A Cold Day on Bear Mountain – Dec. 11, 2012
Only seasoned trail builders show up when the day starts at 19 degrees. Today our four Traildogs competed another 1/4 mile of finish work on the seventh section. We parked on Brady Mountain Road, just north of where the seventh section will intersect the road, and hiked up to where our machine crew from Progressive Trail Design were busy carving out the final mile of the seventh section. It only required a hike of about 25 minutes to intersect the roughed in trail.
We are working back west toward where we stopped last week while the machine crew continues on east. The trail is mostly soil, clay, and small stones and is not difficult to work. We’re hoping to make good progress tomorrow. We are about a mile east of where we stopped last week. The machine crew is less than a mile from Brady Mountain Road.
We will meet in the morning at 10:00 am on Brady Mt. Rd., about four miles north of US 270. The forecast calls for warmer temperatures tomorrow but still very cold early in the morning, so layer up. We are approaching the beautiful saddle area of the trail where we plan to have our lunch break tomorrow.
Thanks
Jerry