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Bluff Creek OEF Trail Workday & Ride
Feb 1st, 2003

For those of you who ride Bluff Creek on a regular basis, I'm sure you've noticed the changes that were made this past Saturday. In an effort to stop the problem of ever-widening trail around problem mud holes, we moved the section of trail known as "Death Valley" up the hill. The new section of trail now start at the "Enchanted Forest", follows along and crosses over (several times) the ridge or berm that parallels the west double-track. Moving it up the hill, and running it along the ridge should allow for much better water drainage, and make the trail more sustainable and maintainable. Once it gets beat in, the new section should be every bit as fast and flowing as what we replaced. In addition we also added an additional piece of trail to the end of the "Ho Chi Min" section of the trail. It to will be fast and flowing when it's pack down.
I know we may have removed a section that some of you may have liked, so we tried to make sure that we replaced it with trail that is just as fun. The nature of the area in which the Bluff Creek trail resides, coupled with the shear amount of use that the trail gets causes us to make changes from time to time. The changes that we make are well thought out, followed IMBA guidelines, and are only made out of necessity for the longevity and maintainability of the trail.
The following folks put in 50+ hours of work in an effort to make the trail better for us all:

Steve Ancik
Scott Johnson
Steve Ashmore
Randy Burghart
Kyle Bybee
Charles Duke
Tim Gritzmaker
Brett Hahn
James Hamm
Shane Jones
Robert Kincaid
James Perry
Marcel Slootheer
and
Larry Pickering

Thanks guys for your hard work and commitment to mountain biking in Oklahoma.

Our next scheduled workday will be at Roman Nose on March 15th at 10:00a.m. We'll be working on some sections in dire need of some TLC. Make plans now to come out and lend a hand. More details to follow in the coming days. Thanks again guys for you efforts on Saturday..
Ward Combs - OEF Trails Access