Project: Windy Hill
Photo Album: Windy Hill Trail Photos
On National Trails Day about 20 volunteers, five crew leaders, two staff and Rangers from the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District gathered to complete work on the second half of the Lost Trail.
The weather was clear and dry, but the trail was very wet and muddy in spots due to the unseasonal rain throughout most of May. This led to some interesting challenges.
Volunteers and tools were shuttled by MROSD staff to the trailhead of the Razorback Ridge Trail and then proceeded northward to their assigned worksites. At the end of the day tools were dropped off at the central access road and volunteers walked the remaining distance to the north parking lot where we had refreshments and a raffle.
The majority of work for the day was recentering the tread, moving it uphill and widening it to meet standards. Fixing some of the muddy spots involved a variety of approaches and tactics including adding new drains, removing berms, outsloping, and scraping off organic matter that was blocking water flow. The crews worked hard at these tasks and made some amazing transformations in the quality of the surfaces in many locations.
All of the assigned tasks were completed and the crew leaders were able to do a number of bonus projects, including some remedial work on the northern half of the trail which was not scheduled for the day.
My assessment is that the Lost Trail work is complete for now and the trail is in pretty decent condition overall.
I wish to thank Karl, Lisa, Bill, Judd and Dave T. for excellent crewleading, Kathy for coordinating volunteers and Larry for arranging snacks. We also wish to thank Brendan Dolan and the MROSD Staff for great logistics support and for the donation of raffle items to end the day with fun rewards.
And, of course, special thanks to all the volunteers who came out and spent their day working on the trail.
Hank Magnuski
Trail boss
6/3/2019