{"id":6308,"date":"2016-01-12T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2016-01-12T13:06:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T21:06:57","slug":"ken-burton-trail-restoration-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2016\/01\/12\/ken-burton-trail-restoration-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Burton Trail Restoration – Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Crew<\/p><\/div>\n

January 10, 2016\u00a0was another extremely productive day\u00a0for the Ken Burton Trail Restoration project. \u00a0With recent storms, it was reassuring to see our of work holding up perfectly well. In fact, the restored sections of Ken Burton fared better than the Upper Brown Mountain fire road, which was rutted and much more rocky than before the storms.<\/p>\n

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Retaining wall crew at work – Photo by Matt Lay<\/p><\/div>\n

Once again teaming up with the Mount Wilson Bicycling Association,\u00a021 volunteers were able to\u00a0do a first-pass cutting brush on 0.3 miles of trail, with tread restoration completed on 0.2 miles of that. Matt Lay, of MWBA led the effort to\u00a0complete\u00a0the first wire basket retaining wall. At our last day, the lower retaining wall was completed. The upper wall is almost complete, needing a few more hours of work. There are two more retaining wall sections that will need similar rebuilding.<\/p>\n

We were blessed with perfect trailwork conditions. Rain was in the forecast for the night before our event, with most forecasts showing the weather tapering off by morning. That’s exactly what we had: nice damp soil, and cool, comfortable work conditions.<\/p>\n

The day before the scheduled trailwork, I\u00a0took a load of tools up via bob trailer, and did a walk-through video of the section we were to work on.\u00a0After the trailwork day was completed, I repeated the video walk-through. The before and after videos show what an amazing transformation is possible. The two videos are embedded\u00a0below.<\/p>\n

We also have to thank Pat Phillips, a long-time trailwork volunteer and supporter who helped build the trail in the 90s. He graciously hosted us once again for lunch after the day’s work.<\/p>\n

Mount Wilson Bicycling Association will be hosting the next trailwork day on Ken Burton this coming Sunday, January 17. and \u00a0CORBA will host again on January 24 (both dates are weather-permitting). We all want to see this trail restored and opened!<\/p>\n

Thanks once again to the tremendous volunteers for their hard work and dedication.<\/p>\n

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Ahead, brush. Behind, a trail.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Progress:<\/h2>\n
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Progress!\u00a0 (Click for a larger view)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Start both videos about the same time, and see\u00a0the\u00a0transformation for yourself (hint: mute the before video).\u00a0\u00a0The videos are about 8 minutes long.<\/p>\n

Before:<\/h2>\n
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