K2reEDVtZYrDm2SFws3Z4ySv52W4I2XER_I5GMNED4xv-_2alO9tJAHOHftAcwO-wXr6JXppNbVxKQRIG_-ui5s17VBO-9EeW3uBntJ/s400/4TexasFalls.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256642791539979314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsfSqRjycwf3TDznI5FSD9j6DyYEl-RyWH_lA4wAV9BqzDO9i3B8dw3v-dkp2W5dULnxqhKdfVb6w-Qb5hBPH2CNldEVzCPeF_2oLnfG4SVhVV8Kv-ETyPi6FTKTLwRse8C_t/s1600-h/5TexasFallsRoadWashout.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsfSqRjycwf3TDznI5FSD9j6DyYEl-RyWH_lA4wAV9BqzDO9i3B8dw3v-dkp2W5dULnxqhKdfVb6w-Qb5hBPH2CNldEVzCPeF_2oLnfG4SVhVV8Kv-ETyPi6FTKTLwRse8C_t/s400/5TexasFallsRoadWashout.JPG" border="0" alt="The flash floods of Aug 2008 wiped out the road. Something like 5-7 inches of rain in an hour or two"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256642691652488306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF1VN2rWF9Pnv3XmLVDZ6r8i1OUqPOrxYWGDH8l6lHov48el-_2raO8otEtLrnXFfxGdOR76r9sIOL6COUvtUDe27fTVKftDviOqA5TfSSVW-5PBn1PEJOyCA3HCYbpCxO2bc/s1600-h/6TrailBridgeWashout.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF1VN2rWF9Pnv3XmLVDZ6r8i1OUqPOrxYWGDH8l6lHov48el-_2raO8otEtLrnXFfxGdOR76r9sIOL6COUvtUDe27fTVKftDviOqA5TfSSVW-5PBn1PEJOyCA3HCYbpCxO2bc/s400/6TrailBridgeWashout.JPG" border="0" alt="Trailhead sign. Hmm, hikers only, yet trail closed. Who can go here :) ???"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256642586848575234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoefhAg_RYQ7_WhbuKDlF5qNLhOylr06OPrU-_H5RSH38o-o-cYrGQoCywGHq4-4xDT1qGsHAshbkgxoilIvHXjgE5GgQ-hmwa3am4gWzamZeAGNtDXNrz8qt0jZyATAOZgKS/s1600-h/7Trail.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoefhAg_RYQ7_WhbuKDlF5qNLhOylr06OPrU-_H5RSH38o-o-cYrGQoCywGHq4-4xDT1qGsHAshbkgxoilIvHXjgE5GgQ-hmwa3am4gWzamZeAGNtDXNrz8qt0jZyATAOZgKS/s400/7Trail.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256642472646584578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBIWDiIZFAaoQx0TnaTU_1HqFTFWyZ7ZCnJjtlB01nOmzNer5ZboOpr775UbI8FsUmgnqC7TfACBpVaLroWCCol_XaSNNoJs96kpWW6R1Q6NZRHc2tFA_0ICc5ZSMz-aWrWyF/s1600-h/8Trail.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBIWDiIZFAaoQx0TnaTU_1HqFTFWyZ7ZCnJjtlB01nOmzNer5ZboOpr775UbI8FsUmgnqC7TfACBpVaLroWCCol_XaSNNoJs96kpWW6R1Q6NZRHc2tFA_0ICc5ZSMz-aWrWyF/s400/8Trail.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256642353634817842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKjJCgF-XZ-Jqp_KcsOBb0YsFbFeN2czzLEHZUy0pnW9OQHxhwXFhZ7pDmpz5W2V5q4mI_sWaiviIy4w2jDTU62LilXDtkRwd8RpDr-1n1caGcTFztcHnfUDwqDHoRAo5Vsnc/s1600-h/9Brook.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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