Wonder how those trails get built?
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:21 am
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
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