2023: 39th Worklog Summary for CHVTC

Seventeen volunteers turned out: 13 had and 1 earned their tartan. The 532 hours on trails is 111% of the average of the last 5 years pre-covid: 476 hrs. Our admin hrs = 168, outreach not trailwork = 54 hr, Total hrs = 754. DNCR values our work at $31.80/hr, so that is $23,977.20.

We patrolled 17 miles, cleaned 231 drains in Spring and raked 96 in Fall (DOT gated roads 11/10), cleared 33 blowdowns, set 8 paver stones, blazed 0.2 miles incl. 6 blaze boards, dug 30 yards new ditch, R&R 3 log waterbars. Outreach is work for others, but actual trailwork for them is included in the 532 hours on trails.

On Mt. Cardigan State Forest: 11 blowdowns
West Ridge Trail, 60 drains. @ road, 20 pails gravel, barricade 0.2 mi. Rock step & waterbar. - 66 hr.
South Ridge Trail, 15 drains. Trim. - 11 hr.
Ranger Cabin Trail, Trim. - 3 hr.
Skyland Trail, to Mt. Gilman - 12 hr.
Mowglis Trail, Trim. - 8 hr.
Total - 104 hr.

On Mt. Sunapee State Park: 13 blowdowns
Andrew Brook Trail, 46 drains x 2. 2 pavers. - 74 hr.
Newbury Trail, 24 drains, Trim. - 18 hr.
Rim Trail, 25 drains x 2. - 8 hr.
Solitude Trail, 3 rock steps. - 55 hr.
Total - 156 hr.

On Mt. Kearsarge (Rollins State Park, Winslow State Park): 9 blowdowns
Winslow Trail, 30 drains. Trim. Flag 17 jobs, 7 done 8/19. - 103 hr.
Rollins Trail, 20 drains. 90’ ditch. - 16 hr.
Barlow Trail, blaze YELLOW 6 blaze boards + ~ 24 trees, 0.2 mi. alpine zone, per A.C. - 13 hr.
Total - 132 hr.

On Cole Pond Trail, Enfield NH, for NH F&G, 24 drains x 2.
Total - 16 hr.

Outreach:
Mink Bk. Bridge w/ Hanover Cons’y 77’ pine - 35 hr.
Enfield VTC 62’ in 7 bridges - 76 hr.
The above 2 items counted in trailwork.
WMNF @ 03264 3 hr. Franconia Ridge working group 3 hr. OBP on NHSP land - 6 hr.
Fireside Chat 8/9 - 2 hr.
SPNHF Marlboro Trail 5-rock waterbar - 10 hr.
SLA cruise revetting - 6 hr.
BRATTs 1 hr. MSAC 2 hr. A.P. Trail (Upper Nature) 2 hr. Wildlands Trust seminar - 2 hr.
MSGTC 5 bog bridges Parker Hill 5 hr, Kittredge Hill 6 hr, ann Mtg 5 hr. Sunset Hill - 2 hr.
Summit Trail, Winslow Trail, Barlow - Trail - 11 hr. Total - 54 hr

Admin:
DNCR - 8hr.
WFA @ SOLO - 20 hr.
Apply for Grants - 8 hr.
CHVTC ann. Mtg. - 18 hr.
Team leader mtg @ 03279 - 6 hr.
Emails - 3 hr.
Reports - 6 hr.
Webwrights @ 8 hr/month - 96 hr.
Tools - 3 hr. Total - 168 hr.

Downpours made us cancel three 3rd Saturday workdays. We worked around them and still got many jobs done, with more on the list for 2024. Wha’s like us? Few enough, but we welcome more.

Respectfully submitted,
Craig Sanborn
CHVTC Trailmaster