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Written by Dan Luebke
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 22:05 |
After even more severe weather today we had a great crew of volunteers come out Thursday night and work again to get the trails clear of all the recently downed trees (read the "Lumber Yard" story). The trusty STIHL chainsaws from Holmen Saw & Tool worked flawlessly along with the tireless work from our dedicated volunteers, some of which came up for the second night in a row! All those whom were involved deserve a HUGE THANK-YOU!
We are proud to say that the trails are now once again
"OPEN FOR BUSINESS"!!!
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Written by Matt Dotta
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Friday, 27 June 2008 13:31 |
We had another successful trail work night, completing the weed
whacking on the QT and continuing the construction of the new trail
with the Ditch Witch. We also removed the tree on the Darkside trail
and started the removal of the protruding roots along OB1, Darkside and
Twister. This will help us prevent excessive erosion in the future and
will smooth out the trail for more speed and flow! (don't fret, all the
technical features remain)
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one got lost (Gene had us worried) and no Bear attacks. Thanks to all
the volunteers who braved the skeeters and helped us maintain the best
built trails in Wisconsin. |
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Written by Roger Lundsten
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 20:19 |
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My first post! Oooo!
Well I went out Monday night along with Bodie (who took on Bear watch duty) and worked on the boB trail; cutting higher limbs off branches (eye height)and worked on some of the areas that were holding water and staying soft after the rains this spring. I also pitched one of the short drops where the water was running down the tire path instead of running off the low side of the trail. I see that we may need to do some of that on skeeter and a few other area too.
There were several people out riding and all of them commented how great the trails were and thanked me (us all) for working on the trails. Good Job Gang! and a BIG THANKS to those who helped get the weed whackn done, what a joy to ride weed free!
Ace |
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Written by Bob Marhefke
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Monday, 16 June 2008 11:17 |
 A big thank you to Business Objects/SAP for coming out and volunteering some time on the trails. Business Objects/SAP gives volunteer time to the community every year and this year Glenn, Ben, Anita, Mark, and Patty decided to come up to HPT and give us a helping hand. We armored a section that was getting water run off from the bluff above. This will help in stabilizing the ground by slowing and dispersing the water over an area to reduce force of it over the trail.
We also cleared brush from sections of the trail where it will now give people a clearer view of what may be coming around a corner. Finally we cleared more of the corridor for future trail that will be in development yet this season. We did a good amount in just three hours.
It's great to see local business come out to help. HPT really appreciates their help along with the opportunity to participate with Business Objects/SAP in a community effort! |
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Written by Dan Luebke
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Monday, 16 June 2008 10:48 |
Well... the rain finally decided to give us a break! With all the rain we have been getting lately the trees were falling and the weeds were growing. It's been hard to keep up with just the maintenance that needed to be done! This last Thursday we had the machines (weed trimmers and chainsaws) out in full force! Even though the trails were wet, we got a great start on the mountain of maintenance that needed to be done.
Dustin, Gene and Rich got a great start on trimming back the weeds on Twister, BuckThorn, Deadwood and the new Quarry Trail. The Matt and Matt team got the downed trees cleared from the North end of HPT and Chris and I cleared the South end.
Aaron hung back at the trailer and did a total inventory and reorganization of the trailer to make the most of the small amount of space we have.
We had a fairly small group again, but as always got a tremendous amount of work done.
Thanks everyone for coming out! |
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Written by Dan Luebke
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Friday, 06 June 2008 12:37 |
Despite the menacing weather last night trailwork was on. We had a small group but finally succeeded in finishing the Quarry Trail to the point that it is now open.
Quarry Trail Reroute
Roger worked with a small group to finish up the reroute bench cutting and also did some cleanup between the new reroute section and the North entrance to the trail.
Quarry Trail North Entrance
Aaron was the crew leader for cleaning up the remnants of the mechanized work we finished a few weeks ago. We also created a new entrance route from Hwy FA that is safer and more sustainable than before.
There is still some work to do with the Ditch Witch on the bermed turn near the North entrance and we will be putting up new signs on the trail soon.
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