[NMCCSC] Report of trail work on Los Griegos Mtn. in Jemez, Fri., Oct. 18

[Mike Meier via NMCCSCeGroup]

Sorry Wendy for not having captured you in the group photo.  Especially
after being a self-proclaimed "good photographer."
Best regards,
Mike

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 11:51 AM Sam via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Hello Skiers,
>
>  On Friday, October 18, 2019, Ski Club volunteers drove to the Jemez
> Ranger Station where Brett Flaharty, Jemez Ranger District
> Trails/Wilderness/ Developed Sites Manager, joined us, and we went to the
> Corral Canyon Trailhead on NM-4. As had been forecast, winds were high
> there, and we decided that it would not be a good idea to work in this area
> with many dead trees that had been killed in the Las Conchas Fire in 2011.
>
>  We drove back to the Los Griegos Mountain parking area and hiked a
> half-mile connecting trail to the Squirrel Canyon Trailhead on Upper Road.
> As we hiked up this trail, Dean Athow nailed several blue diamonds to trees
> where they were missing. We were fortunate to have four chain saws –
> Brett’s USFS saw and three saws brought by Bill White, Sam Beard, and Jerry
> Carroll. The lower half of Squirrel Canyon was in areas of green trees and
> in areas where the Cajete Fire burned a few years ago. The upper part of
> the trail was mostly in green trees.
>
>  Brett left the group about noon to meet a busload of school children to
> hike the East Fork River from Las Conchas Trailhead and talk with them
> about Leave No Trace. We removed about 20 down trees on Squirrel Canyon
> Trail that had not been maintained since the Cajete Fire a few years ago.
> This trail will be enjoyable to ski this winter, if the area has adequate
> snow. We hiked back to the highway on parts of the Elk Ridge and Ladera
> Trails. After working two days on Los Griegos Mountain this year, we have
> not yet maintained the upper switchbacks on Ladera Trail, but we will work
> on them next year.
>
>  The volunteers were Wendy Cox, Mike Meier, Jerry Carroll, Dean Athow,
> Michael Arndt, Bill White, and Sam Beard. Ski Club members appreciate the
> work done by these Club members that will make this trail more enjoyable
> this winter.
>
>  Photographs of the project are presented in the attached Word document.
>
>  Sam Beard, Trails Chair
>
> New Mexico Cross Country Ski Club
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