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Post by Angela on Oct 13, 2005 14:34:52 GMT -5
SORBA-CSRA NEWS ~ October 2005
WEBSITE: sorbacsra.org
2005 SORBA-CSRA Officers:
Paul Farrow – President pfarrow@sorbacsra.org
Marco White – Vice-President mwhite@sorbacsra.org
Susan Collins – Secretary scollins@sorbacsra.org
Barbara Drawdy – Treasurer
Breaking News!
FATS UPDATE!!!
The Long Cane Trails and IMBA Trail Solutions team worked steadily from Sept 7 to Sept 30 and put 3.1 miles on the ground. The volunteer effort (aprox. 380 hours) has been equally strong, clearing the corridor for the Sweco Dozer to move more efficiently through the dense woods (picture a tree farm in various stages of maturity). The first loop, originally estimated by low tech GPS software to be 4.5 miles now is shaping up to be a minimum of 5 miles. The 3.1 miles on the ground need one more volunteer day to snip the roots out of the tread and clean out a few drains. This will be Sunday, October 16th. On October 9th, 14 volunteers worked on finding the almost 3 year old pin flags and "tight flagged" 70% of the next loop to be built.
As the Long Cane Trails official "flow checker", I can say the trail rides somewhat like the HKSP Lakeview Loop. It has the dips and whoop-de-doos, but these are on much longer, steeper and deeper hills and valleys. The crew is well honed on adding features to the trail for your riding pleasure. Bermed turns, accented drains with jumping potential on longer hills make for a downhill ride more like surfing than any other trail around here. It feels less like surfing and more like mountain climbing going the other way! Well, maybe a climbing wall, not a mountain.
It is probably a blessing that we are starting this project in 2005 and not 1998 when we almost got the approvals from the USFS. The crew has learned so much about building trails in that time that the wait will be worth it. Also, back then we thought 8-10 miles would have been great. But the USFS wanted something bigger and if we do build all the FATS eventually, I no longer believe the 6 loops are 32 miles. I believe they will be 36-42 miles.
Will the next phase ever start? That depends on the willingness of people to volunteer and our ability to obtain funding.
When will it open to the public? The USFS says when all 17 miles are done, inspected and approved.
Bill Victor
Long Cane Trails, LLC
October Meeting - The October meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 11th. Come at 7pm to eat – the meeting will start at 7:30. There are lots of things on the agenda…….progress and plans for the FATS, the next Explore the Trails Series ride, Fall Bikefest in November, and plenty more…… come join us!
Work the FAT – Sunday, October 16th…….9:00 meet to do some trail finishing…….bring water and gloves. Contact Angela Allen at
dan-angelaallen@comcast.net if you can help!
Tour de Fort - Saturday, October 15th…….a great biking event something for the whole family……..check out their website below for all the details……..time to start training – 12 hours on Range Road!!!!
Information---- www.fortgordon.com/tour_de_fortr.htm
Application---- www.fortgordon.com/Tour%20De%20Fort%20App.pdf
November Explore the Trail Series – November 5th………Bartram Lake Trail……..Petersburg trailhead. Meet at 1pm for an afternoon ride on the trail followed by a cookout at campsite #1 …….after dark we will hold a nightride (with some additional lights available for those who might want to try night riding)……..followed by some socialized around the campfire before we call it a night. This was a lot of fun last year mark it on your calendar. More details to follow.
Trail News – The trails are generally in good shape. There are eroded sections on some trails, many have some trees down and some could use mowing.
Turkey Creek – Good condition, but could definitely use additional mowing at this point……..a couple of trees to be removed…
Wine Creek- There are more than 10 trees down that need to be removed otherwise the trail is in good condition and ridable!
Horn Creek/Lick Fork - Great condition!!
Hickory Knob – Trails in good condition………one tree down at last report!
Canal Off-Road – Generally in good condition with some eroded areas that need attention .
Modoc – At last report there were 4 trees down….. this trail has some overgrown areas as well.
Long Cane – LCMUT is super fast, super smooth and super good. Removed the trees downed in the scenic district.
Baker Creek – No current report
Bartram (Wildwood) - No recent report
Keg Creek – No recent report
Bartram Trail (Lake) – Great condition – trees removed and several drainage issues addressed at National Public Trails Day on Sep 24th……..hopefully will have a chance to see how the repairs fared under the recent rains.
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION –
Thanks to the following volunteers who have been working on the FATS trail…….some of these people have worked several work parties on the trail over the last month and put in a lot of hours!!! Thanks for all your efforts…………and remember folks…. it’s only just begun Steve Morrone, Bill Skipper, Jon Taylor, Lowell Dorn, Trish Shivley, Ray Shivley, John Black, Annette Drowlette, Chris Kennedy, Robert Fields, Denise Fairburn, Lonnie Stewart, Bob Hope, Bryan Bigsby, Susan Collins, Angela Allen, Daniel Allen, Lee White, Alex Wright, Marco White, Mike Hebert, Jim Culpepper, Russell Hale, Sunnie Alderete, Joe Alderete, Leo Watts, Barbara Drawdy, Michael Drawdy, Kevin Stich, Robert Burton, Troy Willard, Bruce McMurray, Shawn Brigdon, Scott Britt, Martin Meinshausin & Paul Farrow.
Thanks to the volunteers who worked the lake trail on National Public Trails Day on September 24th – Carrie Filaski, Bill Skipper, Steve Morrone, Jason Neihaus, Angela Allen, Daniel Allen, Paul Farrow, Alice Hale, Michael Burton, Robert Burton, Lowell Dorn, Jon Taylor, Rich Edwards & Stuart Miles
Please advise if you were inadvertently left off the volunteer recognition list!!
