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  • 2 months later...

Southies, a mountain lion has been spotted in two different places in the Circle C area.  This was posted on FB 5 hours ago (it's Thursday, July 14)

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A few hikers reported seeing a mountain lion on the Circle C main trail (about a 1/4 mile from the parking lot by the soccer fields) and near the Bear Creek trails on 1826 yesterday morning and evening.

They have kittens right now and are likely to be seen at all times and in populated areas because the single mom hustle is real and kittens eat a lot!

Don't run, don't take the time to make a video, do not pet.  They can range 10-100 miles so it is possible she is long gone.

If you spot one, let it be and notify the wildlife biologists at Texas Parks & Wildlife.

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  • 2 months later...

unless you plan to lead a ride, I suggest a neck gaiter or something to keep from inhaling everyone else's dust as well. following a group of 8 or so riders is DUSTY right now. all that flying dust wreaks havoc on your visibility in the dark as well. the dust looks like galaxies flying by in Star Wars in the dark.

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https://www.kut.org/transportation/2022-02-14/construction-starts-today-on-mile-long-missing-link-in-violet-crown-trail?fbclid=IwAR3OSyqHGN08Gr7hgLF00yFVYUS87egMXhV1Y49zySOrdPP3sONgUwlK63A

looks like they are finally connecting the Sunset Valley Home Depot through Indian Grass to MOPAC. I don't think we'll lose much interesting singletrack over this. the full "Valero Loop" will be interrupted for a while. They'll probably build a nice bridge at the crossing on Williamson Creek and some sort of smooth passage under MOPAC near the former Randall's on William Cannon. more wet-weather friendly trail!

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12 minutes ago, Albert said:

Thanks for the link as well as speculation on what existing trails this new trail may interact with.  How much of the Violet Crown Trail has actually been built to date?

VCT as it stands is the main trail along Barton Creek up to the "Spec's" entrance near Brodie. It offically picks up again at Convict Hill/ Brush Country-Latta, basically behind Costco  and under MOPAC. It continues past Dick Nichols park, back under MOPAC and up to Davis. it wiggles through a neighborhood to the south and crosses Slaughter Lane. it technically ends at two bridges they built over Slaughter Creek near the Veloway. Of course there is singletrack after that. I think the plan is to make it wrap around the Veloway to the cul de sac at the end of La Crosse. from there, I guess it has to go through or around Wildflower Center land to the new paved trail at SH45/MOPAC.

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it looks like the invitation to bid on construction of the Veloway section of the trail ends today. so that part is moving along! https://violetcrowntrail.com/violet-crown-trail-veloway-to-circle-c-trail-invitation-to-bid/

more maps and updates are here https://violetcrowntrail.com/explore/

The only part that you literally can't ride is anything south of that Wildflower Center land and some owned by City of Austin.

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If they develop that little sliver of land on the northeast corner of their tract, it will indeed impact the Danz Creek Cut Through. I can't imagine what they could do with it though,

25 acre lot. The "project site" is just in the middle. A church owned that piece before.

But even if they put up a fence it won't be the end of the world. 

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