Brady Mt. Road to Blakely Mt. Dam Dig Scheduled
Fellow Trail Diggers,
We are finally ready to begin construction of the Brady Mountain Road to Blakely Dam section of the LOViT. We have signed a construction contract with Progressive Trail Design, Inc. (PTD) to lead the construction effort beginning February 10, 2014. PTD was the construction company we utilized to build the final five miles of the Bear Mountain section of the trail. PTD is a professional trail building contractor with extensive experience building single track multiple use trails.
This five-plus mile section has been designed, flagged and approved for construction and will be a great addition to the previous 39 miles of trail. This new section will begin directly east of Brady Mountain Road from the current termination point on the west side of the road. Once we have established our work schedules we will publish the planned workdays and times.
Once we have competed this section, we will have completed the planned 45 miles of basic trail and spurs. Our future plans may include adding additional spurs and loops to enhance the experience of the LOViT.
Prior to our beginning our finish work on this new section, we are working with the US Forest Service to provide a chain saw certification class for Traildog volunteers. Volunteers who wish to utilize chainsaws for construction or maintenance on trails in the National Forest must attend this certification class. If you have an interest in this class please let me know so we can add you to the class schedule.
Thanks, and I will provide a schedule as it is finalized.
Jerry