Today was something of an unusual volunteer day for the
San Gabriel Mountains
Trailbuilders in that we had enough college student and hiking club
volunteers joining the day's effort that we broke up in to groups and spread
out among a number of hiking trails within the
Crystal
Lake Recreation Area.
One group of volunteers formed around a certified
chainsaw sawyer and two
llama volunteers which headed up
Big Cienega Trail
to resume removing dead tree obstructions off of the trail, another group
went to the
Soldier
Creek Trail
to work on the tread and to remove obstructions while a third group was
dropped off at the trailhead for
Cedar Canyon Trail.
When the team on Cedar Canyon Trail was finished removing obstructions from
the trail the team hiked up the road about a mile and a half up to the Visitor
Center and either joined the team working on Soldier Creek or joined the
team working on
Half Knob Trail.
The amount of work that got accomplished today was phenomenal. All three
of the lower trails were maintained from end to end while up on Big Cinega
18 dead tree obstructions were bucked up and removed, leaving about 22
remaining tree trunks that need to be bucked up on the next work day.
Two Class B sawyers bucking on Big Cienega Trail
Trailbuilder volunteers pause to cross tools on Big Cienega
Sawyer examines a major obstruction along Big Cienega
Bucking with the large saw
Safety JHA meeting of the volunteers at the Visitor Center
Trailbuil,der Fred dressed in sawyer PPE
Cedar Canyon Trail
One of the gabion baskets along Cedar Canyon Trail the Trailbuilders did
Looking at how well the gabion basket is holding
A hung-up hazard that will eventually be brought to ground
A tree is leaning that will eventually need to be brought to ground
Another hung-up tree
Volubnteer works on clearing the trail
Obstructions on Half Knob
More obstructions on Half Knob
Volunteers cutting back the brush and removing growth from Half Knob
Volunteers cutting back the brush and removing growth from Half Knob
Llamas at the Big Cienega trailhead
Llamas at the Big Cienega trailhead
Llamas at the Big Cienega trailhead
Llamas hiking with saw team up Big Cienega
Silly llama! Lllamas have bells around their silly necks
The llamas seemed to enjoy being out in the wide open getting exercise
Trailbuilder Manfred pauses for a photograph with the llamas
The llamas back at the trailhead
Trailbuilder Manfred pauses for a photograph with the llamas
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