Carver Lake Trail Work

[mtb_guy]

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Due to the rain we have received over the last couple days and some revised planning that is needed we will not have trail work this Wednesday. If you have any interest in helping with trail layout, a few of us will be adjusting the trail layout and planning tasks for next week’s trail work session. We will also be planning for the upcoming REI National Trail Day event scheduled for June 5<SUP>th</SUP> at <ST1:p<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Carver</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></ST1:p, 9:00-1:00pm. You can sign up HERE (http://www.rei.com/bloomington) for the REI National Trails Day event. <O:p</O:p
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I’ll send out another update later this week/early next to let you know what our plans will be for trail work on Wednesday, May 19. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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Reed Smidt

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[Wolfchimp]

What's with all the pink smiley faces????

[mtb_guy]

What's with all the pink smiley faces????


Not sure what you are talking about?

[bigwheel]

What's with all the pink smiley faces????

Those smiley guys usually show up when you cut/paste text into a post. There are multiple "standards" for LineFeed/CarriageReturn.

[mtb_guy]

Well, I don't see them on my screen, but I did cut and paste the text into the message so I guess that would explain what Porter is seeing. :p:p

Sorry about that. At least I know now.

[mtb_guy]

We will not have a trail work session this week. Final flagging of section one is being completed with trail work plans focused on maximizing the REI National Trial Days Event scheduled for June 5th, 2010 from 9:00am-1:00pm. For more infromation on REI's event and registration click the following link: http://www.rei.com/event/5787/session/6957.

REI National Trail Day Event
Carver Lake Park - Woodbury, MN
Saturday, June 5th from 9:00am-1:00pm.

A trail work session may be planned for next weekso stayed tuned. I'll keep you posted.

If you would like to be added to the trail work email list for Carver Lake Park please send me a PM with your email address. I'll make sure you get weekly trail updates.Thank you!

Reed

[mtb_guy]

We will not have a trail work session this week. The first section has been completely flagged. A clearing crew will be finishing up a good portion of the first loop and Tim Wegner will be out today using a machine to create a nice bench cut. The finishing work on that section of trail that Tim plows will be saved for REI's National Trails Day.

Our next work session will take place on Wednesday, June 2 at 6:00pm. We work on the final two trails of section one. This may include clearing, moving some dirt, etc. There are also a couple areas where we just need to basically rake and smooth out without a bench cut or a minor bench cut.

The past 3 weeks have been focused on trail layout design and planning for NTD. If you haven't signed up for NTD, please do so. REI's National Trails Day Event is scheduled for June 5th, 2010 from 9:00am-1:00pm. For more information on REI's event and registration click the following link: http://www.rei.com/event/5787/session/6957.

REI National Trail Day Event
Carver Lake Park - Woodbury, MN
Saturday, June 5th from 9:00am-1:00pm.


The trail layout is coming along nice. I think everyone will really enjoy what we have so far. A few fast rolling sections, a couple tight windy areas, some climbing and a few other fun spots and this is only a small section of the proposed 6.5 miles. Exciting stuff!!


If you would like to be added to the trail work email list for Carver Lake Park please send me a PM with your email address. I'll make sure you get weekly trail updates.Thank you!

Special thanks to Bob Shepherd for his help with trail layout. Tim Wegner for his help with layout and volunteer machine labor. These two guys have been extremely valuable. Please thank them the next time you bump into those guys on the trail.

Reed

[mtb_guy]

Our next trailwork session will take place on Wednesday, June 2 at 6:00pm, meet at the main parking lot. We have some rake and ride areas and a couple other spots that must be finished up by hand. A good portion of the trail will be left alone for national trails day.

The past few weeks have been focused on trail layout design and planning for National Trail Day. If you haven't signed up for NTD, please do so if you can. REI's National Trails Day Event is scheduled for June 5th, 2010 from 9:00am-1:00pm. Registration is free and includes a light breakfast and a really nice wicking t-shirt. For more information on REI's event and registration click the following link: http://www.rei.com/event/5787/session/6957.

REI National Trail Day Event
Carver Lake Park - Woodbury, MN
Saturday, June 5th from 9:00am-1:00pm.

If you would like to be added to the trail work email list for Carver Lake Park please send me a PM with your email address. I'll make sure you get weekly trail updates.Thank you!

Reed

[Wolfchimp]

Bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We'll be out there tonight working on a fun section of trail. 6pm!

[Shawno]

Sorry I missed out. I will be a regular for the rest of the year. See you guys on Saturday.

[mtb_guy]

Sorry I missed out. I will be a regular for the rest of the year. See you guys on Saturday.

No worries Shawn. I saved a very steep bench cut for you. ;)

We had a great Session last night once again. Buffed out a bunch of rake and ride through a twisty section of the trail. We should be all set for NTD this weekend. I'm hoping for good weather on Saturday.

