[NMCCSC] Removal of down trees from 10K North Trail, Wed., 12/30

[Marlene Brown]

Thanks a million to everyone that helped.  Now we need some snow so we can
ski on it.

-Marlene-

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 11:04 AM Sam Beard via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Hello Skiers,
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> The following report was sent to the FOSM (Friends of the Sandia
> Mountains) e-group concerning removal of trees down on 10K North Trail in
> the Sandia Mountains.
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> Byron Garner, Michael Arndt, and Sam Beard are members of the Ski Club.
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> Sam
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> Hello Everyone,
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> On Wednesday, December 30, nine FOSM volunteers removed ten down trees
> from 10K North Trail. John Harrington had reported these trees and provided
> the GPS coordinates of their locations. These coordinates were used to plot
> the locations on a Google Earth satellite photo relative to 10K N Trailhead
> to help estimate the distance to be hiked and to locate the trees.
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> The volunteers worked in two crews – four in a crosscut saw team and five
> in a chain saw team.
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>    1. *Crosscut Saw Team Led by Jim Levesque* – Jim reported that this
>    crew removed four trees ranging from 5 to 11 inches in diameter with two
>    personal crosscut saws owned by members of the crew. The volunteers were
>    Jerry Pekarek, Byron Garner, Rav Nicholson, and Jim Levesque. Several FOSM
>    volunteers have collections of one to a dozen vintage and modern crosscut
>    saws (Jim Levesque)
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>    1. *Chain Saw Team Led by Lou Romero and Sam Beard* – The members of
>    this team were Cliff Giles, Jerry Carroll, Michael Arndt, Lou, and Sam.
>    Jerry carried a chain saw with an 18-inch bar, and Michael a saw with a
>    16-inch bar. These saws were certainly adequate for the trees cut on this
>    outing.  This team removed 11-inch and 16-inch trees. In addition to these
>    trees that were reported by John, this crew removed four 5-inch hang-ups
>    that over the trail and low enough to be hazards to skiers and visitors on
>    horses. (Sam Beard)
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> The volunteers hiked with either snowshoes or traction devices on their
> boots on the packed snow.
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> Photographs of the project are presented in the attached Word document.
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> Jim and Sam
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