Completion of the Bear Mountain Trail Section, Feb. 14, 2013
We had five seasoned Traildogs join us on the trail today. We were able to finally complete the finish work on the east end of the seventh section; the “seventh section” runs across Bear Mountain from Little Bear Creek on the west to Brady Mountain Road on the east.
The work today included armoring the wet crossing at the east end trailhead on Brady Mountain Road and completing the final finish work of cutting roots and raking out the new tread on the final 1/3 mile of the new tread.
The east end of the Trail at Brady Mt. Rd. is seeing a great deal of usage as the word spreads about this new section. Parking is becoming a safety issue, with folks trying to find a spot near the trail to leave their vehicles. This road is a very busy road, so all users should especially careful when parking along the road until we can develop a formal parking area.
Next week, on Wednesday February 20, we will be installing trail benches. The first bench will be installed at the Iron Creek Cascades spur on section three east of the Joplin trailhead. We will meet at the old trailhead parking area just off Mt. Harbor Rd. by the white house located just east of the Irons Creek bridge. We will meet at 9:00 am. Tools will be furnished.