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Spencer Butte

  • Start date: 11/27/2010

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 11/27/2010

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

For this month's outing we will have a couple of activities for people to participate in. The first is continued work improving the West Trail. We can clean the cobble trail bed and/or plant native plants. The second project is going to be creating a rock retaining wall to level and then gravel the trail around the gate.

  • 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: 2010

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Wear weather appropriate clothing and footwear; bring water or sports drink. All necessary tools, equipment, gloves, and even snacks are provided by the City.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance:

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 150

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trail Maintenance

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We met Christer LaBrecque and Lorna Baldwin of EPOS for two projects on Spencer Butte. Though the sky was overcast and showers may have been falling in Eugene karma rewarded our participants with pleasant weather for an outing.

Connie, Jim Whitfiled, and Matt helped Christer address a muddy section of the main trail. The work occurred just past the rock work bridge where there is a seep. Rocks, gravel, and tools were hauled up to the spot. Connie decided that there were too many people in a small space and never one to stand idly by she moved to the planting project on the West Trail. After a bit Dave Predeek arrived undaunted by the overcast sky for some trail maintenance work. We excavated the wet spots and placed the rocks and gravel so that the seep flowed across and through the trail without creating muddy spot.

Lorna, Janet, Jim Pierce, Cynthia and Connie planted sword ferns, vine maple, and Douglas fir along the West trail. The planting was our second attempt to get some plants to take hold in between two sections of fencing that we used to stop people from short-cutting the switchbacks. Out efforts last winter at reintroducing vegetation were met with a very low rate of survivorship.