More Pics From Last Weekend + Work this weekend (Sat, Sun, Mon)

Lawrence Weigel (right) and Sean Cedillo (back/left) last Sunday gettin' their dirt on.

TRAILWORK THIS COMING WEEKEND...SAT, SUN, MON 

DETAILS:

Saturday, May 29...9am-12pm
Sunday, May 30...9am-12pm
Monday, May 31...9am-11am
Weather should be about perfect. Come and go as your schedule allows. If you arrive late we'll be just across Oakwood Drive from the main trailhead, so we should be easy to find.

Meeting Place: Hogan/swimming pool at Camp Lake of the Woods on top of the hill. From the main Swope trailhead, drive up Oakwood Drive, take a left at the "Y" and continue on about 300 yards.

Tools: The usual trail tools...Rakes, Shovels, McLeods, Pulaskis, Rogue Hoes, Weedeaters, Blowers, Handsaws, Chainsaws, etc. If you don't have tools, come anyway...we should have plenty.

Recommended Clothing:
Long pants
Boots/Shoes with protection
Work Gloves
Safety Glasses
Bug Spray

Trail Tasting Afterwards:
If the trails are rideable and/or hikeable, we'll do a trail tasting of the new stuff. Workdays are the only time you'll get a chance to check out the new trail before it's open, so come work then get your ride on!

Good Work, Boys!

Sunday, May 23rd Trailwork

Awesome Day Today!  We had a crew of 10+ knockin' out some sweet rock work.  We built and rode a new alternate line feature that really screws with your brain, but really isn't that hard.  SOOO, let's do it again tomorrow!  Hope to see you there...

Beginner trailworkers all the way to advanced trailbuilders are encouraged to come out. We'll have plenty to do no matter your level of experience.


DETAILS:
Sunday, May 23rd, 9a-12p  Weather should be about perfect. Come and go as your schedule allows. If you arrive late we'll be just across Oakwood Drive from the main trailhead, so we should be easy to find.

Meeting Place: Hogan/swimming pool at Camp Lake of the Woods on top of the hill. From the main Swope trailhead, drive up Oakwood Drive, take a left at the "Y" and continue on about 300 yards.

Tools: The usual trail tools...Rakes, Shovels, McLeods, Pulaskis, Rogue Hoes, Weedeaters, Blowers, Handsaws, Chainsaws, etc. If you don't have tools, come anyway...we should have plenty.

Recommended Clothing:
Long pants
Boots/Shoes with protection
Work Gloves
Safety Glasses
Bug Spray

Trail Tasting Afterwards:
If the trails are rideable and/or hikeable, we'll do a trail tasting of the new stuff. Workdays are the only time you'll get a chance to check out the new trail before it's open, so come work then get your ride on!

Trailbuilding this Saturday, May 22.

We've put in 99 man hours in the last 9 days, and with nice weather coming we'll be riding phase 3 before you know it.

Beginner trailworkers all the way to advanced trailbuilders are encouraged to come out. We'll have plenty to do no matter your level of experience.

DETAILS:
Saturday, May 22nd, 8a-12p We'll be working rain or shine. Come and go as your schedule allows. If you arrive late we'll be just across Oakwood Drive from the main trailhead, so we should be easy to find.

Meeting Place: Hogan/swimming pool at Camp Lake of the Woods on top of the hill. From the main Swope trailhead, drive up Oakwood Drive, take a left at the "Y" and continue on about 300 yards.

Tools: The usual trail tools...Rakes, Shovels, McLeods, Pulaskis, Rogue Hoes, Weedeaters, Blowers, Handsaws, Chainsaws, etc. If you don't have tools, come anyway...we should have plenty.

Recommended Clothing:
Long pants
Boots/Shoes with protection
Work Gloves
Safety Glasses
Bug Spray

Trail Tasting Afterwards:
If the trails are rideable and/or hikeable, we'll do a trail tasting of the new stuff. Workdays are the only time you'll get a chance to check out the new trail before it's open, so come work then get your ride on!

Phase 3 Teaser Pics

Epic Trailbuilding, AND you guess it, more trail work this next Saturday.

Saturday was best summed up by Brett Shoffner when he asked, "Can Trail building be called Epic?" Yes, Saturday proved to be epic. Thirteen brave souls took part in 3.5 hrs of of hard-core trailwork in the rain.

One group knocked out the corridor on the short-track/beginner trail.
Andy Lucas
Greg Rupp
Joel Hammontree
Doug Obershaw
Travis Donn
Scott Capstack

The other group cut in the bench cuts on the intermediate line of phase 3.
Brett Shoffner
Scott Cotter
Deron Graham
Colin Weigel
John ?
Travis Stephens
Craig Stoeltzing

We're making great progress on phase 3. We still on track for a June opening, but we need lots of help to make this happen. We'll be working again this Saturday.

