Trail Work

I got to get out for my first Dirty Thursday last night. The local chapter of SORBA (Pisgah Area Sorba) has an evening of trail work on Thursdays. I usually cannot get out there during the week but last night worked out well. I got to pull the tool trailer too.

I arrived around 5:30pm, hooked up the trailer and headed over to Rice Pinnacle. By 6pm we had about 10 people ready to offer some free labor. A reporter from Mountain Express even showed up.

We loaded up and drove up to Ingles Field Trail head. It turns out that I need to stiffen up the suspension, we kept bumping the trailer jack on the gravel road.

After we got our tools and had a little safety talk by trail building guru Shaun Moore, we walked up the trail. Hmmm, I don't like walking.

We ended up splitting into several groups. Most people worked on mud holes, creating drainage so that the mud holes would disappear, and choking the trail down to make it narrow again.

I ended up going with Mike and Patrick to scavenge for some rock to use as rock armoring. On Sept 27th is a big trail day and we are going to need lots of rock!

This turned out to be a lot of fun. We ended up finding quite a bit of rock and it was a flashback to childhood, rolling the rocks down the steep hill.

We worked until dark and headed back to the parking lot where we hung out for a little while before going our separate ways.

There is nothing like a group with a common purpose, working together, then enjoying each other's fellowship after the job is done. We should buy some wholesale clothing for everyone who works on the trails for Dirty Thursday.

Have a great day!!