[Volunteers_fosm] FOSM Trail Building Report for July 18, 2019

[Bob Galloway via Volunteers_fosm]

The Friends of the Sandia Mountains (FOSM) led a trail crew up to continue
work on the Cienega/Armijo Trails Improvement Project (CATIP). The crew is
concentrating on completing loops back to Faulty, Canoncito, and Armijo
Trails to improve access to the trail network.

A crew of ten volunteers showed up for the trail session: Lorna Morrow,
Jenny Blackmore, Byron Garner, Eric Russell, Phil Cromer, Jim Houle, Pat
and Mike Madden, and Betsy and Bob Galloway.

The crew first completed a short (0.04 mile) reroute towards the top of the
what will be Madera Locura to reroute a fall-line section onto the side
hill. A few members hiked the short distance to the Faulty Trail connection
and worked their way back, opening up the trail corridor, removing loose
rock, and providing drain points. An encounter with a hiker's very
unfriendly dog off-leash was the low point of that task. The crew then
worked their way down to Section TC03 which will provide a sustainable
bypass of another fall-line section of trail. Work here was slow because
the corridor had not been cleared and there was a huge amount of ponderosa
deadfall.

The hike in was just over 1.5 miles and mostly uphill. Luckily the
temperatures were not too high for the hike in. Toward noon the crew was
feeling the heat but there was a slight breeze, there was quite a bit of
shade to work in, and humidity was low. Ok, it was still hot.

All pics in the attached by Betsy Galloway.

Bob Galloway
FOSM  Project Leader
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