Project: Purisima Open Space
North Ridge, Harkins & Craig Britton Trails - Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve
Trail Center Work Day Report
November 3, 2018
Saturday, November 3rd, was the annual Bay Area Ridge Trail service day and the Trail Center partnered with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to run a trail maintenance event at the Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space District preserve.
A total of 32 volunteers showed up for this event plus 4 staff from MROSD and representatives from the Bay Area Ridge Trail and REI.
Our task was to do needed maintenance on the North Ridge Trail, the Harkins Ridge Trail and the Craig Britton Trail, all part of the Ridge Trail running through this park. There was a lot of erosion, drainage and gulleys to repair or refurbish along with some tread rework. Five crews were organized led by Lisa Jewett, Judd Volino, Dave Croker, Bill Farrell and Karl Mosgofian. One crew worked the North Ridge, two on the Harkins and two on Craig Britton. Hank Magnuski was supervisor for the day.
For the assigned worksite tasks there was a completion rate of about 105%. All crews managed to get their original assignments done and a number of crews found some bonus projects to do on their sections. Only about two or three flagged sites were deferred as these were really horrible sections of trail that probably needed a backhoe and a dump truck full of base rock to fix. The North Ridge and Harkins Ridge segments are done, and about half of the Craig Britton is waiting for another trail day.
Many thanks go to Brendan Dolan of MROSD for proposing this project and helping to survey it. He also helped coordinate the transfer of tools to the worksite, provision for sanitation, and reservation of the parking lot where we staged our event. We also deeply thank REI for their support, cash contribution and raffle items. For a project with so many people dispersed over a wide area and with so many moving parts, the day went about as flawlessly as could be expected.
Hank Magnuski