2007 Trail Maintenance Report
Sun. Dec. 7
3 hours
Stinky Girl / Frankenstein – 3 fallen trees saw-cut and removed
Sat. Nov. 29
3 hours
Creepy Corner / Bootleg Trail / Monkey Boy / Scrambler / Jake’s Attack / Jake’s Breakaway / Twister - Deadfall removed from the trails
Sun. Nov. 23
4 hours
The Pines – Saw-cut and removed the numerous larger deadfall
2 x 4 hours
Rockin’ Ronnie - Saw-cut and removed a large fallen tree
The Landfill trail – Mapped all the emergency exits along the fence
Sat. Nov. 22
3 x 2 hours
All the trails – Deadfall removed from the trails
Sun. Nov 2
5 hours
The Pines – Wet spots repaired
Sat. Oct. 25
2 x 9 hours
Scrambler (the beginning) – The two way section eliminated by rerouting the trail
Thu. Oct. 23
1 hour
Rocky Mountain (at the canal bridge) – Rock armouring repaired by adding more rocks to it
Sat. Oct. 18
23 x 4 hours
Rockin’ Ronnie / Kaitlyn’s Switchbacks / Stinky Girl / Frankenstein / Double Bypass / Andy’s BBQ Run – Wet spots repaired with rocks, gravel, corduroy logs, and water shedding nicks
Rocky Mountain (at the canal bridge) – A shortcut blocked away with large logs
2 hours
BBQ lunch prepared for the volunteers
Sun. Oct. 12
5 hours
Jake’s Attack – Changed the line of the big U-Turn at the bottom of the trail
Jake’s Attack – Made a large rock inslope after the big U-Turn
Monkey Boy – The recently changed line moved slightly for better flow
Sat. Oct. 11
3 hours
Rocky Mountain – The big rock pile extended over a big water collecting depression
Thu. Oct. 2
3 hours
Monkey Boy – Water shedding nick created
Scrambler – Mud hole repaired with rock and a nick made bigger
Sun. Sep. 28
4 hours
Bride (near the end) – Big mud hole behind the tree armoured with large rocks and drainage ditch created
Sat. Sep. 27
5.5 hours
Sweet Street – Earlier failed repair rerouted and 4 spots armoured with rocks
Jake’s Attack – Earlier failed repair rerouted to a dryer ground
Jake’s Attack – Reroute made around roots and mud holes
Jake’s Attack – 2 sections armoured with rocks
Tue. Sep 16
2 hours
Adam’s Run / Sweet Street – deadfall saw cut and removed
Mon. Sep. 15
3 hours
All West end trails except Adam’s Run and Sweet Street – Fallen trees and branches cleaned out of the way
Sun. Sep. 9
6.5 hours
Monkey Boy – Fallen tree saw cut and removed
Monkey Boy – Mud hole repaired
Jake’s Breakaway – A passage through a big fallen log cut with a saw
Sweet Street – 2 large water shedding nicks made
Sweet Street – Old rock repair improved
Sweet Street – Corduroy-log repair made over a mud hole
Sweet Street – Banked corduroy-log repair made in a muddy corner
Jessica – Mud hole in a corner repaired with rocks
Sat. Sep 8
3 hours
Monkey Boy – 3 Sections slightly rerouted to avoid mud
Jake’s Breakaway – 2 water shedding nick and 2 small reroutes made
Adam’s Run – Water shedding nick made
Fri. Sep. 7
6 hours
Bootleg Trail / Monkey Boy intersection – Narrowed down with logs
Monkey Boy – Earlier rock repair improved with more rocks
