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Neighborhood Connector Tread Work

  • Start date: 03/26/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/26/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We will be laying some gravel, spreading some mulch and reshaping some drainage along the neighborhood connector trail near the Lodge.

Meet at the end of Spring Boulevard and 30th Avenue

  • Event Leader: Matt Bell

  • Event Leader Phone: 503-884-8829

  • Event Leader Email: matthew.v.bell@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trail Maintenance

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Wear weather and work appropriate clothing and footwear. All necessary tools, equipment, and gloves are provided by the City's Parks and Open Space division.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 1

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 500

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trail Maintenance

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Our group met with City staff Marlon to work on the neighborhood connector trail West of the lodge. We had a variety of tasks to undertake during expected half-days' work. We scraped away soil and gravel from a short section of the trail sending the spoils a short distance downhill to create a berm to stop the water flow from a rolling drain dip. Meanwhile Jim used a pick to break up the compacted gravel in a wide section of the trail to thin it out sending the spoils uphill to create a solid gravel base for the short section of trail we had just cleared. Pat and Clara spread mulch over the area that Jim exposed to blend it in with the re-vegetated area that local neighbors had worked on. We then capped the short section of trail with gravel that Marlon brought.

We greatly enjoyed the extremely rich brownies that Janet provided.