[mtb_guy]

Our next trailwork session will take place on Wednesday, June 9 at 6:00pm, meet at the main parking lot. Please post up if you can make it. I'll have a sign posted on the boulevard of the parking lot on the trail work location. We will be working in the area north of the lake, west of the main parking lot and east of Century Ave. The main focus will be finishing up the beautiful bench cut Ted W. and his group of volunteers worked on during NTD. The bench cut is on a steep section and needs some additional dirt placed around the rock slab retaining wall they incorporated into the bench cut. We also have a couple more trees to armor and we can buff out the trail a bit more to get rid of any high spots that will catch water if time allows. Lots to do, so please come out and help throw some dirt if you can.

National Trail Day turned out to be a lot of fun and very successful. We acoomplished everything scheduled for the day and beat the rain that started a little after 12pm. Thank you to everyone that helped out on Saturday. If you didn't make it, try to catch a trail session soon to check out what we finished up during NTD and get dirty yourself.

If you would like to be added to the trail work email list for Carver Lake Park please send me a PM with your email address. I'll make sure you get weekly trail updates.Thank you!

Reed

[MOAB]

I will be there there by 6.

[Shawno]

I'll be there.

[Samsquanch]

I'll be there.

[mtb_guy]

Cool, see you guys out there tonight.

[mtb_guy]

We will hold-off on trail work for this week. Get outside and enjoy what I am hoping will be a nice beautiful sunny evening (It’s been a while).

I have a group (Tree Trust) that will be clearing the final areas of section 1 tomorrow and then slowly move into clearing the next section of the park. Next week we will have plenty of rake and ride areas to complete and also some bench cuts to work on. If you can, please plan to attend the next trail work session on June 23 - 6:00pm. We will meet in the main parking lot.

Currently, the city is trying to determine how to proceed with completing the next sections of trail. My guess is that we will be renting a ditch witch to plow the main trail tread with crews coming in afterwards to complete the finishing work. If this is how we move forward, we will be clearing as much trail as possible before renting the ditch witch. The ditch witch will be used to plow the main trail tread and then we will follow that with hand tools to finish the trail. The city has two groups that will help with clearing and finishing work throughout the summer. The Wednesday night volunteers will help with some clearing, but mostly finishing work and building areas of the trail that need more attention, expertise and detail.

Reed
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[mtb_guy]

Hi all-

We are back at it this week with a trail work session scheduled for Wednesday, June 23 at 6:00pm. We will once again meet at the main parking lot and walk into the trail. The area we are working on is located on your left as you drive into the park from Century Ave. We have plenty of rake and ride areas to complete, some bench cuts to work on and some additional clearing around the power tower section

This past week I scheduled two crews, ICWC and the Tree Trust, to clear out the final sections of area 1. We are getting close to completing this section. If we can get all or the majority of the rake and ride areas finished up, then we will only have to do finishing work on area 1 once a machine goes through and clears the main trail tread. This section will open once completed, until then please do not ride it. I noticed some tracks this past week and it's too soft and not a complete loop yet. We'll be riding on it soon so hang tight until then.

Hope we have a good turnout this week. See you out there on Wednesday night!

Reed



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[Rick Shaw]

I should be able to make it out there.

[Samsquanch]

I'll be there.

[MOAB]

I will see you guys at 6:00.

[Rick Shaw]

Raining pretty hard here in Minneapolis. Trail work still a go for tonight?

[Rick Shaw]

Nice meeting everyone! Hope I can make it next week

[mtb_guy]

Thanks everyone for coming out and helping with all the rake and ride sections. we had a great group and got a lot done. I think everyone was wiped out by the end of the night. I know I was.

Thanks again!!

Reed :)

[mtb_guy]

Hi all-

The next trail work session is scheduled for this Wednesday, June 30 at 6:00pm. We will once again meet at the main parking lot and walk into the trail. The area we are working on is located on your left as you drive into the park from Century Ave. We have a few rake and ride areas to finish up, some bench cuts to work on and some additional clearing around the power tower section. If time allows, we will also take a look at the next section of trail located to the north of the open field and archery range.

** if you have extra loppers, hand saws and other clearing tools, please bring those along. I'll grab some more from the parks crew as well.

Please post up if you can make it so we know who to look for. See you out there on Wednesday night!

Reed

[Samsquanch]

I'll be there, I've got a few clearing tools I'll bring.

[Rick Shaw]

I'm in. Dont know what I have for tools though.

[Wolfchimp]

I'll bring my saw and small clippers.

[MOAB]

I'll be there. I will bring a few things from my shed.

[mtb_guy]

I'll have 4 loppers as well. We should be in good shape. Tonight's session will be a mix of tasks and we should finish up around 8pm again. See you all out there.

[bash]

I'll have 4 loppers as well.

Make that 5 and a saw.

