The trails will be ride able Saturday November 2 by the afternoon. There will be puddles and wet spots - please ride through the MIDDLE of the puddles and wet spots. When you ride around or ride the edges you are widening the trail.
Thanks!
The Deception Trail Ninjas
Trail is in good shape. Please mind the puddles, do not widen then further. Ride through them, not around.
ReplyDeleteLarge trees are down on Picnic, on the way out before reaching the Basket Drop intersection. Please WALK over and do not ride AROUND.
West section past DT, yet again has been unblocked and ridden/hiked. Jesse, Brett and I remedied that with lots of boulders and limbs - many more and larger boulders than previously. I am going to post a laminated note out there and make more of an effort to block it further tomorrow.
If you are reading this and rode the trail between Wed and Fri evening, you were in the wrong to do so and you probably know it. Please respect the trail and let it dry out two full days at a minimum after a significant rain.
Considering the previous rains and this morning's rain the trails will not be ready to ride for at least 72 hrs, so do not plan to ride before Thurs.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I wonder if signs are not in order at the trail head to keep the trail in good shape. FWIW it rained this morning and rain is forecast for tomorrow as well, so I think really it will be at least Friday or Saturday before it is rideable again.
ReplyDeleteJosh, thanks for your feedback.
ReplyDeleteSigns are in order. Please realize we are in the very beginning of making the trail a formal Wilco trail. The status is that the trail is not considered by the Wilco to be rogue, but it's not completely "officially recognized" trail either. Wilco P&R acknowledges the need for such trails, and we have a handshake with them to maintain the trails, but not to build new trail. Signage is important and signage was on the agenda in the very first mtg with Wilco. Currently Wilco is reviewing the MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with ARR (Austin Ridge Riders), once they sign the agreement we have a more formal trail and progress on signage will probably be one of the first steps. ARR has already agreed to provide the signage, but of course Wilco will have to approve it. The trail EMS markers will take more time, but we might be able to get Trail Head signs first. However, there is a caveat...the West Trail Head is on City of Austin Park Property, and a significant portion of the first 3 miles of trail is on COA as well. The point is, getting official signage may be more complicated and drawn out. I am not inclined to create rogue signs, so I will ask the Wilco P&R Director about us getting some simple trail head signs installed, but I suspect it will be declined without higher ups approving it, the signs going through a design review, construction review, etc.
Thanks for the explanation. I am not complaining to the trail builders :) hoping that some solution gets implemented before the trail gets too ruined from riding it wet. Fortunately this is a rare problem around here.
ReplyDeleteNo problem and we want the same. I spoke with the P&R director yesterday. I did get permission to take a chainsaw to downed trees. We spoke about signs as well, at this point the county will not approve signs. The way they look at it is that signage will imply a level of trail status/liability/ownership that they are not prepared for at this time. The process requires several more steps. Currently legal is reviewing the MOA verbiage, once the MOA is agreed upon, the county commissioner (Cynthia Long) will have to review and approve it and then it will have to go in front of the county court for voting. I am pretty sure that the P&R Director has taken Mrs. Long on a tour of the trail.
ReplyDeleteCommission's Court information, including members. I will put together a 'form letter' that trail users can send to the various commissioners to show support for the trail.
http://www.wilco.org/tabid/207/language/en-US/Default.aspx