BUILDING NEW SINGLETRACK AT END OF CHARLIE CANYON - NEED HELP!!

[Yeturner]

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ok as dan stated...trail is complete. It runs up to the right of the oak tree but keeps going straight and up to the fireroad. We took advantage of a pre cut horsie line.
When you are heading down fireroad north from powerlines look on the left for the Red ribbon on the bushes for the entry.
You mcloed is in the canyon near the final oak tree on the other side...to the left as you drop the first drop with our other tools.
I have left several shovels along the way in plain view so that someone can make refinements as they see fit or make any repairs from motos or coffee can holes from my pretty pony.
Also I am posting a sign just inside the trail (not seen from the entrance) on each end that will ask people to tread lightly on the trail. I will moto them out in the next few days.
Put the shovels back when done so someone else can use them. Lets fine tune this thing and make it awesome.
I want to add a berm at the beginning of the canyon when it turns hard right, you lose alot of speed and a berm can help keep that up. Ride it and you will know what i am talking about. 1st 1/10th of a mile in or so...from the big oak tree.
I took a video and clipd it so it would not be so long....here is the link on youtube....
NOW PUT THE WORD OUT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN RIDE THIS AND BREAK IT IN...WANT IT TO BE RIDEABLE BOTH WAYS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2W5LwZdWU

[Xmxr]

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 GREAT JOB to everyone that was involved.   

With a little luck and just a little rain, I'll checkout the entire trail this weekend. 

Depending on how the trail develops in the next few months, I'd like to incorporate it into the Lion's next charity bike race that will probably be held sometime around April/May.  We're currently checking the schedules of other biking events and will decide on the date of the next race within the next couple of weeks.

Also.......THANKS for making a new trail to ride ! 

[MGW]

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Sweet trail...thanks!..

..Great Job and thanks for leaving the shovels so we can maintain.

..maybe those that ride horsies will use them to clean up after they duke!

Makes me want to go do more Trail Main/Trimming on Five Deer in order to save it! ;>)

[Yeturner]

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Ok I am a youtube rookie so to make up for it I am posting the video with music now instead of you hearing my broken fork "clunking" in the background.
Riding trail tomorrow at 10:30 meeting at corrals. Need to post two signs and cut a fun option trail under the towers and down the two ledges before the entry on the fireroad.

HERE IT IS WITH MUSIC....ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-TEaOppfQU

[Rod Thompson]

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Sweet new trail guys. Thanks for all of the hard work. We probably saw more people riding the trail today then pitched in the whole time you guys were working on it. By the way, what is the official name: Colon Canyon, G-Spot, G-Out??? Can't wait to see how the trail matures. 

[jeffj]

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Fantastic job!!! I had not been out on it for quite a while and all I can say is WOW!!!. What a great bit of trail we now have. I can only hope it survives this impending series of stroms enough that we can get it back in shape. That top section is AWESOME!!!

 

[Yeturner]

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Need help from anyone that has building experience. Dan should be able and I am putting a call out to anyone who can help. I want to put a Horsie bridge on each end of the canyon so the horses can not gain access up the canyon. On the way up where the current metal bridge is we should change it to a "ladder style" bridge so the horses can not get around it. We can then move that bridge forward to another needed location where the small rock bridges may blow out from the rain. On the top there is a "mattress bridge" we made from sticks and a half pipe over a steep gap. This would be an ideal location for the second "ladder style bridge" If a bridge is put here no horse can get by.
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I am asking anyone to step up and make two ladder bridges from treated wood or metal we can carry in from the top and bottom. We can get a truck out there and it will just take two guys to walk them in and place them. For measurement they should be at least 12ft. long and wide enough to ride your mtb at speed over. Need them to be really sturdy as the sections we will place them in are going to be fast g-out style sections.
Also...Make sure you break in the new top section that Kevin and I cut in from the towers yesterday. Rather than riding the fireroad down from the towers go directly under the towers. I put some red string on a bush to show you the way. It is directly under the towers...then down to fireroad and then to next plateau and down...after second entry to fireroad I want to go slighlty right and will blaze a trail with moto before entering trail at top where I place a blue beer can to show the entrance to G-out canyon...have fun and use next weeks rainy time to build some horsie bridges....THE HORSES WILL DESTROY THAT TRAIL MORE THAN MOTOS IN MY OPINION.

[jeffj]

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Saw this on empty beer and wondered if something similar could serve our purposes. . . . Just wondering out loud. . . .



Rode it again today. Liked it even more this time. 

Met some riders I hadn't seen before and took them through. One of them had his Go-Pro running and is supposed to send me a link when he gets it posted.

[Yeturner]

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Are you referring to the blue beer can propped up at the entrance?
I just found it nearby and put it there. If we make the entry point too big the motos will start hitting it.
Did you take the entry point below the towers on the two new lines we cut in?
When you get the video email to me.

[scottay]

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""Are you referring to the blue beer can propped up at the entrance?""   Emty Beer is short for MTBR   , Idiot!@


I like the Ghetto drawbridge look, but Randy's pretty pony can still get under it......

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Isnt there something like a cattle grate that can be made???



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[Yeturner]

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TOP OF TRAIL AND COMPLETE...9:37
YOUTUBE CUT ME BACK A LITTLE AND MADE ME CHANGE SOME MUSIC AS THEY SAY COPYRIGHTED... I OWN IT!!
ANYWAY.
THIS CUT IS SHOWING THE FULL TRAIL FROM THE TOWERS. WE CUT IN SOME NEW LINES FOR THE VERY FIRST SECTION THE NEXT DAY UNDER THE TOWERS.
ANY OTHER HORSIE BRIDGE IDEAS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTnLu1E5fPY

[jeffj]

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Nice video, but I would try taking one in the morning so the sun is at your back.

I'm optomistic about possible damage so far as the rain has been spread out with breaks in between. Keeping fingers crossed. . . . .

[Yeturner]

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Tom and I are heading out tuesday or wednesday to check out damage and do repairs.
We are riding up fireroad and stopping at top oak tree and walking in to fix problem areas. I am bringing sandbags to fill and use as future water barriers or hillside support. I may moto them up.
We can see where the water damaged the trail and make adjustments to secure it for the future.
I also want to move the top sign to a spot where you dont just go speeding by and dont see it....but I dont want it too close to existing trail to draw attention from anyone...drawing them in...
If anyone can go out Tuesday or Wednesday lemme know.

[jeffj]

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Rode it twice this weekend. 

It's in surprisingly good shape even though it has seen quite a bit of moto traffic the past couple days. For the most part, it just gets better and better every time I ride it. If it looks this good after what we had last week, the long term outlook is good IMHO.

According to my sppedometer, the trail is right around 2 miles from fire road to fire road.

Speaking of fire roads, the Charlie Canyon fire road is in less than stellar shape right now. With water flowing through the wash sections, the sand is real soft and sloppy. There are some big pits of standing water here and there as well and some sections are getting sandy already 

[Yeturner]

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Went out two days this week to fix some bridges. Took sand bags and layed them out on the top of all the bridges and first two g-outs to stop the soft ground from mushing and creating a deep line. See before and after pictures attached. Ran into Bud out there today on the way up Kona. He put in a berm at the top in a sandy section but I think it is too big. We need to cut it down a little as that thing looks like waist high!!
I want to try to keep the canyon looking as natural as possible so that if anyone goes up there they wont complain. If we put in big jumps and berms then they may be upset.  IMO we need to be low key and just work on ways to keep the flow up without making huge berms and jumps and bridges.
Chime in and lemme know what you are thinking. I wanted to get this work done before the two days of rain on friday and saturday.
cheers!!