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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@comcast.net