Post by percypeaks on Jun 7, 2010 16:48:01 GMT -5
There is lots to report about trail work from Nash Stream to Pittsburg.
Next week, steel trusses will be placed across Big Brook and the proposed new bridge completed. That will link the two new superb trails, the Moose Alley and the Falls in the River Trail. So you won't have to wade the stream to connect the two newly completed trails.
This past week, the Falls in the River Trail got three bog bridge spans in the Dry Brook area to put the final touches on that pathway. Falls in the River Trail is, without question, the gem in the system so far in Pittsburg.
The Camp Otter Trail received a little more than 300 feet of puncheon spans in the spruce bog just south of Coon Brook. It still needs as much as 400 to 500 additional feet of bog bridging, plus about 800 feet of ditching to dry out one section of trail. We should have a whole host of challenge race volunteers to help us get those jobs done in August. Until then, the trail will not be complete, but if the weather dries out, we will try to make it possible to follow the route so folks can get off Route 3 in that area. But after mid-August, that trail should be fully complete.
The Idlewilde Spur, part of the Idlewide Trail, is now open. Just above Second Lake dam, the trail reaches a point with fine views over the lake to Stub Hill and Rump Mountain.
By the end of June , the Prospect Mountain Trail should be open for traffic from Mountain Bungalow and Bear Ledge Campground over the open summit of Mt. Prospect to Ramblewood Cabins and Campground. That trail is nearing completion now.
In the Nash Stream Forest, the Rowells Link got a good deal of attention. It is well blazed, ditched, and the blowdowns removed. It is in the best shape ever. A tangle just below the foot bridge was removed to drop the water level of Rowells Brook, as well, so high water will not threaten the span.
The Gadwah Notch Trail has been cleared almost entirely and re-blazed fully all the way from the Headwaters Gate to Baldhead Lean-to, a distance of some five miles. The only section -- about 1,200 feet -- that did not get a going over was in the very bottom of the Sims Stream Valley area. We will get to that in August, but it should not be problem.
Lots of blazing was installed and repainted and some ditching done.
In August, we will improve about 30 feet of approach to the notch itself. There is a big puddle there and we have to bridge it. We'll do that. Pick your way around it now.
The proposed Trio Trail from Trio Ponds Road all the way around Long Mountain to the Percy Loop Camp site has been flagged. That's about 3.5 miles of hiking, should we get permission to put the trail in. That will take hikers off the Nash Stream Road altogether.
In the next month or so, the Round Pond Brook Trail should come on line, followed by the Covell Mountain Trail, with its several summits and trek down to Round Pond. Last but not least will likely be the two-mile Idlewidle Trail to East Inlet area and Deer Mountain Campground.
It is looking very good for the completion of all these trails this summer. Keep checking with www.cohostrail.org for updates on trail openings. You will want to add the new trails to your itinerary as you hike this summer.
percy peaks
Next week, steel trusses will be placed across Big Brook and the proposed new bridge completed. That will link the two new superb trails, the Moose Alley and the Falls in the River Trail. So you won't have to wade the stream to connect the two newly completed trails.
This past week, the Falls in the River Trail got three bog bridge spans in the Dry Brook area to put the final touches on that pathway. Falls in the River Trail is, without question, the gem in the system so far in Pittsburg.
The Camp Otter Trail received a little more than 300 feet of puncheon spans in the spruce bog just south of Coon Brook. It still needs as much as 400 to 500 additional feet of bog bridging, plus about 800 feet of ditching to dry out one section of trail. We should have a whole host of challenge race volunteers to help us get those jobs done in August. Until then, the trail will not be complete, but if the weather dries out, we will try to make it possible to follow the route so folks can get off Route 3 in that area. But after mid-August, that trail should be fully complete.
The Idlewilde Spur, part of the Idlewide Trail, is now open. Just above Second Lake dam, the trail reaches a point with fine views over the lake to Stub Hill and Rump Mountain.
By the end of June , the Prospect Mountain Trail should be open for traffic from Mountain Bungalow and Bear Ledge Campground over the open summit of Mt. Prospect to Ramblewood Cabins and Campground. That trail is nearing completion now.
In the Nash Stream Forest, the Rowells Link got a good deal of attention. It is well blazed, ditched, and the blowdowns removed. It is in the best shape ever. A tangle just below the foot bridge was removed to drop the water level of Rowells Brook, as well, so high water will not threaten the span.
The Gadwah Notch Trail has been cleared almost entirely and re-blazed fully all the way from the Headwaters Gate to Baldhead Lean-to, a distance of some five miles. The only section -- about 1,200 feet -- that did not get a going over was in the very bottom of the Sims Stream Valley area. We will get to that in August, but it should not be problem.
Lots of blazing was installed and repainted and some ditching done.
In August, we will improve about 30 feet of approach to the notch itself. There is a big puddle there and we have to bridge it. We'll do that. Pick your way around it now.
The proposed Trio Trail from Trio Ponds Road all the way around Long Mountain to the Percy Loop Camp site has been flagged. That's about 3.5 miles of hiking, should we get permission to put the trail in. That will take hikers off the Nash Stream Road altogether.
In the next month or so, the Round Pond Brook Trail should come on line, followed by the Covell Mountain Trail, with its several summits and trek down to Round Pond. Last but not least will likely be the two-mile Idlewidle Trail to East Inlet area and Deer Mountain Campground.
It is looking very good for the completion of all these trails this summer. Keep checking with www.cohostrail.org for updates on trail openings. You will want to add the new trails to your itinerary as you hike this summer.
percy peaks