Our
final trail care event of the season was held at Harold
Parker on Saturday, October 14th. A group of eight
volunteers showed up for this final event. The group
included seven of our regular North Shore volunteers plus
Bob Giunta from the Merrimack Valley chapter of NEMBA.
The trail work for the day involved a couple of
intermittent wet areas on the trail that runs along Sudden
Pond. It included rock armoring an approximately 15
foot section of trail and bypassing another wet area with a
30 to 40 foot reroute. The rock armoring was a time
consuming project that started with the removal of 6 to 12
inches of organic duff before building a causeway with
rocks. Large rocks were used to create the tread.
Smaller rocks and crushed stone were used to lock the larger
rocks in place and to aid in drainage.
