Growlers Work Party Draws Huge Crowd
November 23, 2009 on 2:39 pm | In Mountain Biking | 8 Comments
Somebody has to inspect the line
Despite the wind and rain, 66 people showed to build new trail at Growlers Gulch on November 21st, nearly doubling the total of volunteers at the 2008 event. See photos at the bottom of this post.
We have not charted the mileage yet, but we believe we added 2+ miles to the system as a result of Saturday’s work. The following lines were completed:
- Big climbing trail out of the Secret Garden. Great job with the switchbacks. This one will be called Bitter Bitch.
- Unnamed line at the top of the system between Double Down and the Canoe Trail.
- Four lines of varying lengths at the bottom of the Secret Garden. We are hoping that this will make the Secret Garden area a destination. PMS is going to be a signature trail at Growlers. You will understand when you see the features we added. Two short, unnamed trails – along with Humpity Hump – were also completed at the bottom of the SG.
Crump, Van Hoose, and Moon not working
Thanks so much to everyone who showed. The extraordinary turnout is very hard to explain to people who are not connected to Growlers. (Trust me, this level of participation is unheard of in most places) We just feel lucky to have so many skilled and hard-working people on board for this event.
Please check the list at the bottom of this post. If I have left anyone out or if I have the wrong name for anyone, please let me know.
Your participation entitles you to three perks:
- A GROWLERS sticker for your car or truck. It should be arriving in the mail soon.
- A custom tour of the Growlers trail system. If I can’t handle this myself, I will line you up with one of the other slackers and they will make sure you are taken care of. This coupon is good for you and any friends you want to bring. Please contact me at jim@writeteknorthwest.com or seattle0@hotmail.com (That’s a “zero,” not a small case “o”) or simply leave a comment at the end of this post.
- First-in-line status for all five Growlers events in 2010. In some cases, we like to limit numbers but if you work on trail at Growlers during the eyar, we will always make room for you.
Real workers
- Cage Aaron
- Shawn Alexander
- Aaron Althaeuser
- Jack Berry
- Bradley the Boyfriend
- Tonya Breedlove
- Sam Brickey
- Chase Bryant
- Brad Burger
- Brian Butler
- Erik Carlson
- Dawson Carter
- Andy Crump
- Aaron Dennis
- Andrea DeRuyter
- Jerry DeRuyter
- Keith Gianella
- Carter Hanley
- Al Hansen
- Nick Hansen
- Ryan Hicks
- Kelly Hinkle
- Bob Horness
- Bob Juntunen
- April Kincaide
- John Kowalski
- Jeff Lebo
- D. LeMonds
- J. LeMonds
- Jason Linse
- Jeff Lipton
- Eric Loney
- Sam Loney
- Brian Mahon
- Susan Martin
- Carol Mathre
- Ryan McMaster
- Carla Mitchem
- Jason Moon
- Dara Muldoon
- Jeff Muldoon
- Averie Norris
- Mel Norris
- Paul Norris
- Greg Ogden
- Jeff Oja
- Travis Oja
- Miles Olin
- Mike Patterson
- Ken Pearson
- Ann Price
- Monte Price
- Joel Rogauskus
- Tyler Rua
- Aric Savage
- Andrew Savage
- Ethan Savage
- Steve from Saviano’s
- Brad Stroud
- Steve Swearingen
- Bob Stanton
- Jason Temchin
- Randy Toney
- Mike Van Hoose
- Jason Van Horn
- Dennis Veatch
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What an incredible turnout. I wish I could have been there.Thanks for all the hardwork.
Rob
Comment by Rob — November 23, 2009 #
Thanks to everyone that showed up. It was an unbelievable amount of work. I am pretty sure we got 3 total miles of trail. With our small crew before lunch, everyone kicked butt. On PMS and Humpity, the Hansen brothers and company were a big help with their trail building knowledge and skill. These are two awesome trails. The Secret Garden will not be a Secret much longer.
Comment by Paul — November 23, 2009 #
I move we rename bitter bitch to bitchin and change it to a downhill trail.
Comment by dennis — November 23, 2009 #
That would only mean that we’d have to convert the original SG line to an uphill and come up with a nasty name for it.
XC Rule #1: What goes down must go up – even if unpleasantness is involved.
Comment by Jim LeMonds — November 23, 2009 #
Thank you EVERYONE!! That was amazing. I’m sure we freaked some hunters out. We knocked out some pretty cool stuff. I can’t wait to get wheels on it. Al & Nick you guys are awesome! Crazy but awesome. Thank you.
Comment by Mel — November 23, 2009 #
Showing up to help you guys build and maintain the trails is the least I could do to return the hospitality you have shown me, and others.
Thanks, looking forward to riding what we built…And taking advantage of that custom tour.
Comment by Aaron — November 23, 2009 #
Enjoyed working with everyone. What a group! Thanks for the opportunity to help out with such a motivated crew. I’ll be back.
Comment by Keith Gianella — November 25, 2009 #
66 people on a trail building day is phenomenal. To give you a bit of perspective, in over 20 trail building sessions we led for IMBA, we had an average of 20 attendees per trail building party.
Northwest Trail Alliance has been having a really hard time getting people to come out for the work parties at Stub Stewart in Vernonia. We only had 3 people come out for the one I was at.
Poor Joe.
Comment by jason — November 30, 2009 #