Summer Building Winding Down

Thanks to the volunteers that came out to work on the Crossover Trail re-route this past week. A good chunk of this re-route is complete. We will probably work a few more Thursdays to finish this section up, so that it can be blazed and opened shortly. Yes, I know I use "we" loosely, as I have not been able to work myself due to a sprained ankle. I hope to be well enough to work next Thursday. While on the subject of volunteers, I would like to mention a few: James and Manny have been above and beyond in not only helping with actual work, but in also helping with planning and leading volunteers. This has been a huge help for Art, and also allows for fresh ideas to come into the mix at the planning and building stages. If you like the trail and run into these guys, please let them know how you feel. They deserve some credit for these improvements.

If you have been out riding these 2 new trails, I'm sure you have noticed a slightly different flow from many other trails in the park and actually less rocks on the trail. This is not a permanent sea change in our trail building style, but rather an attempt to add variety into the park in a way that will suit it's users. As we work east up to Peirson Ridge, the trail will be more advanced as it goes deeper into the park.

If you would like to work the next few Thursdays, please rsvp to Art Wednesday night for his work plans. September hours will count for 2014 race Paydirt points.



Lots of rain this year has made an incredible display of mushrooms in the park. I hope you all get a chance to get out to enjoy in between the rain drops.

Crossover Trail Part 2

Thanks to all the volunteers that have come out this year. Construction on the first section of the crossover trail re-route is complete, however it will not be blazed until the upper section is complete. We hope to start that section late next year. The past few weeks, we also took the time to do a small re-route on the race course poison ivy section and both this section and the new crossover section flow nicely together and are riding great.

We have started our next section of re-route which will eliminate the muddy road between Millie Whites and Ice pond. We plan to work Thursdays through the end of August, and have Saturday August 31 penciled in as tentative. We will confirm on that a week before. So if you are looking for some last minute Paydirt, we may be able to put you to work on the last day for 2013 points.