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[RC] Tevis Trail Construction - sherman

Kathy:

The section of trail that I saw them working on yesterday (got one more ride in before the rain!) did not include Training Hill, but it was on the easier trail that runs sort of parallel to Hwy 49.


Oh, OK. I know where you mean.

When Tom said "Pointed Rocks down to No-Hands", I figured he
meant
the training hill. But from what you say, I assume he's
talking
about the trail that starts in the meadow before you
go as far as Pointed Rocks?

Did it look like they were working on the trail at the very
bottom
of the training hill, before you make the switchback
down onto the bridge?


As of yesterday, they had not gone onto Pig Farm but they were headed that direction. I don’t think they’d been on Short Cut either, but I might have missed that because I haven’t actually been on Short Cut in over a year due to the low tunnel effect of the overgrowth. In reading the notes on the website I just found, the work is going to be done on the Wendell Robie trail “between” Short Cut and Pig Farm that is going to get the work. That makes since to me as it is much used, very badly rutted, and more accessible for the machinery. I also found a site which has pics of that section of the trail, if anyone is interested in seeing the condition of this trail. http://www.gcer.org/trailstuff/robietrail.htm Check them out. I did once see a trail of blood for over a mile on the trail leading into Cool from this area. The owner said her horse had cut it’s leg on either protruding roots or rock. You can see how this could occur when you’re riding in a deep narrow ditch with no wiggle room.

 

Kathy