Category: Trail Work

Items related to planning or having done trail work, or identification of trail areas that need trail work. This includes tools used, proposed trails or trail re-routing, vegetation pruning, or treadwork.

GPS, Hiking, MTBing, Outing, Trail Work

Prune your way to the slide

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Larry and I headed over to Etla San Pablo to meet up with Carl Silverberg (owner of MTB guide company www.MountainBikeOaxaca.com ) to help out with pruning back the rainy-season vegetation growth on some of the trails. Also, we wanted to look at a section of a trail that was washed away by a landslide so we could try and see what the options would be for getting the trail rerouted or repaired.  We ended up scouting around the slide area for a reroute but it’s looking (to me) that the area is too steep and wooded to get an alternate route punched in by going up and over the slide area back to the continuation of the trail to the east.  Head scratcher.  Ideas, anyone? My vote is for building a zip line across the ~ 7m gap of lost trail. 😉

Here is the GPS data map (as KML) for the day of pruning. Grab it for yourself using the Download link in the base of the map below. GPX format is here.

 

 

GPS, MTBing, Outing, Trail Work

Upper Tostadora Pruned 2012-10-31

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Went out and did a little pruning today on Trail T (Tostadora (Toaster)).  Sadly, there was only enough time to get the upper section between Trail HFR (High Flyer Ridge) and Trail ML (Mechero Lado (Side Burner)) beat back.  Hopefully there will be time soon to get out again and get the bottom part pruned so the rainy season’s vegetative growth is beat back enough to get this trail ready for ripping down.  I’d almost forgotten how fun and twisty this trail is. If you are willing to come help with the pruning of the bottom, drop us a line.

Here is a map of the area of interest. The pruned part of Tostadora is indicated with the wide red line.

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