{"id":1424,"date":"2022-08-26T23:10:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T23:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2022-08-26T23:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T23:15:29","slug":"8-26-retirees-redeck-8-bridge-on-west-ridge-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?p=1424","title":{"rendered":"8\/26: Retirees Redeck 8&#8242; Bridge on West Ridge Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Back in April 1986, by request of the ranger-in-charge, we moved West Ridge Trail from its old route across a bog to a parallel route just to the north that crosses gently sloping ground, which made it possible to drain that route. We built the first bridge across a small brook, two stringers of local fir. They rotted in about 9 years, we used them as waterbars awhile, and they are now barricade beside the trail. The second bridge there we made of roughsawn 4x4x8&#8242; spruce, but that did not last long due in part to the small cross section of the stringers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 we built the bridge there now, with 4x4x8&#8242; stringers on 4x4x4&#8242; sills, all PT rated for ground contact. Today we re-decked it with what amounts to the third deck it has had, of 2x6x2&#8242; roughsawn hemlock boards stashed nearby by a YMCA teen crew guided by a Cardigan Highlander on August 3. The material gives hikers&#8217; feet a good grip, and it stays dry enough that it usually lasts ~8 years. The photos give an idea of how two retired crew made even this simple task easier by a little teamwork and planning ahead.<\/p>\n<p>When we finished this job, we heard thunder to windward, so we hiked downhill as the thunder got louder. We returned to the trailhead a few minutes before the storm rolled through, with heavy rain and loud thunder all around us, plus lightning hitting close. The Clyde Smith rain shelter made all that rather entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Sanborn, CHVTC Trailmaster<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5032-rotated.jpg\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5032-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5032\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1024\" width=\"768\" title=\"IMG_5032\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5037-rotated.jpg\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5037-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5037\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1024\" width=\"768\" title=\"IMG_5037\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in April 1986, by request of the ranger-in-charge, we moved West Ridge Trail from its old route across a bog to a parallel route just to the north that crosses gently sloping ground, which made it possible to drain that route. 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