OEF Trails Access

OEF Workday @ Roman Nose State Park
06/21/2003

The 3rd of several major undertakings, by the OEF, at Roman Nose is complete. This past Saturday, we spent all of the morning hours and several of the early afternoon hours constructing a bypass around the infamous "Rock Garden". For those of you who love the rock garden, fear not, the rock garden IS NOT being closed and taken out of the loop. You merely now have the option of either testing your skills on the rock garden or can choose to bypass it. Rest assured, the bypass, by no means is a piece of cake. You will still be climbing to the same elevation as the top of the rock garden, with little or no resting points along the way. The bypass is a 300+ foot, full-length bench cut with a constant grade to the top, a couple of fairly radical exposure points, and a sweet crib wall corner in the middle. Dealing with rain during the morning hours and extreme heat and humidity in the afternoon hours, the construction crew busted their humps to get the bypass on line. Some sections of the new bench cut were difficult to cut (due to the amount of rock buried in the soil) and will probably need some additional touch up in the near future. It is our intention to do just that, maybe you can come lend a hand.
On behalf of myself, and the OEF, I say "Thanks" to the following individuals for their dedication and determination in getting Saturday's bypass project completed:

An additional thanks goes out to Charles & Marcel for once again going that extra mile, giving their time, and designing an excellent route for the project.

Thank-You All,
Ward

Pics by Marcel Slootheer © 2003

start of the work...

Martin and Max...

Ward, Charles and Candy working on the crib-wall...

chaos on the slope...

some are seeking shade to work in...

Penny & Ward supporting the crib-wall...

pounding rock...

progress...

finishing up...

BEFORE ------> AFTER

BEFORE ------> AFTER

BEFORE ------> AFTER

cars waiting to bring us back to where the COLD BEER is...

Trailwork Tools Rule!

NOTE: new bench-cut trails look like highways in the beginning but the green stuff
will grow back quickly and a single track trail will form once riders pack down the
new section...

THE END!