Stephens State Park Conditions

[Teutonic]

A friend gave me a report of a ~7" tree down around here:

 

[Teutonic]

Someone cleared the one in post #1,700 above. 👊

 

[christryon]

@Teutonic that looks like some of the chainsaw training came in handy 🙂

 

[chainsawer]

A friend gave me a report of a ~7" tree down around here:
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If somebody's passing by this, can you verify if it's still there. These small hand-sawable blowdowns in high traffic areas have a habit of vanishing on their own. Would rather focus on bigger issues if I can. Thanks!

 

[de00304]

If somebody's passing by this, can you verify if it's still there. These small hand-sawable blowdowns in high traffic areas have a habit of vanishing on their own. Would rather focus on bigger issues if I can. Thanks!

I might have got that one today. We took out this one with a silky:

 

[de00304]

There were a few more that needed a chainsaw - the one on Tally Ho was pretty big:

 

[de00304]

There was also one on the Tilcon Lake Trail - I didn’t get a pic but it was around 12” or so, and located approx here:

 

[de00304]

There were also 3 trees fallen by beavers and blocking the trail by the lake - we cleared those…

 

[jdog]

There was also one on the Tilcon Lake Trail - I didn’t get a pic but it was around 12” or so, and located approx here:

We dragged that one out of the way with a group of eight guys

 

[jdog]

Saw one tree down at the very top of under the mulch pit/plus the town is not happy that we’re riding that trail so they made a huge pile of mulch at the top which sucks

 

[Teutonic]

Saw one tree down at the very top of under the mulch pit/plus the town is not happy that we’re riding that trail so they made a huge pile of mulch at the top which sucks

Huger than usual? I feel like I've seen it grow and shrink over the years.

 

[leo_c]

If somebody's passing by this, can you verify if it's still there. These small hand-sawable blowdowns in high traffic areas have a habit of vanishing on their own. Would rather focus on bigger issues if I can. Thanks!

I passed by around noon it was still there

Two down on Hally Toe, lower elevation one is a big boy

 

[chainsawer]

Today, the blockages on Hally Toe, Tally Ho and the upper pink connector (marked by the red waypoints) have all been cleared. Thanks for all of the excellent intel.

 

[chainsawer]

Saw one tree down at the very top of under the mulch pit/plus the town is not happy that we’re riding that trail so they made a huge pile of mulch at the top which sucks

@jdog I just wanted to be certain.... Was the red dot in the area of where you saw the blockage? It would make sense that it was because I think that's where the bulldozed piles of mulch might be. I wanted to be certain it wasn't the top of the actual trail called "under the mulch". Estimated girth? Thanks!!

 

[jdog]

@jdog I just wanted to be certain.... Was the red dot in the area of where you saw the blockage? It would make sense that it was because I think that's where the bulldozed piles of mulch might be. I wanted to be certain it wasn't the top of the actual trail called "under the mulch". Estimated girth? Thanks!!

That's the spot for sure.. 12"ish log. Small saw would be fine. .. If you go down the trail there is at least 2 other logs that are passable but need cutting.

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/warning-working-mulch-pit-upper/

 

[Teutonic]

Bill and I cleared the one (purple dot) discussed in post #1,714/1,715 above with the hand chain. We left the poison ivy vines for someone with a hand saw and who isn't so allergic.

The other one mentioned is about 10" in dia (red dot above).
We also cut a smaller one out in the fast early section of Skeezix. One more small one below that we couldn't get due to time restraints: