Albert Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 DesertNomad and I are going to head out to Lake Georgetown this Thursday, August 30th, to try and clear the remaining trees that are down between Cedar Breaks and Crockett Springs. We'll leave the Cedar Breaks trailhead at 8am on bikes, and keep riding west until we start hitting downed trees. We'll be using hand saws to clear any obstructions. Please join us if you can! Bring work gloves and saws if you have them, but we should have some extra saws that will fit in a pack. Make sure you bring plenty of water, as there will be no place to get water between Cedar Breaks and Crockett Springs. We'll be returning after we reach Crockett Springs (which is a bit over two miles in, so not that far, especially on bikes). Here's a map showing the location of the Cedar Breaks trailhead: https://www.google.com/maps/place/30°40'11.8"N+97°44'19.4"W/@30.669936,-97.740912,685m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d30.6699357!4d-97.7387176 If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Albert- I'm not that great with park names and entrance locations, however, if I'm not mistaken, most of the downed trees began at Crockett Gardens and continued (clockwise) along the trail for probably 1 mile or so? The reason I say this is that when making my clockwise lap out there on Saturday, I first ran across that NASTY group of large tree-fall at Crockett Gardens. Then after that, I'd run into a downed tree about every 50-100yds repeated for 3-5 times. Just wanting to give you guys feedback from my dazed & confused state out there this weekend. Thanks a bunch for putting in this work. Its much appreciated. -CJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hi Cody, Thanks for the feedback. I know someone else was out there this week and cleared some trees about a mile form Cedar Breaks heading towards Crockett Springs. I'm under the impression that the downed trees between Cedar Breaks and Crockett are not as bad as what you saw at and near Crockett Springs, but I haven't seen any photos outside of where we worked on Sunday. I guess we'll find out tomorrow, and I'll take some photos of whatever we encounter. 🙂 ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Is there a 501(c)3 associated with this trail? If there is, I can put in hours during work hours and put them down as volunteer hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 The Austin Ridge Riders is a 501(c)3 organization, so any trail work sponsored by them would presumably fall into this category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I might try to make it but I'll be on foot since my bikes are in the shop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 DesertNomad won't be able to make it, so right now it might just be me. If you show up and there's nobody else besides me, we could both walk in. I know someone else cleared the first mile in from Cedar Breaks, so there's only another mile or so after that with potential trees down (I say "potential", as I am not clear exactly what we're going to find). I'll send you my phone number so you can text me in the morning if you're going to be there. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 Throet and I got back out there today and cleared the remaining trees between Cedar Breaks and Crockett Springs. Trail should now be good to go between Cedar Breaks through Cedar Hollow. Hopefully there aren't any more trees down beyond that, but there may be some elsewhere on the trail. We also cleaned up the trail across the small creek shortly before Crockett Springs (heading west). Here's some photos of downed trees and our work: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 16 hours ago, Albert said: Throet and I got back out there today and cleared the remaining trees between Cedar Breaks and Crockett Springs. Trail should now be good to go between Cedar Breaks through Cedar Hollow. Hopefully there aren't any more trees down beyond that, but there may be some elsewhere on the trail. We also cleaned up the trail across the small creek shortly before Crockett Springs (heading west). The more of this work I do, the greater appreciation I have for the many folks who do way more of it than I do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 2 hours ago, throet said: The more of this work I do, the greater appreciation I have for the many folks who do way more of it than I do. Thanks for coming out! I would have been out there much longer without your help, or I simply wouldn't have gotten it all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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