USFS trained B Sawyer Matt Baffert clears a tree on Valley Forge trail. Trees fall across our trails every time the winds pick up in the Angeles National Forest. Even 10 years after the Station Fire, trees weakened by fire are falling. Some are thin and some are massive and heavy. Multiple trees tangle and fall and you have a complicated mess. MWBA Volunteers with quality … [Read more...] about Chainsaws in the Angeles National Forest
Trail Work
Tools are Cool
There is a tool for just about everything When you do trail work with us, you may need to know what tools you will be using, what they look like and their function. However, we would be remiss if we didn't mention the most important thing about the tools. Safety. Safety First. Safety Always. Your number one concern when using trail work tools is to be aware of your … [Read more...] about Tools are Cool
MWBA Trail work 101
Would you like to be an active part of our trail conservation movement and help maintain/build sustainable trails? But are you hesitant because you don't know what to expect? That's perfectly normal. Most of us when we first got involved with trail work had no idea what we were doing, nor did we know how much fun it would be to play in the dirt. (No really, it is!) Before you … [Read more...] about MWBA Trail work 101
Words, good
Provided below is a list of words that you might over hear on a trail work day. If you are more of a visual person and words are bad, here is a visual aid on some of the terms provided below. Backslope – The excavated bank on the uphill side of a trail tread. Berm – The raised outside edge of a trail. Blowdown – A fallen tree across the trail. Borrow – Fill material … [Read more...] about Words, good
Ken Burton Trail Work Update
Trail Work Day Number 7: January 17 ,2016 on the Ken Burton Trail Restoration project. MWBA teamed up with CORBA for another great day of trail work in the San Gabriels. All volunteers have to make the 7.5 mile climb up Brown Mountain to reach the next section of trail needing work. We can't drive up the mountain and nobody we know has a helicopter, so pedal we must. Just the … [Read more...] about Ken Burton Trail Work Update
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