Sagebrush personal hiking blog
About 14 NMVFO volunteers met at Santa Barbara Campground in the Carson National Forest to work on our adopted Middle Fork Trail #24, and nearby trails.
Our cooks were Marie and Frances, and we had a fun group, with new volunteers and old regulars.
Five NMVFO volunteers and five NMWild new-hires met at Tres Piedras Ranger Station to be certified as crosscut sawyers, in a two-day class taught by Craig, Jennifer, and Courtney from the Carson National Forest. The first day of the new USFS curriculum is theory, presented as Powerpoint with embedded videos.
Volunteers car-camped at nearby 64-G dispersed camping area.
The next day was all field instruction and evaluation.
A big thanks goes out to our instructors with the Carson, and volunteers for dedicating time to level-up and maintain their trail skills.
Eight NMVFO volunteers came together on a warm day for an off-schedule project at 4th of July Campground, clearing downed trees on an alternate section of 4th of July Trail and Albuquerque Trail.
When we climbed higher in altitude, ponderosa pines gave way to fir trees, which were especially challenging clearing from trails, with their numerous thick branches.
We got our first opportunity to field-test 2-person Crosscut Saw #5, newly sharpened. Good noodles.