Wonder how those trails get built?

[balzaccom]

Yesterday was the last day to do trail work this year. I did a total of seventeen days.

This last section was "armoring" a trail in a new park in Napa, not yet open to the public. We're focusing on the sections that are going to be wet after a rain, and deeply setting large rocks---because the trail will be used for MTBs as well as hikers and horsemen. And those MTBs really chew up a muddy trail. Note the size of some of the rocks in these photos, and how we wedge them all in together tightly. Demanding work, but we were a great crew, and got the job done!

There were two different sections like this--plus another section where we actually built it a small ramp/jump for MTBs who wanted to "get a little air."

It's all part of a large vision for these parks and their use.

Photos are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TenVXxvNFRxZnNcJ6

[c9h13no3]

Nice of the trail fairies to put the rocks there for you guys!

[thegib]

I see the large rock trail work done in the Sierra and I have no idea how it's accomplished, seems like magic to me. How was the Aglianico?

[balzaccom]

Nice of the trail fairies to put the rocks there for you guys!

Happily, this area has lots of rocks, although we did have to lug some of the quite a ways.

[balzaccom]

I see the large rock trail work done in the Sierra and I have no idea how it's accomplished, seems like magic to me. How was the Aglianico?

Better after it had been open for 24 hours. Even though it was 20 years old, it still needed to open up some.