By Russ | Art (AW12345) and I started the 3N93 workday by digging a ditch and building a water bar to divert the water that was flowing along the east end of the trail. We continued along the trail to inspect the work that we had done during the two previous workdays. I am pleased to report that the water has drained from the east creek crossing, and the rocks that line the trail are once again above the water level. The western rock garden is dry. The water flow has been greatly reduced in the middle rock garden, although there is still is some water in the rock garden from seeps along the trail. The work that we did to the off camber shelf is intact.
Russ, Tom, Randall and Ryan worked to divert and clear blocked stream crossings and cut back brush along 3N93. Major clearing of the stream crossing at the rock garden was performed to repair stream hydrology and divert the flow from entering directly into the rock garden. Thanks for all the hard work.
By Ryan | Six MJR AAT crew members installed two gabion baskets along the off camber shelf section of 3N93. Sharon, Kurt, Mat, Russ, Nick and Ryan filled two medium size gabion baskets utilizing the USFS trailer to haul rocks. Four separate trailer loads were required to completely fill the baskets. The gabion baskets greatly improved the sluff off from the shelf itself and helped widen the trail in this area. This section of trail is now safe to pass through, yet still norrow enough to present a challenge. Thanks to all who attended…and all those who managed to work through the pain of smahsed fingers (Sharon & Russ)!
By Russ | On Sunday, May 2, 2010 Nick (USMC 0369), Tom (Black & Tan TJ) and myself (Russ Chung) started at the west end of 3N93. Our first project was to divert the water so that it would not run down the trail through the west rock garden. A picture of the water running down the trail taken during the April 25 work day follows. We cleared a channel near the top of the rock garden to divert the water from the trail. The water diversion had an immediate, dramatic effect on the amount of water running through the rock garden. This picture was taken from the same spot as the previous week after we diverted the water (follows).