[Shawno]

Hey Guys,

I'm out this week.

[mtb_guy]

Hi all-

Layout and flagging will be done this week on the areas south and southeast of the main parking lot. The next trail work session is scheduled for next Wednesday, July 14 at 6:00pm. We will be clearing a lot of trail over the next couple trail work sessions and working on rake and ride areas. We will once again meet at the main parking lot and walk into the trail.

** if you have extra loppers, hand saws and other clearing tools, please bring those along. I have 4 or 5 loppers and a hand saw as well.

Please post up if you can make it so we know who to look for. Thank you!

Reed

[Shawno]

I'm in.

[mtb_guy]

Hi all-

Layout, flagging and some clearing have been completed during the off week on the areas south and southeast of the main parking lot. The next trail work session is scheduled for this Wednesday, July 14 at 6:00pm. We will be clearing a lot of trail over the next couple trail work sessions and/or working on rake and ride areas. We will once again meet at the main parking lot and walk into the trail.

Please post up if you can make it so we know who to look for. Thank you!

Reed

[Shawno]

I'll be there!

[Wolfchimp]

The trail is in good shape. Reed and I walked all of it last night after we finished flagging a bunch of new stuff. There are a few spots where we need to throw some grass seed down and add some slight bench cutting but other than that the trail has held up to the massive amount of rain we have gotten in the southeast metro. Wednesday should be a good session. We will focus on some small rake-n-ride sections but will also be benching sections of trail 4 so that we can plan for a section of bridge that will be need to be built soon. Hope to see a good group out there tomorrow!

[MOAB]

I cannot make it this week. I will be there next Wednesday ready to work.

[Samsquanch]

I should make it.

[Rick Shaw]

I should be able to make this.

[mtb_guy]

Bump - plenty to work on tonight at Carver Lake Park. Please come out if you can make it.

[Wolfchimp]

Yes, we have lots of work to do on the trail. Hopefully we don't get rained out!

[bigwheel]

If it's not raining and I'm not stuck at work, I plan to stop out there tonight to continue with flagging.

[KleinCrazy]

If Dry, I plan to swing by as well. Wednesdays have been full the post few months, but appear to be easing up a little.

[mtb_guy]

Its raining hard and has been for a couple hours in Woodbury today. I was out checking in on the Tree Trust around 10am (they got caught in the rain and were soaked, but they thought it was cool so thats good) and the section they are clearing is out in the open, soaked and midly puddling. The rest of the trail is extremely wet as well. If the rain stops early things might be okay, but it will defintely be wet/soft/muddy in spots if not the entire trail. Not sure how well trail work will go. This is my first down pour the day of trail work. Any thoughts?

[Shawno]

The scare-mongers are predicting more heavy storms after 2:00 pm.

[mwalkowi]

If it is not raining, I'll be there tonight.

[mtb_guy]

We just got dumped on again. Trail work for tonight is cancelled. We will be going strong again next week with plenty of tasks to complete. Thank you to everyone that was planning to come out tonight. Hope you can make it next week or sometime this summer. Your help is greatly appreciated. Take care!

Reed

[mtb_guy]

Hi all-

The next trail work session is scheduled for this Wednesday, July 21 at 6:00pm. We have even more to work on since we got rained out last week. We will be clearing a lot of trail over the next couple trail work sessions and/or working on rake and ride areas. We will once again meet at the main parking lot and walk into the trail.

Please post up if you can make it so we know who to look for. Thank you!

Reed

[mtb_guy]

Bump......thanks.

[Wolfchimp]

I will be there...but I guess that is usually assumed. :)

[Samsquanch]

I think I'll make it, it's been a long week already.

[Rick Shaw]

I'm about 90% sure I'll be there.

[Shawno]

I plan on being there.

[MOAB]

I plan on being there.

[Samsquanch]

I'm not going to make it tonight guys. Sorry but I've got a little too much going on right now. I'll be back at it next week!

[mtb_guy]

No worries Todd. Thanks for the heads up.

The Tree Trust has been doing a lot of clearing the past week. The trail is starting to come together really nice. If we have time we can walk through all the new sections tonight after trail work. Its looking good!

See you out there!

Reed

[mtb_guy]

Hi all-

The next trail work session is scheduled for tonight at 6:00pm. We have even more to work on since we got rained out last week. We will be clearing a lot of trail over the next couple trail work sessions and/or working on rake and ride areas. We will once again meet at the main parking lot and walk into the trail.

Please post up if you can make it so we know who to look for. Thank you!

Reed

[Wolfchimp]

No worries Todd. Good luck with all your stuff!

[Rick Shaw]

I know this is really late notice but some family stuff has come up that I need to be around for. Really sorry!

[Wolfchimp]

No worries Brendon. We had a really good work session tonight. Thanks to everyone that came out to help us throw some dirt around!