We lucked out on Friday the 13 and had a great day doing trail work on Eagle Creek. Our crew of 8 split into two smaller crews. Leif's crew took care of this big mess about 3 miles from the trail head, just before High Bridge:
- large root wad and messed-up trail
- same tree from other side
After:
- After - tread repaired fully
The crew:
- L-R: Leif, Dave, Walt, Barbara, Ryan, Pete, Dennis.
Meanwhile, my crew of 3 hiked into the wilderness and cleared with cross cut saw these two trees. The furthest one in was about 6.6 miles from Eagle Creek trailhead.
- 18" log about a half mile from wilderness boundary (note photo is from scouting trip, the dog was not on the work party)
- Dave and Dennis
- we also cleared this one with the cross-cut saw
On our way out, Leif took another nibble off this slowly sliding giant.
It was a lovely day hiking, mostly sunny and no rain. There were 4 new volunteers on the crew. All the volunteers were GREAT! We encountered about 50 people, mostly on our way out. There were only two groups of backpackers. Wildflowers in bloom included lots of trillium, glacier lily, toothwort, saxifrage, small-flowered blue-eyed Mary, Dutchman's breeches, larkspur.
