Name: Ridgeline Storm Repair
Start: 2019-03-30T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2019-03-30T23:59:59-07:00

Past Activity

Ridgeline Storm Repair

Start date: 03/30/2019
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 03/30/2019
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

For this month's outing we will work to make tread improvements to the Ridgeline trail that have resulted from this year's snow storm. We will have a variety of tasks including raking and kiosk cleaning.

Meet the Willamette & 52nd Trailhead parking lot, the gravel parking lot on Willamette.

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: Urban
Departure Location: See Trip Description
Rating: Moderate
Roundtrip total drive miles:
Season: 2019
Permits Required:
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required: Wear weather and work appropriate clothing and footwear. All necessary tools, equipment, gloves, and even some snacks will be provided by the City's Parks and Open Space staff.
participant prerequisites:
Conditions:
Total Distance: 2
Member Fees: —
Elevation Gain: 500
Non-Member Fees: —
Committee: Trail Maintenance
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We met at the Willamette & 52nd Trailhead. We divided into 3 groups to focus on different sets of tasks. Pat led a small group that cleared drainage and raked storm debris off the trail starting at the Tie Trail junction. Janet led a small group up to clean the Main Trailhead. The remainder hiked up the Ridgeline to work on repairing tread damaged caused by trees falling during this year's snowstorm.

Dan, Jane, & Nate worked on the third rootwad. They cut back roots and pulled soil from the rootwad to build a small section of new tread around the rootwad. Kevin, Luke, & I started with a rootwad whose soil was sloughing onto the trail. We pulled and pitched the soil over the trail. As we hiked back to the large rootwad we took the opportunity to disperse some of the storm debris that were laying directly beside the trail. Nate, Luke, Pat, Mike, and I worked on cutting tread for the reroute around the largest rootwad. Jane and Kevin started on the final rootwad and were joined by Dan.

Nate, a volunteer affiliated with Parks Project, brought some Parks Project stickers that he gave to a few volunteers.