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● #61: Hall Lake ○ Days on trail: 4 ■ Brushing Details ● #61: Hall Lake: 1.8 of 4.7 miles of trail maintained. ○ Total brushing: 1.8 miles. ○ Projects to address: ■ Clearing of drains. Recent heavy rains clogged 90% of them. ■ Lots of water/mud on trail above river crossing. Culverts have been installed in the past, but maintenance needs to be done. ■ Would like to talk about installing a bridge over the river crossing about a mile from TH. Currently no safe, dry way to cross. Summary
● #287: Pine Grass ○ Days on trail: 1 ■ Tread work ● #26: Whitefish Divide ○ Days on trail: 3 ■ Brushing Details ● #287: Pine Grass: 0.1 of 4.3 miles of trail maintained. ○ Total tread work this week: ~170 ft. ● #26: Whitefish Divide: 2.5 (total) of 16.8 miles of trail maintained. ○ Brushed head-high plants back 4 ft on each side. Very slow moving. ○ Found the end of the brush, trail reports lead us to believe we got the worst of it. Summary
● #26: Whitefish Divide/Ralph Thayer Memorial Trail ○ Days on trail: 3 ■ Brushing Details ● #26: Whitefish Divide: 1.7 of 16.8 miles of trail maintained. ○ Brushed 1.7 miles over 3 days. Brush is heavy where we stopped, very slow moving. Summary
● #800: Bill Cr ○ Days on trail: 1 ■ Treadwork ● #287: Pine Grass ○ Days on trail: 2 ■ Treadwork Details ● #800: Bill Cr: 0.2 of 4.9 miles of trail maintained. ○ Worked with FS and YCC Crews. ○ Started near the lower bridge and worked our way up. ○ Total tread work by FAMB: 300 ft. ● #287: Pine Grass: 0.4 of 4.3 miles of trail maintained. ○ Worked with FS Crews. ○ Started from the top of the ridge, installed drains and widened tread at new drain locations. ○ We will return in the next couple weeks to continue work, we have a couple other projects in progress to address. ○ Total tread work by FAMB: ~500 ft. Summary
● #309: Fawn Cr ○ Days on trail: 4 ■ Treadwork Details ● #309: Fawn: 0.2 of 5.5 miles of trail maintained. ○ Widened and flattened tread for a total of 700 ft. ○ Cut back slopes as high as needed to address sluffing. ○ Concentrated work on the narrowest, most out sloped, most hazardous sections. Tally District
7/14/2023 Summary ● #800: Bill Cr ○ Days on trail: 3 ■ Treadwork ■ Brushing Details ● #800: Bill Cr: 0.8 of 4.9 miles of trail maintained. ○ Worked alongside FS Crew and YCC to widen and flatten the worst sections of cupping. Started at the bottom, working up. ○ Total treadwork by FAMB: 700 ft. ○ Brushed trail from lower road TH to bridge: 0.1 miles of brushing. ○ Decommissioned social trail shortcut to the road. Hungry Horse District 7/14/2023 Summary ● #44: Abbot Cr ○ Days on trail: 1 ■ Clearing Details ● #44: Abbot Cr: 3.4 of 4.7 miles of trail maintained. ○ Cleared 13 trees, and 5 cutbacks. Summary
● #287: Pine Grass ○ Days on trail: 4 ■ Tread work Details ● #287: Pine Grass: 0.4 of 4.3 miles of trail maintained. ○ Worked with FS Crews. ○ Started from the top climbing turn, installed drains and widened tread. ○ Total tread work by FAMB: ~650 ft. Summary
● #309: Fawn Cr ○ Days on trail: 4 ■ Clearing/cutbacks ■ Treadwork Details ● #309: Fawn Cr: 5.5 of 5.5 miles of trail maintained. ○ Cleared trail of 20 obstructing trees and 21 cutbacks. ○ 350 ft of benching and widening tread between lowest creek crossing and last years rigged up tree. ○ 50 ft of tread work around rootball just below lowest creek crossing. Summary
● #171: Ingalls Mtn ○ Days on trail: 3 ■ Drains ■ Brushing ■ Cutbacks ● #480: Griffin Cr ○ Days on trail: 1 ■ Drains ■ Brushing Details ● #171: Ingalls Mtn: 6.7 of 8.2 miles of trail maintained. ○ Installed drains along 6.7 miles from upper N trailhead, stopped about 1.5 miles from Sylvia Lake TH. ○ Brushed a total of 2.7 miles with brushes, concentrating on the worst sections. ○ Cutback 2 trees that were freshly cut, but still over the trail. ● #480: Griffin Cr: 0.6 of 4 miles of trail maintained. ○ Installed drains and brushed the top 0.6 miles, down to the first road crossing (2925). |
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