Monkey Boy – Section rerouted for better flow and mud avoidance
Monkey Boy – Earlier reroute changed because it didn’t workout properly
Jake’s Breakaway – Section slightly rerouted around mud
Jake’s Breakaway – 3 mud holes repaired with rocks
Kamikaze – Mud hole repaired with rocks
Wed. Sep. 5
6 hours
Bootleg Trail – Ruts eliminated
Bootleg Trail – Slight reroutes made around mud
Adam’s Run – 4 water shedding nick made
Adam’s Run – Mud hole repaired with logs
Adam’s Run – 2 mud holes fixed with rocks
Sweet Street (beginning) – Trail slightly rerouted around mud, and for better flow
Sweet Street – Mud hole fixed with large rocks
Sweet Street – Numerous wet spots fixed with rocks or water shedding nicks
Sweet Street – Big log moved out of the way to allow better drainage
Twister – 2 wet spots repaired with nicks
Tue. Sep. 4
6 hours
Scrambler – Mud holes repaired with rocks and/or water shedding nicks
Scrambler – 2 log piles built over mud holes
Jakes Attack / Sweets Street – Repairs done
Jessica – 3 Water shedding nicks made
Sat. Aug. 30
12 x 4.5 hours
Stinky Girl (near the middle at the cutout the big fallen log) – Mud hole lined with cloth and filled with 8 wheel-barrel loads of gravel
Stinky Girl (after the boardwalk) – Old corduroy log section extended
Bride – The wet depression at the end of the big descent lined with big rocks
Bride (before the bridge with railings) – Rerouted around a muddy section
2 hours
Glasgow Parking – Barbecue lunch prepared for the volunteers
3 hours
Monkey Boy – Mud hole filled with rocks
Monkey Boy – Trail rerouted around muddy sections
Sun. Aug. 24
3 hours
Creepy Corner / Bootleg Trail / Adam's Run / Jake's Breakaway / Twister – Fallen or low hanging trees and branches cut, exposed roots, loose stones and sticks removed
Sat. Aug. 23
7
x7 hours
Rockin’ Ronnie / Andy’s BBQ Run – Wet spots and mud holes repaired with: rock, gravel, and/or dirt filling, stone armouring, corduroy logs, culverts, and cutting drainage knicks.
Andy’s BBQ Run – Swampy section crossing spanned with a big flat log
Sun. Aug. 17
2 x 3 hours
Rockin’ Ronnie (near the beginning) – Wet and muddy areas filled with many wheel barrel loads of gravel
Sat. Aug. 16
2 x 3 hours
Andy’s BBQ Run – Fallen tree saw-cut and removed
Rockin’ Ronnie (beginning) – Wet and muddy area filled with many wheel barrel loads of gravel
Mon. June 23
2 x 4 hours
Andy’s BBQ Run – The wet area rerouted and the low spots filled with dozens of wheel-barrel loads of crushed stone
Wed. June 11
3 hours
The Pines – Saw-cut and cleared the deadfall
8 x 3 hours
The Landfill Trails – Large number of storm fallen trees saw-cut and removed from the trails
Sat. June 7
2 hours
The Pines – Corrected the trail difficulty marking errors on the signs
Fri. May 30
4 x 1.5 hours
Jakes Breakaway – Big fallen tree saw cut and removed
Wed. May 28
2 x 4 hours
Stinky Girl - The trail change finished with bench cutting the last section before the little bridge.