DETAILS:
Saturday, May 22th, 8a-12p (come and go as your schedule allows.)
Meeting Place: Hogan/swimming pool at Camp Lake of the Woods on top of the hill. From the main Swope trailhead, drive up Oakwood Drive, take a left at the "Y" and continue on about 300 yards. See map on the right hand side of the page for directions to the Swope Park trails.

Tools: The usual trail tools...Rakes, Shovels, McLeods, Pulaskis, Rogue Hoes, Weedeaters, Blowers, Handsaws, Chainsaws, etc. If you don't have tools, come anyway...we should have plenty.

RIDE AFTERWARDS:
If the trails are rideable, we'll do a trail tasting of the new stuff. Workdays are the only time you'll get a chance to ride phase 3 before it's open, so come work then get your ride on!

Swope Trailwork this Saturday, May 15th

Things are progressing nicely on Phase 3, so we're going to hit it again this Saturday, May 15th.

This week we had: Brent Gowin, Alejandro Schlegill, Steve Dowell, Drew VanBiber, Joe Shost, Scott Capstack, Travis Stephens, and Craig Stoeltzing. We were able to get a nice bench put in...we're really cookin' now. Phase 3 has been coming along nicely the last month, and with some luck we're looking at a late June opening.

This Saturday we'll have a couple options on where to work.
1) We'll be working at the top of the hill on the beginner trail. This work will mainly consist of clearing trail and removing stumps.
2) We'll also be working more on the intermediate (yellow flagging) line focusing on bench cut and tread work.

Beginner trailworkers all the way to advanced trailbuilders are encouraged to come out. We'll have plenty to do no matter your level of experience.

DETAILS:
Saturday, May 15th, 8a-12p (come and go as your schedule allows.)
Meeting Place: Hogan/swimming pool at Camp Lake of the Woods on top of the hill. From the main Swope trailhead, drive up Oakwood Drive, take a left at the "Y" and continue on about 300 yards. See map on the right hand side of the page for directions to the Swope Park trails.

Tools: The usual trail tools...Rakes, Shovels, McLeods, Pulaskis, Rogue Hoes, Weedeaters, Blowers, Handsaws, Chainsaws, etc. If you don't have tools, come anyway...we should have plenty.

RIDE AFTERWARDS:
If the trails are rideable, we'll do a trail tasting of the new stuff. Workdays are the only time you'll get a chance to ride phase 3 before it's open, so come work then get your ride on!

SAVE THE DATE:
June 5th, National Trails Day Work Day...more details to follow.

Hope to see you there!

REMINDER: Swope Trail Work Tomorrow (Saturday, May 8th)

We had such a great workday last Saturday, we're going to do it again this coming Saturday.

Phase 3 has been coming along nicely the last month, and with some luck we're looking at a late June opening. This Saturday we're going to work on the intermediate (yellow flagging) line. We'll be focusing on bench cut and tread work. Beginner trailworkers all the way to advanced trailbuilders are encouraged to come out. We'll have plenty to do no matter your level of experience.

DETAILS:
Saturday, May 8th, 9a-12p (come and go as your schedule allows.)

Meeting Place: Hogan/swimming pool at Camp Lake of the Woods on top of the hill. From the main Swope trailhead, drive up Oakwood Drive, take a left at the "Y" and continue on about 1/8 mile.)

Tools: The usual trail tools...Rakes, Shovels, McLeods, Pulaskis, Rogue Hoes, Weedeaters, Blowers, Handsaws, Chainsaws, etc. If you don't have tools, come anyway...we should have plenty.

Hope to see you there!

Phase 3 Workday Results + Trailwork this Saturday, May 8th

What a great day!

Brett Shoffner has been working knocking out some great solo work over the last couple months on the intermediate line, and on Saturday we were able to build another 300 yards.  We should have some pics shortly.

Workers:
Brett Shoffner
Zach ?
Drew ?
Derron Graham
Greg Rupp
Scott Capstack
Travis Stephens
Craig Stoeltzing

TRAILWORK THIS SATURDAY, MAY 8TH.

9am-11am
Bring tools if you have them.  Don't worry if you don't have any, we should have plenty.
Meet/Park at the Hogan/swimming pool.

NOTES:
Phase 3 is still not open for riding.  Please attend a workday if' you'd like to see the new trail.  We are getting a lot of reports of people riding where they shouldn't be.  We understand that everyone is excited about the new trail, but riding on unauthorized trail reflects poorly on our user group and could result in us losing access to certain areas of the park. 

Also, currently parking is restricted to the bottom of the hill...if you go past the red gate at the bottom of the hill, you've gone too far. We are working with the City on a better parking solution but nothing has been approved yet.  Parking is only allowed on the top of the hill for trailwork.

A lot of people are asking when we'll be opening phase 3.  The short answer is..we don't know..we're hoping for sometime in June.  We'll be posting a bunch of work days over the next month.  Definitely mark your calendar for June 5th....we'll be participating in National Trails Day and hosting a blow-out trail building party!