Bear Mountain Construction – Nov. 19, 2012 – The Traildog Vista
We had four volunteers today who assisted in the construction of the newly-christened “Traildog Vista” on the seventh section of the trail on Bear Mountain. We installed a trail bench and utilized the native stone of the mountain to enhance the site. We cleared brush and two dead spars which opened up the sweeping view of Lake Ouachita far below.
The Progressive Trail Design machine crew continues to gouge out new tread and are now past the rifle range located at the base of the South slope of the mountain. The Traildog volunteers have now completed one and two-thirds miles of the newly dug tread and are only about two feet behind the machine team’s mini-excavator that trails the lead Sutter trail dozer and mini-skidder machines breaking down the down slope debris and cutting the angle of repose.
We are canceling tomorrow’s planned work day to allow the dig team to to extend at least 1/3 of mile ahead of our finish work. We hope to resume our finish work on Monday November 26th, at 9:00 am. We meet again at the Crystal Springs Marina for the barge ride to the mountain. We will stop our finish work on Friday, November 30th as at that point the travel time to the work site becomes too extended. We will resume our finish work when the Machine Team reaches Brady Mountain Road, allowing us to access the work site from the East, thereby significantly reducing our travel time.
Attached are photos from the New Traildog Vista. We hope you all have a blessed and fulfilling Thanksgiving.
Thanks
Jerry