Shenandoah Mountain 100 Course Clean UP!

Rolled the moto around the fireroads long into the darkness giving the course the triple check. Missed a HUGE black bear by inches up near Camp Todd. I can't even describe how close it was. The first bear sighting was a little cub. He was sooo cute as he stopped, turned, got up on his hind legs to look at me, dropped and ran off. Just missed the rain as I hit Reddish Knob to grab the "Caution, Wolf Ridge and Lynn trails below this area are being used by Bicycles on Sunday" sign at the top of Timber Ridge. Man I love those signs - thanks Branch for making them!!

Back to the Stokesville Campground to take trash to the dump and finish cleaning up!

Shenandoah Mountain 100 Trail work - Lynn and Wolf Ridge Trail

Lynn Trail was tight after the first switchback

cut it back a bit

cleaned it up so it will ride super nice

Jasper says "thumbs up!"

the top of Lynn Trail

left is Lynn right is Wolf Ridge Trail to Tillman Road

Matt takes a minute break from cutting down the mystery grass

Ryan heads up to find more waist tall grass

most all the mature trees are all dead on wolf ridge

and the trail has closed in

Matt gets busy cutting it back open

time to retreat!

the final product is looking good!

The work has begun in earnest on the Shenandoah Mountain 100 course. Andrew Jasper helped me on the lower slopes of Lynn Trail while Ryan Fawley and Matt Smith went straight for the tall grass on Wolf Ridge Trail. Looks like a few more days will be spent on Wolf Ridge Trail. Last year we put in close to 100 man hours clearing this trail because of the Gypsy Moth devastation.
Looks like we could hit that again for 2009. Chestnut Ridge alonng the Wild Oak Trail just below Little Bald Knob is next weeks mission.

Stokesville Douthat Stokesville Trail Mission

Carpenter and T Brown pulled the load up onto Middle Mtn and then we slid on south to brush and clear Fore Mtn. Trail. Now we have a goal for day 1. We gotta ride it all the way out to the southern end of of Middle Mtn. on Fore Mt. Trail.

This is the wide open trail ready to roll