bumpWharton Trail Maintenance Days Fall-Winter 2021-2022View attachment 166986
(Note to self: don't forget the glitter!)There are two maintenance days in November, Sunday 11/14/21 and Thursday 11/18/21, nine to noon, maybe more.
Inclement weather/conditions cancels. RSVP to sj_trailrider AT yahoo.com for the meeting and maintenance location. Work plans TBD. Please bring water, gloves, suitable footware and a sense of humor. You will be required to complete and sign a waiver if you haven't already done so. Trail tools will be available. Rainbow glitter might be used. Katana Boy will likely appear. Wharton Volunteer Trail Maintenance is done under the supervision of Wharton staff.
Shoulda just climbed em like @sj_john!Attn: @slingblade_uhhuh Not sure if it came down since last weekend or not, but there’s quite a bit of debris on blue between red and white intersections. Most are small logs that can be pretty easily rolled over, but there are a couple in 3-5” range that are sitting above grade. I don’t bunny hop well enough for those. No saw with me today so there wasn’t much I could do with anything I found. Moved what I could and below am including some rough positions of other noted hazards. Small diameter leaners, but hung up enough I couldn’t shake them free and run. Forgot to mark it, but there is also 1 on western green singletrack within about 1/4 mile out past the blue hiking trail crossing.
Leaners
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Downed pine
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Suspect this will fall away from the trail, but it’s badly rotting and close to the tread.
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Remind me to return your towell....The next Wharton Forest trail maintenance day is Sunday December 12. Inclement weather/conditions cancels. Work plan includes the TeaBerry Trail and the middle mile of the Huckleberry Trail. Meet at 9:00 near the trail head. We'll be back by noon. Please bring water, gloves, suitable footware and a sense of humor. You will be required to complete and sign a waiver if you haven't already done so. Trail tools will be available. Wharton Volunteer Trail Maintenance is done under the supervision of Wharton staff.
1/9/22 trail work is canceled.The next Wharton Forest MTB trail maintenance day is Sunday January 9. Inclement weather/conditions cancels.
Work plan includes clipping back the east side of the Penn Branch Trail. Meet at 9:00 near the trail head. We'll be back by noon. Please bring water, gloves, suitable footware and a sense of humor. You will be required to complete and sign a waiver for 2022. Trail tools will be available. Wharton Volunteer MTB Trail Maintenance is done under the supervision of Wharton staff.
There are restrooms on the side of the visitor center, and 24/7 porto-sans on the side of the parking lot. Please do not frighten/annoy someones grandmother by using the Batsto Visitor Center Parking lot as a urinal.
And this will need to be posted more than once. Most people that are on this site don't need a lesson in decorum but its the only avenue we have...lotta idiots ride bikes too!it bothers me that you need to post this.
If you are going, go early before it thaws. If you find yourself on the trail when the trail is thawing and turning to a sand slurry, please save the trail and jump onto the adjacent sand roads. The sand roads will be good to ride.Thoughts on trail conditions tomorrow (Sunday) morning?