Washington Valley Park TM Date 20091121
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[edit] Park
[edit] Date/Time
- November 21, 2009, 9:00 am
- Somerset County Parks flyer
- Additional info
[edit] Meeting Place
- Newman's Lane (see map below). Work site will be less than a mile, the main group will be walking to the site, riding is easy & flat as well.
[edit] Google Map of Work Area
[edit] Work Being Done
- The plan is to repair or re-route a few muddy areas on the White trail, aka Coney Island trails. Specifically...
- Initially we will reroute a small section of the main trail & close the muddy section.
- Next we need to move a small section of boardwalk & open a new exit out.
- Lastly is the re-route of the connector trail after the long boardwalk from the CR Road side. Lots of briers to deal with so this will be a slow & painful(literately) process.
[edit] Pictures/Videos of Work Area
[edit] Before
 Muddy accumulation, wide trail |
 Boardwalk area needs work |
 Looking from the boardwalk |
 Small wet area on white |
 Downed tree to be cleared |
[edit] During
 Chris Cutting Out the Logs |
 Trying to Perfect the Turn |
 Cleaning the Bridge Approach |
 Filling in the Bridge Support |
 Reassessing the Bridge |
[edit] Sponsor
- Kirt and Bob, since they're the ones bringing food & drink.
- JORBA tools supplied
[edit] Food Available
[edit] Tools & Items Needed
- No tools needed
- Bring some gloves if you have them.
- Wear some boots or sneakers you really don't care about.
- Bring your own drink
[edit] Expected Volunteers
- Kirt
- Norm
- Mike
- Woody
- BillC
- Ilya
- Jeff
- dnap
- j_short
- MontclairBobbyB
- qsilvr99
- Chris26er
- surf1net (probable)
- MannyBManny (questionable)
- creeker_1 (questionable)
- soundz (partial)
[edit] Pre/Post Ride
- Before: Norm will lead an easy paced ride at 7:00 am, call it 90 minutes to get the overall feel of the park.
- After: No current plans
[edit] Discussion
- MTBNJ Forum post - the announcement
[edit] Summary
- In all, 3 sections of the white trails were planned for Saturday. We had a good turnout and were able to get all 3 taken care of so the session was a success. Pictures of some of the work areas can be seen above in the pictures section.
- Part 1 was a general reroute of the white trail in the middle of the section connecting the Newmans Lane lot with Chimney Rock Road. The area is generally flat, so any trail will eventually get rutted in due to the water that permeates everything. Instead of using the whole session to armor a section of trail that was well-worn in, a new section of trail was built and the old one closed to regenerate. The old trail was arrow straight and sat slightly lower than some of the terrain. The new trail uses the land a bit better and runs slightly higher.
- Part 2 is the problem area in the middle of the connector trail. This is a low-lying area that runs through a pricker bush thicket and crosses a stream. A wooden bridge was built in years past but the trail was so wide that the 4 foot bridge sat next to a 4 foot wide trail. This sharp turn was closed and the bridge was moved to better suit the trail that now comes in at a better angle instead of a sharp bend. This is a particularly difficult area and only time will tell if the solution holds up or not.
- Part 3 was more on the eastern side of the white trails and is generally the same as Part 1. A low-lying plus time require an occasional reroute of existing trails. Experience in the park gives us some idea of what will happen and how best to address it, but like many of the white trails, the best we can do is hope that it lasts a little longer before the trail needs to rotate again. This 3rd part was also completed in the same session.
- In all we had a good turnout and were able to get done what we needed to get done. This was a great way to wrap up 2009 and we look forward to a successful 2010.
