Lopez Hill work party, December 2010
This tree tipped in a windstorm and took the trail with it. Rather than cut the tree, we decided to reroute the trail around the root mass. What was a tricky but unremarkable spot on the trail is now a section with a cool natural feature.
Trail reroute, from below
Trail reroute, from above
Line choices in Duthie Hill Park
Duthie’s XC trails are being built using a 7-step process:
1. Flag
2. Brush / Log
3. Bench
4. Fix flow
5. Fix drainage / finish bench
6. Add features and options
7. Finish
Source: Duthie 7 Steps on Evergreen’s excellent wiki.
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Washington State’s biigest MTB club, started building Duthie Park in 2008. Phase I officially opened summer of 2010. Read more about Duthie Hill.
P.S. Want to help them build more trails? Check out the work party schedule.
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