Brushy Creek Single Track (Deception) NEW Trail Head

The official Trailhead for Brushy Creek Single Track (BCST), or what most people know as Deception, has moved a bit. The official start of the BCST begins, just west of the RR  tracks after crossing the boardwalk. The beginning uses the existing trail that created a fall line that is eroding away. The purpose of the reroute is to encourage users away from the fall line and onto a gentler slope and into the trees.

The current approved plan for the official entrance is represented by the...
RED line, sorry about the photo thumbnails.
BLUE line is the existing entrance and the...
YELLOW represents a connector trail - both the BLUE and YELLOW will be CLOSED soon and reclaimed. This is a low-lying area that holds water and creates a boggy area that stays muddy for weeks after rains. This creates an undesirable trail surface that requires too much maintenance.

The new trail avoids traversing along flat areas that tend to collect water and become muddy. Because it's on a slope it uses grade reversals to avoid the collection of water. The trail require significant bench cutting as is evident in the photos.

This is the view from the east entrance looking SW.

 This is looking more south and shows the existing fall line (rutted out middle).

This picture is looking east towards where the first two photos were taken.

This photo is further west near a huge oak tree before the clearing between the new entrance and the main BCST trail.

And again, just slightly further west, looking west this shows the opening between the new trailhead section of the new entry way into main BCST.

And looking back the opposite way to the east where the previous photos was taken.

This is where the REAL work was done today, a significant amount of bench cutting was required to provide adequate width and drainage. The following photos are of the entry way into BCST from the clearing just below Dodge Cattle Dr. These are all facing west.

This is where the NEW meets the OLD. This small section will be completed later this week. More benching will be required along with a bit of cribbing work before we can close off the original odd entrance to BCST. It is rideable now, but not up to standard or sustainable.

The next series of photos is from the OLD/NEW junction looking east.

In addition to creating the new entrance we reclaimed an unauthorized trail that was just to the east of the barn area. Part of our job as Trail Stewards is to reclaim unauthorized trails.

Some miscellaneous pictures from the day.

There are some "fit and finish" items remaining - brush hauling, minor trimming and treading to be completed, aside from that and the short area to connect the old and new this is good to go!!!

As always RESPECT trail closures and reclamation efforts!

THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS!!!
Chad Neuman Collums 4 hrs
Jesse Warner 4 hrs
Robert Paulk 4 hrs
Brian Hoffman 4 hrs
Jeff Saunders 4hrs
Eric Cunningham 4hrs
Steve Burger 2hrs
Eric Burns 7hrs (includes Apr 1 corridor cutting)
Joshua Chambless 3hrs (includes Apr 1 corridor cutting)

Total man hours 36 Hours