CMC Weekly Trail Maintenance News
10/01/03
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Looking Ahead.......
Trail Maintenance scheduled for this week
Bill Newton's Work Crew-Friday
John says we did not work hard enough in Green River Game lands two weeks ago, so we have to go back and try again. But at least he has some different trails for this week. Meet again at the Cracker Barrel at 8. Please let me know if you will be out. Bill
Piet & Skip's Work Crew-Friday
Folks, This Friday we will start the big job of improving the MST trail on Mt. Mitchell. There have been about 40 RR ties dropped along the trail for steps so we will have plenty of materials to work with. There is also some lopping and other lighter tread work to do, so we should have something for everyone. Howard please bring your saw. Piet and Skip bring sledges. Others bring digging tools. Asheville folks meet at the Folk Art Center at 8:00. Hendersonville people at Ingles at 7:20. Please let me know if you are coming. Skip
Anyone interested in joining the trail crews contact: Hendersonville area-Bill Newton, 828-693-4033, Brevard area-Dick Johnson, 828-884-3685, Asheville area-Skip Shelton, 828-891-3264 or Piet Bodenhorst, 828-298-8371.
Annual Blue Ridge Parkway Fish Fry
The annual Blue Ridge Parkway appreciation fish fry lunch is scheduled for Friday, October 17 at noon. The location is in the auditorium at the Folk Art Center same place as last year.
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway's way of thanking the Carolina Mountain Club trail maintainers for all of the work we do on the Mountains to Sea Trail and the other trails on Blue Ridge Parkway land.
If you have worked on the Mountains to Sea Trail or other Blue Ridge Parkway trails in the past year contact your trails supervisor and get on the reservation list. Please make your reservation by October 7. Thank you for all you do! Don Walton
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Looking Back....
Bill Newton's Work Crew-Friday
It is the beginning of fall, and the weather looks good for Friday. So let's head for the parkway and work the MST again, this time maybe finishing up the section from hwy 215 to Buckeye Gap, and maybe even on over to Heywood Gap if we have enough workers. Should be a good day for operating swing blades and loppers, and maybe we will get to use the one man crosscut saw if we are lucky. A wilderness excursion this week. If enough are out, we can use weed eaters from Buckeye to Heywood. As ever, please let me know if you will be working so I can arrange tools and transportation. Meet in the new parking lot at the ranger station - not the work center - at 8. Bill
Piet & Skip's Work Crew-Friday
Folks, This is the week we wait for all year. Sam Samuals has invited us to his house again for ice cream following our work day so plan on coming if you can. We will go into the Groundhog Creek shelter, and work out both ways from there. We have a report of a big tree down just up the trail towards Brown Gap from the shelter, but otherwise the trails are suppose to be in fairly good shape. Any trail can use some improvement, however, so come prepared to look for narrow tread, water problems, lopping, and any other general "fix-up" type work. We will knock off early (around 1:00 ) to give us plenty of time to get to Sam's and enjoy his hospitality. Piet please bring your saw and plan on getting the tree mentioned above, Others bring digging tools. Asheville folks meet at Home Depot at exit 44 of I-40 at 8:00. Hendersonville people at Ingles at 7:20. Please get back to me if you are coming on Friday because Sam wants a count, so he can prepare enough goodies. Skip