WEBSITE: sorbacsra.org
2005 SORBA-CSRA Officers:
Paul Farrow – President pfarrow@sorbacsra.org
Marco White – Vice-President mwhite@sorbacsra.org
Susan Collins – Secretary scollins@sorbacsra.org
Barbara Drawdy – Treasurer
Breaking News!
FATS UPDATE!!!
The Long Cane Trails and IMBA Trail Solutions team worked steadily from Sept 7 to Sept 30 and put 3.1 miles on the ground. The volunteer effort (aprox. 380 hours) has been equally strong, clearing the corridor for the Sweco Dozer to move more efficiently through the dense woods (picture a tree farm in various stages of maturity). The first loop, originally estimated by low tech GPS software to be 4.5 miles now is shaping up to be a minimum of 5 miles. The 3.1 miles on the ground need one more volunteer day to snip the roots out of the tread and clean out a few drains. This will be Sunday, October 16th. On October 9th, 14 volunteers worked on finding the almost 3 year old pin flags and "tight flagged" 70% of the next loop to be built.
As the Long Cane Trails official "flow checker", I can say the trail rides somewhat like the HKSP Lakeview Loop. It has the dips and whoop-de-doos, but these are on much longer, steeper and deeper hills and valleys. The crew is well honed on adding features to the trail for your riding pleasure. Bermed turns, accented drains with jumping potential on longer hills make for a downhill ride more like surfing than any other trail around here. It feels less like surfing and more like mountain climbing going the other way! Well, maybe a climbing wall, not a mountain.
It is probably a blessing that we are starting this project in 2005 and not 1998 when we almost got the approvals from the USFS. The crew has learned so much about building trails in that time that the wait will be worth it. Also, back then we thought 8-10 miles would have been great. But the USFS wanted something bigger and if we do build all the FATS eventually, I no longer believe the 6 loops are 32 miles. I believe they will be 36-42 miles.
Will the next phase ever start? That depends on the willingness of people to volunteer and our ability to obtain funding.
When will it open to the public? The USFS says when all 17 miles are done, inspected and approved.
Bill Victor
Long Cane Trails, LLC
October Meeting - The October meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 11th. Come at 7pm to eat – the meeting will start at 7:30. There are lots of things on the agenda…….progress and plans for the FATS, the next Explore the Trails Series ride, Fall Bikefest in November, and plenty more…… come join us!
Work the FAT – Sunday, October 16th…….9:00 meet to do some trail finishing…….bring water and gloves. Contact Angela Allen at
dan-angelaallen@comcast.net if you can help!
Tour de Fort - Saturday, October 15th…….a great biking event something for the whole family……..check out their website below for all the details……..time to start training – 12 hours on Range Road!!!!
Information---- www.fortgordon.com/tour_de_fortr.htm
Application---- www.fortgordon.com/Tour%20De%20Fort%20App.pdf
November Explore the Trail Series – November 5th………Bartram Lake Trail……..Petersburg trailhead. Meet at 1pm for an afternoon ride on the trail followed by a cookout at campsite #1 …….after dark we will hold a nightride (with some additional lights available for those who might want to try night riding)……..followed by some socialized around the campfire before we call it a night. This was a lot of fun last year mark it on your calendar. More details to follow.
Trail News – The trails are generally in good shape. There are eroded sections on some trails, many have some trees down and some could use mowing.
Turkey Creek – Good condition, but could definitely use additional mowing at this point……..a couple of trees to be removed…
Wine Creek- There are more than 10 trees down that need to be removed otherwise the trail is in good condition and ridable!
Horn Creek/Lick Fork - Great condition!!
Hickory Knob – Trails in good condition………one tree down at last report!
Canal Off-Road – Generally in good condition with some eroded areas that need attention .
Modoc – At last report there were 4 trees down….. this trail has some overgrown areas as well.
Long Cane – LCMUT is super fast, super smooth and super good. Removed the trees downed in the scenic district.
Baker Creek – No current report
Bartram (Wildwood) - No recent report
Keg Creek – No recent report
Bartram Trail (Lake) – Great condition – trees removed and several drainage issues addressed at National Public Trails Day on Sep 24th……..hopefully will have a chance to see how the repairs fared under the recent rains.
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION –
Thanks to the following volunteers who have been working on the FATS trail…….some of these people have worked several work parties on the trail over the last month and put in a lot of hours!!! Thanks for all your efforts…………and remember folks…. it’s only just begun Steve Morrone, Bill Skipper, Jon Taylor, Lowell Dorn, Trish Shivley, Ray Shivley, John Black, Annette Drowlette, Chris Kennedy, Robert Fields, Denise Fairburn, Lonnie Stewart, Bob Hope, Bryan Bigsby, Susan Collins, Angela Allen, Daniel Allen, Lee White, Alex Wright, Marco White, Mike Hebert, Jim Culpepper, Russell Hale, Sunnie Alderete, Joe Alderete, Leo Watts, Barbara Drawdy, Michael Drawdy, Kevin Stich, Robert Burton, Troy Willard, Bruce McMurray, Shawn Brigdon, Scott Britt, Martin Meinshausin & Paul Farrow.
Thanks to the volunteers who worked the lake trail on National Public Trails Day on September 24th – Carrie Filaski, Bill Skipper, Steve Morrone, Jason Neihaus, Angela Allen, Daniel Allen, Paul Farrow, Alice Hale, Michael Burton, Robert Burton, Lowell Dorn, Jon Taylor, Rich Edwards & Stuart Miles
Please advise if you were inadvertently left off the volunteer recognition list!!