Golden Spike Report
November 30, 2009 on 2:46 pm | In Mountain Biking | 1 CommentProgress continues on the Golden Spike re-route. Joel is looking at Saturday or Sunday for the next work party. Looks like the gates will not be open, so workers should plan on a six-mile ride in.
Joel will have details by mid-week.
Friday: Joel and Brad Burger started a 0.5-mile segment running north from the 9060 toward Monahan Creek.
Monday: Joel and Jerry DeRuyter completed 0.8 miles of trail from Monahan Creek south to where Joel and Brad had left off.
Wednesday: Joel completed the section he and Brad had worked on. (1.3 miles now done and 3.0 miles to go)
Saturday: Bob Stanton and Joel worked between the 9060 and 9064 roads.
Sunday: The gate on Woodside was inadvertently left open, so the crew was able to drive directly to the work site. The group included Vaughn Martin, Ryan McMaster, Ken Pearson, Bob Stanton, Brad Burger, and Carla Mitchem. They completed an 0.6-mile segment that switchbacks up a broad ridge toward the 2030 Road. Joel said that it is now single-speedable in both directions.
Nine people – Mel Norris, Paul Norris, Aaron Dennis, Eric Loney, Sam Loney, D. LeMonds, J. LeMonds, Jeff Lipton, and Keith Gianella – showed for trail work on a segment of the Spike on the Growlers side of Monahan Creek. However, we were unable to find the line Joel had ribboned.
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A best practice in trail design for rough flagging a trail corridor is to always place flagging at eye height. I like to place a flag every 20-40 feet or so- if people are having a hard time finding the flag line, they end up having to wander around. Since designing a trail takes almost as much time as building it in the northwest (we’re lucky with that one) it can maximize productivity. Flagging at eye height is easy to see, and makes it easy to check and measure slope. (assuming you were to carry and utilize and inclinometer for trail design)
I realize that your trail designers don’t place pin flags- it can be time consuming, but it can go a long ways as well. A lot of groups skip this step, but it can be a good way to really define the line.
There is a lot of good information in the Forest Service Manual, (free, yay) or IMBA’s Trail Solutions Book.
Comment by jason — November 30, 2009 #