Posts by cardiganhighlanders

We have enjoyed these last 12 weeks or so of warm temps and almost no rain. Here is a snapshot of what we did with the trailwork time we had, among other life chores and fun. We raked 208 drains after winds blew all the leaves off the trees. They filled drains to a depth…

Yesterday Steve D. and I, TM Craig, hiked from Alexandria 4 Corners west on Skyland Trail. Hiking was slowed by fallen leaves that hide hazards like roots, rocks, limbs on the path etc., but in an hour we reached the col between Brown Mtn. and Church Mtn. After lunch we poured white paint into a…

On Saturday October 12th Highlander’s Bob, Josh, Scott, Ben, and Craig ascended Andrew Brook Trail armed with shovels, picks, 10 lb. rock bars, caution tape, and surveyors tape to a drainage area a short distance above the third brook crossing. We created a detour route around our work area using safety orange surveyors’ tape to…

Chuck and Ben. Hey, you would be a little blurry too after setting 10 rock steps & pavers like they just did. So, to begin with a little background: Monday morning 9/23 I stopped at DNCR HQ in Concord, showed a photo of the birch leaner to my boss, the manager of volunteers, and asked…

We carried on with making the trail more user-friendly, and closing herd paths. We worked downhill from where we stopped last time, 9/6. Our team was two, Steve P. and TM Craig. We hiked up slowly because we did outreach to curious hikers, passed out our cards, etc. After break at 11ish we tackled the…

Last Saturday saw five of us 0.4 miles up Winslow Trail, .where we built 1 12-rock staircase in 2021 and a safer brook crossing with rock steps in 2022. We are continuing down the inventory from the last day we built there, 8/19/2023 (see HERE). We met at 0900, signed the waiver, took tools and…

Having perfect weather but a start time of 1100 from the state park or West Ridge trailhead, I hiked steadily up to Rimrock before 1400, and after lunch blazed northerly towards South Peak. All the old blazes got fresh paint, plus another 10-12 trees that have grown big enough to take a blaze on their…

Three volunteers set three new rock steps at the top of small gullies in hopes hikers use them, and thus stay on the trail and cause less erosion by making herd paths. Lifting their feet more than one foot high seems to be a step too high for them, so we set these new steps…

Hello Trail Crew, Throughout the month of August 2024, the Highlanders focused on the Mt. Cardigan trails that we tend. Team Leader Josh patrolled Mowglis Trail from Orange Cove to Firescrew on 8/3-4. 13 hrs. Trail Master Craig re-dug some drains and ditches below the cascade on West Ridge Trail on Wed 8/7 4 hrs,…