More Stream Crossing Work

I was running a little late on Saturday morning and noticed that Tom was already parked at the Echo Valley Lot. I grabbed my tools and bushwhacked to bypass the ROW and found Tom. We started clearing the technical section that leads up to the Vernal Pool lookout.

Then we spent an hour at Via Roma trying to find alternative way for the horses to cross. I think we may have a solution but are going to need to lug the pry bar into the forest, and maybe even a hand truck to get at the rocks we need.

Then went to the third stream crossing and tiled in flat rocks on west side of the crossing. Hard to see in the shots below but it's done and should prevent further erosion though there.

More work on the Third Stream Crossing

Started tiling the southern ramp on the crossing with flat rocks. They need to be dug so they are not wobbly and horses can walk on them. It's a start and hope to finish the job on Saturday.

Ramping needed at Third Stream Crossing

Rode through here yesterday and found the south side of stream crossing to be quite wet and muddy. Probably due to two things, we had a lot of rain on Friday and by looking at this side of the crossing, any run off will go straight down to the stream. So, two things need to happen: (1) grade this side of the trail to permit runoff to sheet diagonally towards the stream; (2) find some more flat rocks and armor the ramp.

The same goes for the other side, however it is not as bad. Might not have to go as high as the rocks covering that hole if one nice, big, flat rock could be found to cover that side of the ramp.

Before and After: Third Stream Crossing

Scrounged up a picture from last month (above) where I decided to make the third stream crossing and then I wanted to show how it looks like (below) today.