Well, that tumbling boulder sure gave us a lot of things to fix on Barr trail. Here are some pictures of what we were doing on our first four days of fence repair, May 20 and 25, and June 8 and 11.
May 20: Our first job was to make a good path around the boulder. Here’s me sawing through the mangled trunk of the tree that finally stopped the boulder.
We’ve talked about “the boulder” that tumbled down the hillside and crashed through the fence in multiple places. But there was more than one boulder tumbling down the hill, although we don’t really know how many. It’s clear this smaller (about 4’x2’x3’) boulder (to the left of the trail in the next picture) was a new arrival. We’re glad it stopped where it did. And we decided to leave it right where it is, and build the new fence around it.
On May 25 we were back on Barr trail, doing routine (not boulder damage) post and rail work Here’s Mike installing a new fence rail in a scenic location.
Then we needed to do some quick repairs on the tread on the trail segment above the boulder. Here Susan argues with Brian while I take pictures and Courteney does all the work
On June 8 we were back to repairing fence damaged by the boulder above SB9. Here’s Shanda getting ready to drill the holes in the post so she can attach the rails.
Finally, on June 11 we built a drain structure on the trail before we replaced the segment of fence that now goes over it. Since the big boulder followed the existing drainage channel, we decided it would be a good place to enhance and armor the drain. The drawing on the picture explains what we want it to do. And so far, it’s doing its job very well.
So that’s what we got done by June 11. But wait, there’s more!
We’ve done much more than this. Stay tuned, I’ll get another newsletter out as soon as I can. Better yet, there are still a few more workdays on the schedule this season. Join us and see for yourself!
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