Posts by cardiganhighlanders
Sat 7/12 West Ridge Trail; Logs & Hikers & Bridges, Oh My!
Today’s crew was two: Ben and TM Craig. We toted pick, shovel, screw gun, and hammer uphill around 0930. We also lugged 2 2x6x8′ KD premium planks. We came to log steps uphill of the flat beyond Firepond Brook around 1015. There we recovered logs we left there on our last workday 7/3, an 8′ and a…
Read MoreWork Trip Report: Winslow Trail Sat 6/21
On this day, three of us were able to work four hours before departing for other chores. We worked uphill of the guest crew, Trailwrights. We added another 130′ of barricade. We do not like looking at it any more than we do bringing dead trees and building it. However, nothing less seems to deter tourists…
Read MoreCHVTC Summer Jobs
Hello Trail Crew, Trails are drying out now we have more sunny days than rainy ones. The State Bird has retreated for this year. Trails we tend on Mt. Sunapee are not beyond brooks in flood. NH DOT opened the gate to Mt. Cardigan on May 29. Five of us are now State-certified sawyers; Bob,…
Read More6/20/25: Patrol Solitude, Newbury w., & Rim Trails on Mt. Sunapee
Last Friday, we had good enough conditions of dry weather, west winds of 20 mph to keepthat state bird confused, the summit chairlift running. Therefore, four of us spotted a car in the NE Bowl area, signed waivers for comp tickets, and rode the chair to the top of the mountain by 1100 (Thank you,…
Read More6/14/25: Mount Kearsarge, Winslow Trail Patrol
Volunteers turned out in good numbers, eight of them: Dustin, Ashley, Ben, Jon, Andrew K., Bill, TL Scott, TM Craig. The light rain was not so apparent under the thick canopy of summer leaves, and up they went. In six hours they… 1) Raked and re-dug all 24 drains; 2) Barricaded 6 herd paths, some for the second time;…
Read MoreNew Season on Mt. Cardigan
Thursday 6/5 two of us returned to barricade where hikers have started to wear a herd path across a zigzag. We harvested several dead fir trees from the woods upslope, plus were able to saw down a dead standing birch tree with our folding handsaws. We wove the small fir trees among the trees beside the…
Read MoreCHVTC Annual Meeting 3/22/2025
Cardigan Highlanders Volunteer Trail Crew held their annual meeting March 22 2025 in New London NH. That is midway between the homes of the most volunteers, and the venue is free. We used over two hours, and a dozen people attended. We approved the minutes of the 2024 meeting, heard from the President and the…
Read More2024: 40th Worklog Summary for Cardigan Highlanders Volunteer Trail Crew
Fourteen volunteers turned out: 12 had and 2 earned their tartans. Our 650 hrs on trails is 136% of the average of the five years pre-covid: 476 hrs. Our admin hrs = 222, outreach hrs = 46. DNCR values vol. labor@ $34.64/hr, so our 918 hr = $31,799.52. We patrolled 19 miles, cleaned 240 drains…
Read MoreSeason Final
Hello Trail Crew, Snow’s on the summit of Cardigan, ice and rain today, 2″ snow for Thanksgiving, then cold… maybe our 2024 field season is over. Our worklog has 837 hours, we add 96 more by the web minion plus 7 for the worklog summary, for 950 hours. Our field season is April Fool’s to…
Read MoreNews From Our Trails
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…
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