Eighteen volunteers turned out: 11 had and one earned their tartans. Our 430 hours on trails is 90% of the average of the five years pre-covid: 476 hrs.\u00a0 Admin = 172 hrs, outreach = 20 hrs. DNCR values volunteer labor @ $35.76 \/ hr, so our 620 hr = $22,171.<\/p>\n
We patrolled 17 miles, cleaned 200+ drains, cut 43 blowdowns (bd). We built 180’+ of barricade. We blazed 3.1 miles of Skyland Trail in WHITE. We removed and replaced (R&R) 10 log steps\/waterbars: 8′ 10′ 10′ 10′ 5′ 8′ 8′ 14′ 5′ 6′ =\u00a0 84′. We R&R 2 KD 2x8x8′ bog bridge planks. We added 10 rock steps.\u00a0Since August 2024, we cut 30 bd, brushed, blazed WHITE all 7.4 miles of ridgetop trail. That is Mowglis, South Ridge, and Skyland\u00a0 trails.\u00a0That was 10 days totalling 178 hrs.<\/p>\nOn Mt. Cardigan State Forest,<\/strong>\u00a0 13 blowdowns. Mt. Cardigan Total\u00a0 \u00a0 193 Hours<\/p>\nOn Mt. Sunapee State Park<\/strong>, 29 blowdowns. Mt. Sunapee Total\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0101 Hours<\/p>\nOn Mt. Kearsarge State Forest<\/strong>\u00a0 (Rollins SP, Winslow SP) Mt. Kearsarge Total\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 102 Hours<\/p>\n On Cole Pond Trail<\/strong>, Enfield NH for NH F&G, 21 drains x 2, 6′ bar, 1 blowdown.<\/p>\n Cole Pond Total\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010 Hours<\/p>\n Outreach<\/strong>: WMNF @ SLA, Holderness NH 6 hr. MSAC @ Newbury NH 3 hr.\u00a0M-SG s. of Bear Pond jct 6 hr, rock wb 5 hr.<\/p>\n Outreach Total\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a020 Hours<\/p>\n Admin<\/strong>: DNCR Annual work plan 4 hr.\u00a0 Emails 11 hr. 12 CHVTC members @ annual mtg 24 hr. Trailwrights ann mtg 1 hr. MSGTC ann mtg 1 hr,\u00a0 Make 4 blaze boards Andrew Brook Tr 1 hr. DNCR class our 4 sawyers @ 6 hr= 24 hr. Webwright @ 8 hr\/ month = 96 hr.Tools 4 hr.\u00a0 This worklog summary 6 hr.<\/p>\n Admin Total\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 172\u00a0Hours<\/p>\n We welcome, support, train, and thank volunteers. We tend and build on 19 miles of trail, and have fun at good quality work with like-minded people, knowing our work will last at least for decades.\u00a0We add jobs and check off others as we do them. We reach out to other\u00a0 groups, donors, and individuals. If wild lands are worth keeping, the trails need tending.<\/p>\n We offer our help, and we thank you for yours.<\/p>\n Mille taing, beinnanach.\u00a0 Slainte mhath a uile!\u00a0 \/\u00a0 A thousand thanks, mountain folk.\u00a0 Good health to all!<\/p>\n Respectfully submitted,<\/p>\nCraig Sanborn,\u00a0 CHVTC<\/strong> Eighteen volunteers turned out: 11 had and one earned their tartans. Our 430 hours on trails is 90% of the average of the five years pre-covid: 476 hrs.\u00a0 Admin = 172 hrs, outreach = 20 hrs. DNCR values volunteer labor @ $35.76 \/ hr, so our 620 hr = $22,171. We patrolled 17 miles, cleaned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worklog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trail-Banner-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2857,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions\/2857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWest Ridge Trail, 60 drains x 2, barricade, R&R 6 log steps\/bars 8′ 10′ 10′ 10′ 5′ 8′,\u00a0 R&R 2 KD 2x8x8′ planks, set 8 rock steps.
\n114 Hours
\nSouth Ridge Trail, 15 drains x 2,15′ barricade in zigzag.
\n21\u00a0Hours
\nRanger Cabin Trail
\n2 Hours
\nSkyland Trail, Briggs relocation, blaze WHITE Woodland-Orange Mtn (13 bd), thence to Rimrock (3 bd), 3.1 mi.
\n56\u00a0Hours\n
\nAndrew Brook Trail, 42 drains, 9 bd + 3 leaners.
\n51\u00a0Hours
\nSolitude Trail (+ w. Newbury + Rim) 10 bd.
\n35 Hours
\nRim Trail (+ e. Newbury) 48 drains, 7 bd.
\n15 Hours\n
\nWinslow Trail, 30 drains x 2.\u00a0 150’+ barricade, R&R 8′ bar, 14′ bar, 5′ step.\u00a0 New inventory.
\n85 Hours
\nRollins Trail, 20 drains, 2 pavers, 20′ ditch, revetted.\u00a0 Rock waterbar.
\n17 Hours\n
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