Thanks to Volunteers!

The 2014 Ringwood Trail work season is complete. Jorba would like to thank all it's 45 dedicated volunteers that came out to lend a hand at Ringwood this past year. We logged 579 man hours. The park values those hours at $13,000. of labor. Whether you came for an hour or returned every week to work, your efforts are appreciated and the trails are in great shape because of you. Section 3, 4 and 5 of the Crossover Tr re-route are compete. Section 2 has been started and we hope you all come back next year to help finish that section.

With the pipeline construction going on the past few years, Ringwood state park has been a mess to ride through. The pipeline work is finally done and the corridor has been restored. You should be able to find most crossings by a path in the grass or trail marker. Enjoy!

I hope you all get out for riding before too much snow falls. See you all next spring!

Project Update

Summer is winding down and there is much to report on what has been done and is about to begin this week. Yes, we are paused and ready to start our next push of new trail up to Pierson Ridge. Our next weekend work day is Sunday Aug 10. Meet at Ryerson School 130 Valley Rd Ringwood NJ 07456. Be prepared to ride bikes to the work site, as it is a few miles in.

Summer projects have gone really well, thanks to the hard working volunteers. Warm Puppy is now connected to last years work and is riding really well according to reports. Last Thursday, a minor repair was done near Warm Puppy. Dirty Thursday plans to meet again tomorrow Aug 7th in Lot C to do another repair. The last Dirty Thursday Aug 21, crews will be working near Webly Pond on the new section or where needed. Please RSVP for location.

National Trail Day

National Trail Day build day may have been a last minute addition to the schedule, but enthusiastic volunteers worked in a large way today! The bulk of the trail is complete and may be opened up for use in a week or two. Jorba would like to thank it's National Trail Day trail crew for giving 34 hours today:

Henry
Alex
Mark
Sandy
Chris
Willy
Patti
Art
Ellen

2014 Progress and Work

It may have seemed like spring took it's time to get here, but volunteer trail workers were out there working as soon as the snow melted. Art and I led the first few trail sessions working directly for the park service trying to re-route a trail that had been obliterated by the development of some rogue lines leading people off the trail. We had laid out a new route in the winter before the snow came, so that we could get right to it in the Spring.

As work began, the new line suffered vandalization the first few weeks. We consistently returned and repaired it with crews and moved ahead. It was challenging to keep volunteers from getting discouraged about the vandalization, but we advised them that we are many strong and do not plan to give up that easily. The new trail laid in beautifully and many have come to us and said "the trail should have been there from the beginning". So, although we needed to return to this trail 3 years after it was built, I think we have a better trail now. I am not backhandedly thanking the rogue builder, but many good things have come from this experience, and I think many have learned and are better trail builders and advocates today.





With that behind us, we are back to working on the Jorba Cross-over trail re-route project. This next section will connect last years work to the intersection at Warm Puppy Rock. We are more than halfway through that section. Our next work day will be Saturday June 7, National Trails Day. We would love to see you all come out and lend a hand in completing this section. Meet at Lot C by 9:00 am. Be sure to let the park employee at the toll booth know that you will working with Jorba Trail Crew.