3 x 1 hour
Stinky Girl – Roots cut out from the new change backward to the second big log pile
3 x .5 hours
Glasgow Parking - Metal post and sign placed on the trailhead to indicate the correct way for cyclist
Mon. May 26
1 hour
Stinky Girl – More bench cutting done near the end of the latest trail change
2 x 5 hours
Stinky Girl – The new footing for the bridge made out of large rocks
Stinky Girl – The trail change finished and opened by rotating the little bridge to new position
Stinky Girl – The trail after the bridge changed for correct run-out and blending in to the old trail
Stinky Girl – The beginning of the change finalized with proper bench cutting
Sun. May 25
2 x 9 hours
Stinky Girl (at the gully) – Worked on the trail change, mainly bench cutting the trail along the gully
2 x 3 hours
Stinky Girl (at the gully) – Helped with bench cutting
Thu. May 22
3 x 5.5 hours
Stinky Girl – The descent in to the gravity drop cleared from small rocks and then covered with a smooth layer of soil
Stinky Girl – First half of the trail cleared from brush and bench cut where needed
Mon. May 19
2 hours
Bypass / Double Bypass – Roots removed
2 x 4 hours
Glasgow Street Entrance – Snow fences repaired and repositioned to help guide the cycling traffic towards the new gate
Glasgow Street Entrance – Signs repositioned to help guide the cycling traffic through the new gate
Glasgow Street Entrance – Better trail layout planned
Stinky Girl – Trail change planned and marked out
8 hours
Stinky Girl – Part of the new layout cleared from brush, raked and bench cut
Stinky Girl – The bottom of the big gravity drop paved with large stones
Sat. May 17
12 x 4 hours
Creepy Corner (beginning) – Trail rerouted
Adam’s Run (middle section) – The old straight rooted section rerouted
Twister (near the end) – A hairpin corner changed for better flow
2 hours
Snyder’s parking – BBQ Lunch prepared for the volunteers
Mon. May 12
2 x 2 hours
Creepy Corner – Big log saw cut and removed from the new to be open section
Creepy Corner – Big log pile built on the new to be open section
Double Track – Two fallen trees saw cut and removed from the trail
Sat. May 10
4 hours
Creepy Corner – The trail change cleared from brush
Fri. May 9
4 hours
Creepy Corner – Trail change marked out
Adam’s Run – Trail Change marked out and the brush cleaned from it
Mon. May 5
3 hours
Rockin’ Ronnie, Kaitlyn’s Switchbacks, Stinky Girl (first section) – All smaller exposed roots removed
Sun. May 4
3 hours
The Bride – Holes filled with soil
5 hours
Andy’s BBQ Run – Culvert placed at the open swampy area with lot of water flow over the trail
Rockin’ Ronnie – Muddy spot reinforced with rocks and gravel
1 hour
Kamikaze – Fallen trees saw cut and removed from the trail
Sat. May 3
2 x 2 hours
Glasgow Street Entrance – 10 “No Cycling” signs installed along the Hydro’s gravel access road
Mon. Apr. 21
3 hours
Andy’s BBQ Run – Built a log pile over a fallen tree
Back 40 (end) – Smoothed out the ruts and bumps on the switchback descent
Rocky Mountain – Closed down a shortcut
Rocky Mountain (the beginning) – Narrowed down the trail with logs and rocks
Sat. Apr. 19
2 x 2.5 hours
Andy’s BBQ Run – Finished spanning the swampy open field with a gravel path
Wed. Apr. 16
4 x 1/2 hours
The whole trail system – Deadfall removed
Mon. Apr. 14
4 hours
Stinky Girl – Repaired a new corner from the latest Trail Day
Bride (new section) – Big hole filled with soil
Bride (new section) – Flooded depression covered with corduroy log crossing
Frankenstein – A “No Fire” sign placed on a tree in the area where someone keeps making a campfire
Frankenstein – Cleaned out the culvert underneath the big Wopty-Dooo
Sat. Apr. 12
18 x 4 hours
Stinky Girl – Rerouted the section near and over the former hydro corridor
Stinky Girl – The former hydro corridor fenced off with a snow fence
Andy’s BBQ Run – The swampy part through the open field covered with gravel
3 x 3 hours
Glasgow Parking – King Street Cycles barbecue prepared for the volunteers
2 hours
Twister / Sweet Street – Deadfall trees removed
Wed. Apr. 9
2 hours
Twister / Scrambler – Deadfall removed
2 hours
Stinky Girl – Preparations made for the upcoming trail day
Sun. Apr. 6
2 x 2 hours
Stinky Girl – One old sign and pole removed and two new signs and poles installed because of the trail changes to be done
Sun. Mar. 16
2 hours
Creepy Corner, Bootleg Trail, Adam's Run, second half of Jessica – Deadfall saw-cut and removed
Sat. Jan. 12
10 x 3.5 hours
The Bride – Most of the trail changed for better flow and sustainability
3 x 4 hours
The Bride – The changes touched up and one bend insloped and shaped with big rocks
Sun. Jan. 6
2 x 4 hours
Rockin' Ronnie / Stinky Girl / Bride / Andy's BBQ Run – Trails cleaned with a snow-blower |
