Fourteen NMVFO volunteers gathered at the Trail Canyon Trailhead, many camping overnight, for a cook-supported one day lopping project on the Manzano Crest going north of the Trail Canyon intersection. This was my first visit to Trail Canyon, and the drive in on the unmaintained road was amazingly bad: high clearance vehicles and brave drivers only, please. This is a shame, because the trailhead area hosted countless maple trees and seedlings, and the colors will be amazing in the fall, and much less crowded than 4th of July Campground.
After hiking up to the crest on a gentle grade, we hiked further until the brush got really thick, and lopped all day.
