Ape Canyon Trail Work Complete
July 21, 2009 on 1:39 pm | In Mountain Biking | 7 CommentsPremier, high-elevation trail in disrepair?
No money for USFS crews?
Nobody else willing to step up?
Who you gonna call?
Growlers Gulch Racing, of course.
On July 26, the Mountain Bike Mutts – a trail-building arm of Growlers Gulch Racing – and several other volunteers teamed to complete clean-up work on the Ape Canyon Trail near Mount St. Helens.
The job included establishing water bars and brushing the upper half of the trail to Loowit Junction. This marked the third consecutive year that GGR has handled the Ape Canyon maintenance project.
The stalwart crew included the following:
- Brian Mahon (organizer)
- Jeff Muldoon
- Paul Norris
- Melanie Norris
- Averie Norris
- George Barnett
- Vaughn Martin
- Jerry de Ruyter
- Andrea de Ruyter
- Ryan McMaster
- Cody Krippner
- Bob Horness
- Hans Nussbaum
- Wayne Nussbaum
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WhAt no mention of the blanket layer of FLIES impervious to deet? Thanks for getting this going..another year…wayne
Comment by Sleepez — July 27, 2009 #
If Alfred Hitchcock and Steven King attempted to horrify you with a story about flies, it would not have near the negative psychological effect of this day on the mountain. You can tell how tough the group was by the fact that we made if to the top. I heard a group of refugees from Ivory Coast saw the pictures and were stricken with fear at the number of flies. Kudos to Hans who ended up with stitches from a trail building injury. Good job all.
Comment by Paul — July 27, 2009 #
I really was concerned that Averie was going to get carried off by the flies. They were small but numerous!
Comment by Melanie — July 27, 2009 #
Great Job Guys
Thanks to you, we can all enjoy the trail!! The rest of us from GGR were with you in spirit.
Comment by Kelso Jack — July 28, 2009 #
At least the bites didn’t itch! It took a full day for the bite spots to materialize. I count >50 on my legs, 30 of which are right at the ankles.
That was with being in constant defense mode, i.e. flailing and twitching every body part simultaneously and cursing up a storm. It seemed to work better than Deet, but the technique has developed into …. F$%|<!!! A*$!!…. ticks.
Off to the pharmacist for some Tourette's medication!
Comment by Ryan M. — July 28, 2009 #
Ditto Jack’s comment…thanks for the extra effort on the trails everyone. Is there a trail cleaning effort the de Ruyter’s aren’t involved in?
Comment by dave — July 28, 2009 #
The de Ruyters are the Patron Saints of trail building……
Even though he has been seen with a chainsaw (GASP)
Comment by Paul — July 28, 2009 #