Date |
Project |
Trip Report |
various
Jan-Apr |
Multiple trips to do initial clearing on Old Mast
Road and Dicey's Mill Trail. |
Mild weather allowed nearly 600 hours of early-season
work, clearing much of the damage above the snow. |
May 2nd
revised |
Dicey's Mill Trail - Although preliminary
ice storm cleanup began in January, there is still much to do to fully clear this
important trail. (This date was originally scheduled for Blueberry Ledge Trail, but
that damage has already been cleared in earlier trips.) |
Despite a cold rain, 57 person-hours of labor cleared the
last major damage on Dicey's Mill. Overall, Dicey's Mill Trail is now fairly clear
and passable. |
May 9th |
Chocorua Mt Club Trails Day - As our
annual WODC/CMC work trip we'll give CMC a hand clearing ice storm damage. Meet at
Margaret Wheeler's house by Lake Chocorua. A great meal will follow! |
Lots of progress clearing CMC trails, but west Beeline,
upper Old Paugus, and upper Whitin have heavy damage that will require further trips. |
May 15-17
revised |
WMNF Ice Storm cleanup weekend - WODC
volunteers will spend 1-2 nights near the top of Old Mast Road to clear
the heavy damage on adjacent trails. |
Thanks to ten volunteers over three days, we cleared
Lawrence & Cabin Trails, and made good progress on Kelley, Square Ledge, Walden, and
Olivarian Brook Trails! |
May 23 |
Bennett Street Trail - The ice damage in
this area is severe, so a good turnout is especially important. Meet at Bennett
Street trailhead. |
With 27 volunteers in three crews (245 person-hours), we
cleared the entire trail, plus a large portion of Gleason Trail! |
May 30 |
Kelley Trail - Clear the last of the heavy damage in the
upper mile. |
Using two chain saws, a crew of seven finished clearing the heavy ice
damage. |
June 3- Aug 14 |
WODC will be hiring a small crew to help with
ice storm cleanup. During this period the crew will do final cleanup on the trails
already "cleared". |
A crew of four helped volunteers reopen all
trails in a timely manner, as well as doing lots of vital drainage and erosion-control
work. |
June 6
revised |
Blueberry Ledge Cutoff |
With 11 volunteers and 3 crew members, we split into two
groups to clear the Cutoff and the Wiggin trail!. |
June 13
revised |
Square Ledge Trail |
Canceled due to heavy rain. |
June 20
revised |
Square Ledge Trail - Finish clearing from
Square Ledge Branch to Walden Trail. |
Eleven people worked in two groups, clearing the rest of
the trail in 10 hours. |
June 27
revised |
Walden Trail - Finish clearing Walden
Trail from the summit of Mt. Passaconaway to Wonalancet Range Trail. |
Rained out on the 27th, but subsequently cleared by our
storm crew. |
July 11
revised |
Red Path, Gordon Path
Brushing, install new signs and improve the blazing. |
New blazing and signs installed on both trails. |
July 18
revised |
New Hampshire Trails Day - Kelley Trail
- Interesting side-hill work in the "plunge pool" to replace an ice-damaged
section of trail, and move the treadway away from the brook. Barbecue/potluck
supper to follow! |
A core group of eight completed about half of the
treadway. We'll return in October to finish the job with Trailwrights. |
Aug 14-18
revised |
Kate Sleeper Trail - Annual work trip,
concentrating on storm cleanup and drainage work, with assistance from the Marion, Mass.
scout troop. |
Eleven scouts and four WODC volunteers cleared the entire
trail and accomplished lots of restoration and drainage work, totaling nearly 400
person-hours! |
Aug 21 |
Old Mast Road - Restore areas
of private land damaged by high-impact camping. |
Dozens of rocks, logs, and live trees were
used to restore the damaged areas. Fire rings were removed and "No
Camping" signs were posted. |
Oct 3 |
Annual trip with Trailwrights.
Complete the sidehill work on Kelley Trail begun in May. |
A crew of eleven built seventeen rock steps, completing
the reconstruction of this section! |