Big thanks to
@snashters,
@JPark and
@Robin for helping out today, as well as a few hiker volunteers. But even bigger thanks to the local Impact Youth Group who brought about 20 teenagers eager to swing some tools! The hike to this spot isn't fun but they were troopers. After some instruction they were lopping, rock collecting, debris moving, armor puzzling machines! Many hands made light work here.
First, we cleared debris and re-established the natural water channel to keep the water moving downhill and off the trail.
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Then we basically stole all the rocks from the old armoring under the big tree so we had more than enough good ones and didn't need to search far.
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I brought Spartacus and some thought the plan was to remove the giant boulder in the middle of the trail...heck no! This is Sourlands so we collected more big rocks to put in front and behind it to make it ridable!
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Then we did a light dirt layer over the rock armoring to lock it all in. Don't worry, those rocks will be poking through the trail surface in no time.
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Very happy with how it turned out. Next TM is November 19th (last official one of the year)