Event#: | 487 |
Date: | 2017-04-29 |
Agency: | State Parks |
Trail: | Santa Monica Mountains Trail Days, Sycamore Canyon |
Leader: | Jerry Mitcham |
Hours: | 216 |
Volunteers: | 36 |
Distance: | 3409 |
Status: | Completed |
Regulars: | 10 |
Casuals: | 26 |
pdf: | 20170429TrailDays.pdf |
CSUCI: | 0 |
Tag: | PMSP |
Previous Events
ID |
Date |
Leader |
Hours |
488 | 2017-04-30 | Jerry Mitcham | 60.0 |
487 | 2017-04-29 | Jerry Mitcham | 216.0 |
486 | 2017-04-28 | Jerry Mitcham | 24.0 |
485 | 2017-04-27 | Jerry Mitcham | 24.0 |
484 | 2017-04-26 | Dave Edwards | 4.0 |
Crew Member |
Hours |
Barb Thomas | 6.00 |
Barry Dydyk | 6.00 |
Dave Edwards | 6.00 |
Don Brusselars | 6.00 |
George Sherman | 6.00 |
Greg Sweel | 6.00 |
Jerry Mitcham | 6.00 |
John Kross | 6.00 |
Norm Simmonds | 6.00 |
Sharon Simmonds | 6.00 |
This was the 36th annual Trail Days event.
Volunteers began to arrive and sign in. Ten SMMTC volunteers were on hand to organize and supervise the trail maintenance activities. Volunteers were organized into several crews. Crews were shuttled to various trail heads, assigned crew leaders and issued tools. The crewleaders conducted tool talk and safety briefings to their respective crews. Four crews were shuttled, by vans to their work sites at the Upper Sycamore Canyon Trail. One crew consisting of CORBA and MBU members was shuttled to the Wood Canyon Vista Trail Head. The Sierra Club crew shuttled to the Coyote Trail. The trails, crews and work accomplishments were as follows:
Crew #1: Upper Sycamore Canyon Trail; 8 volunteers. Crew #1 Realigned an eighty foot section of trail around a massive washout. This involved clearing a downed tree, creating a new tread across the stream bed and building a new ramp out of the steam. Removed overgrowth from about 550 feet of badly overgrown trail and repaired one minor cross drainage.
Total volunteer hours: (8 volunteers x 6 hours) = 48 hours
Feet of trail maintained: 630
Crew #2: Upper Sycamore Canyon Trail. 8 volunteers. Crew #2 Chopped heavy weeds and growth along trail, widening the tread. Filled a trench and installed one armored drain..
Total volunteer hours: (8 volunteers x 6 hours) = 48 hours
Feet of trail maintained: 790
Crew #3: Upper Sycamore Canyon Trail; 11 volunteers. Crew #3 Constructed a new trail steam crossing. Created tread across the streambed and built a new ramp out or the creek. Filled a trench and repaired the tread across a new drainage. Chopped heavy weeds and growth along trail, widening the tread.
Total volunteer hours: (11 volunteers x 6 hours) = 66 hours
Feet of trail maintained: 1,230
Crew #4: Sycamore Canyon Trail; 9 volunteers. Crew #4 Filled a large trench and established a new tread through badley eroded streambed and large rocks. Chopped heavy weeds and lopped brush to widen trail.