Black Mountain NEW Trail Build Day Saturday 12/27

bankerboy · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:24 am

FINALLY!!!!

Come help lend a hand to build the newest addition to Black Mountain.

We are building the first section (Blue circle) that will eventually lead from the Miner's Ridge parking lot down to the Gliderport.

Date/Time: Saturday, December 27, 8 am - 1 pm
Location: Miner's Ridge Parking Lot GPS Location 32.994828, -117.115761
Tools and Training Provided but bring your own gloves and protective gear

We want lots of people. The more the merrier and the faster the work will go. The brush has been cleared, the land is raw and needs a lot to TLC.

PLEASE PM ME!!! I need counts so Ranger Ed is prepared. Looking forward to seeing and working with all of you.

Matt

So far we have

Bankerboy + 1
OhNoo
Dirtrider
OldDogDan
Earache
Rodster
Questionis
Leucadian Girl
Trailburner
Canan
Random walk
Evdog

Why isn't your name here????

Dirtrider · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:42 pm

Hope I can make it since it's so long of a drive... :mrgreen:

Dirtrider · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:07 pm

We move stones then drink stones :cheers:

bankerboy · **Posted:** Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:35 am

Updated info bump!! Added roster to the main post.

OldDogDan · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:03 pm

Bump! Added one to the roster.

bankerboy · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:20 pm

The power of the GREEN is strong with this one...

First and foremost MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! I hope you found peace and happiness with your family and loved ones.

That being said, time to get serious and get ready for some heavy work.

So far we have 8 from the Meet-Up site, 9 from DT, two from MTBR and several from the SDMBA site. Overall, I am hopeful we see 20. I would love more as we have a lot of trial to cut. A large showing will go a great distance towards making solid points with Ranger Ed.

Rodster has already done the leg work to get us here but is now hobbled with medical issues. We are all needed to do the lifting for him now.

Please show up, even if it is for just a few hours. We have enough work for 50 or more!

See you at the Miner's Ridge Parking lot on Saturday, Dec 27 at 8 am.

Dirtrider · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2014 2:17 pm

My Son and rode Blk mt today and checked the trail out. There's a lot of work to do so the more the better. Bring a friend :thumbsup:

BTW- first tracks :mrgreen:

TrailBurner · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:12 pm

In.

I think you saw you today Dirtrider. I was the idiot running on the the trail today.

random walk · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:35 pm

Count me in.

evdog · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:02 am

In, see you all there

Dirtrider · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:38 am

The trail head parking area might be jammed so if you can carpool or park at Blk Mt comm park just west on this area and carpool in from there it might help. Great to see so many coming to help out :thumbsup:

Earache · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:54 pm

Beautiful day and perfect dirt to build a trail... and it was nice meeting y'all DT'ers out there today.
Pretty good turn-out, don't ya' think bankerboy?
Ranger Ed said several times how happy and impressed he was with the work that was done.

rodster · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:15 pm

Huge thanks to all that made it out today on such short notice. You knocked it out of the park in terms of what we got done and the quality of what was done. The rangers were really stoked to see how much progress was made in just a few short hours.

Bankerboy took lot's of pics. I'll let those stand as testimony to how sweet this new singletrack will be.

bankerboy · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:37 pm

Slow on the draw (nice 3 hour nap) so pics are forthcoming. I will start a trail report thread and post the link here. In the meantime, Ranger Ed sent me the following:

Thanks again guys for helping to organize the work out there and making it happen. It’s really motivating to see so much get done so quickly after some of the drudgery of the clearing work. It might be a long shot, but it would be amazing if we could complete these trails this winter. For a number of reasons, I think this is the most challenging section we will face.

As Rod stated, just about any Saturday, if you are feeling the need to take out some aggression, there will be opportunities. Also, just to help move it along, there will be a few midweek oppertunites to assist with next section. This will be dirty, messy, hard work. It involves brushing and tread work as the brushing progresses. Once I know more I will post it up.

Canaan · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:47 pm

The trail-building conditions were perfect today, and a large crew was well equipped and well directed. It's a big project, but it got off to a fantastic start. It was all good, but I especially liked seeing the road crossing and the armored end of today's work come together. And having Jackson there was pretty cool, too . . . .

Black Mountain NEW Trail Build Day Saturday 12/27

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