Sagebrush personal hiking blog
About 20 volunteers from NMVFO joined 4 Albuquerque Open Space staff to build 0.2 miles of new trail in the Juan Tomas Open Space on the east side of the Sandia Mountains.
After roughing out trail with pick-mattocks through Gambel oak and pine, we used McLepds to make finishing passes on tread.
Afterwards. volunteers were invited to rehydrate and socialize at Don and Deb’s place, less than a mile away.
This is a continuation of projects from several previous years.
Six NMVFO volunteers hiked up Windsor Ridge Trail #271 from Cowles to Stewart Lake in the Pecos Wilderness, and camped for 4 days to do trail work between Stewart Lake and Spirit Lake, and beyond on Winsor and Skyline trails. The Pecos Chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen carried tools and equipment to the group camping site at Stewart, and back down at the end of the project.
We started with a rock-work project, placing boulders as stepping stones in a stream, using a rock web.
Most of our work was clearing deadfall, with a 2-person crosscut saw and Katana-Boys.
Good team, good conversations at camp.
Thirteen NMVFO volunteers returned for a weekend at Santa Barbara Campground, and cleared trees on adopted trail #24, and also #38 and #100 Centennial Trail.
