Trails after the Ice Storm (February 11 - 13, 2014) | SORBA-CSRA Community Bulletin Board

Trails after the Ice Storm (February 11 - 13, 2014) Feb 23, 2014 23:26:58 GMT -5

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Post by Angela on Feb 23, 2014 23:26:58 GMT -5

The ice storm hit the CSRA with full fury and it will take quite a while for things to get back to the new normal on our local trails. But amazingly just a day or two after things had begun to thaw out, but before all the power had been restored, volunteers were on the trails getting things cleaned up. Our local trails were not all impacted to the same degree - it appears that FATS, Mistletoe, Augusta Canal Singletrack, and Boyd Pond trails were probably the hardest hit. Keg, Wine/Turkey, Horn, Modoc, Bartram all had storm damage of varying degrees but small groups of dedicated volunteers were able to knock these out with hard work in about a day. We heard that Hickory Knob and Long Cane Horse Trail, both much further north, were really wet but did not have the extensive trees and debris down on the trails.

Friday (02-14)volunteers were already out clearing the trails at Boyd Pond (by Feb 21st everything east of the pond was clear)
The weekend after the storm volunteers were out at Mistletoe beginning the cleaning - clearing debris and removing as much as possible with handsaws.
The weekend after the storm volunteers were out on Turkey Creek/Wine Creek clearing debris and removing a lot of mostly small trees that were down on the trails.
Monday (02-17)after the storm volunteers spent 6 hours cleaning up Horn Creek - work completed.
Wednesday (02-19)volunteers began the cleanup on the Augusta Canal Singletrack
Thursday (02-20) volunteers cleaned up Modoc - work completed
Friday (02-21) volunteers cleaned up the Bartram Trail - trail clear from West Dam to the big dip heading west on the west side of Bartram
Saturday (02-22) volunteers met at FATS to begin what will be an extensive cleanup. Chainsaw crews worked on Skinny (nearly 2 miles)and groups worked by hand and with handsaw to clear smaller trees and debris from Tower and the west side of Big Rock, totally cleared the east side of Big Rock
Sunday (02-23) volunteers worked with handsaws and chainsaws to clear Keg Creek
Sunday (02-23) volunteers worked with chainsaws to complete the work at Mistletoe -work completed
Sunday (02-23) volunteers with chainsaws completed the work on Big Rock and the work on Skinny continued.
Saturday/Sunday (02-22 and 02-23) volunteers continued to work on the Augusta Canal Singletrack
Sunday (02-23) a volunteer continued to work on Deep Step. Unsure of which day but Deep Step received some cleanup from a couple from West Virginia earlier in the week who also did some work on upper Skinny.

This will be reviewed and edited and volunteers filled in and more pictures added, just wanted to post the information as completely as possible and add a few pictures so people could see the enormity of what was ahead for us! Please email me at sorbacsra@gmail.com with any corrections or additional photos. Thanks so much to all the volunteers for stepping up. It has been a tough week and a half for the CSRA so amazing that so much trail work has been accomplished. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming trail work.

First view of storm damage at FATS>