[Volunteers_fosm] Trees down across Bill Spring Trail, Faulty Trail, and Oso Corredor Trail

[pauline&rick]

Hi all,

I tried to send this tree-down report last night on the Yahoo CTR group 
last night. As of this morning, it had not shown up in our email. So 
after consulting with Bob Lowder, I'm trying out this new email list 
system.

Tuesday afternoon we parked at Doc Long Picnic Area, hiked up Bill 
Spring Trail to Faulty Trail, then just under a mile up Oso Corredor 
Trail. The trails were the expected mix of clear/dry, muddy and snowy 
areas. We found lots of trees down across the trails.

There is a train wreck across Bill Spring Trail, about 750 feet from the 
trailhead. Two large dead conifers (about 19 and 20 inches in diameter) 
have fallen across the trail several feet above it. This mess can be 
walked around with some difficulty. This is just uphill from the 
fenced-off area with water-handling equipment in it. Another 0.5 miles 
up Bill Spring Trail, very close to the intersection with Faulty trail, 
there is a combination of an oak tree with two smaller branches (each 
about 4 inches in diameter) and a dead conifer (about 6 inches in 
diameter) across the trail. It can be passed by going under and over the 
different branches.

About 450 feet up Faulty Trail, there is a dead conifer with lots of 
branches in and across the trail. It can be walked around and the 
largest piece is about 6 inches in diameter. Another ~400 feet up Faulty 
Trail, there is a dead conifer (about 13 inches in diameter) across the 
trail. It is knee-high above the trail and can be climbed over. Another 
~180 feet up Faulty Trail there is a dead conifer (about 5 inches in 
diameter) across the trail, with another similar sized one another ~100 
feet up the trail. They can be climbed over or ducked under. Another 
~100 feet up Faulty Trail there are three dead conifers (about 6, 7 and 
8 inches in diameter) across the trail. They can be stepped over. This 
is ~240 feet from the intersection with Oso Corredor trail.

About 250 feet from the intersection of Oso Corredor trail and Faulty 
trail, there are two dead conifers across Oso Corredor trail. They are 
about 10 and 8 inches in diameter and can be stepped over. Another ~600 
ft up Oso Corredor, there is a dead conifer (about 12 inches in 
diameter) across the trail. It is about knee-high above the trail and 
can be climbed over. Another 0.2 miles further up Oso Corredor , there 
is a mess across the trail. A large dead conifer (about 24 inches in 
diameter) is several feet above the trail, plus there are some small 
trees down and lots of branches in the trail. It can all be walked 
around, but not easily. Another 0.2 miles up Oso Corredor. There is a 
dead conifer (about 18 inches in diameter) across the trail along with 
another dead conifer (about 6 inches in diameter) ~100 feet further up 
the trail. These are in/on the snow and can be stepped/climbed over. 
Another 0.2 miles up Oso Corredor, a dead conifer (about 12 inches in 
diameter) is across the trail. It is about shoulder high above the trail 
and must be walked around. Another 0.2 miles up Oso Corredor, a dead 
conifer (about 13 inches in diameter) is across the trail. It is 
knee-high above the trail and can be walked around. We turned around at 
this point - from here it is ~1.8 miles to the Tree Spring Trail 
intersection. We suspect that there are more trees down across that 
section of trail.

The attached pdf documents (one covering Bill Spring and Faulty trails, 
the other covering Oso Corredor trail) have photos, GPS coordinates 
(WGS84) and elevations.

We removed 3 small trees from Bill Spring Trail (~2, 3 and 3 inches in 
diameter), 2 from Faulty Trail (~ 3 and 4 inches in diameter) and 3 from 
Oso Corredor trail (~ 2, 5 and 8 inches in diameter) along with lots of 
sticks.

Hopefully this will work. Maybe you'll also get copies from the Yahoo 
group at some random time in the future.

Cheers,

Pauline Ho & Rick Buss
hobuss at comcast.net



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