Past Activity

Tie Trail Brushing & Raking

Start date: 02/03/2024
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 02/03/2024
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Join us as we continue to remove storm debris from the Ridgeline Trail System. For this outing we will be focusing on the Tie Trail, one of the heaviest hit areas of the system.

We will work from 9 to noon.

Meet at the Fox Hollow Trailhead parking lot, the gravel lot across Fox Hollow from the Cascade Raptor Center.

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: 2024
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: 4
Member Fees: —
Elevation Gain: 500
Non-Member Fees: —
Committee: Trail Maintenance
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Eleven Obsidians and one prospective member met at the Fox Hollow Trailhead parking lot and enjoyed the sun on a brisk morning. We discussed safety and our tasks for the day focusing on the proper way to carry tools and emphasizing making pruning cuts. We set off from the trailhead hiking up the Tie Trail to begin our work for the day raking and cutting back storm debris from the trail. The bulk of our work occurred up the trail from the large 52-inch log as multiple trees had fallen together leaving 6 to 8 inches of debris that we scooped, pitched, and raked off the trail widening it to City standard. We were surprised to find that the debris had been insulating ice since the ice storm. We also removed 3 hangers from the trail corridor. While we made great progress the Tie Trail will need another outing due to the amount of storm debris. The Tie Trail was the hardest hit section of the trail we've been on so far.

Special thanks go to Janet for bringing persimmon bread that made for a great mid-outing snack.