[pct-l] so much for redoing section Q this year

[gary at hbfun.org]

THIS is trail magic!

On 2022-08-01 12:12, Barry Teschlog wrote:
> Statement:"Despite valiant efforts, the trail seems to be losing the
> battle with the
> elements in Q.    15 years ago I thought it was overgrown and 
> underlogged -"
> Reply:FYI, not that it'll matter if it burns but.....
> About 12 miles of the PCT in Section Q was brushed out these last 2
> years, near Seiad Valley.
> Last year, a PCTA volunteer crew from the North 350 Blades Chapter
> cleared about 2.5 miles of brush centered at a point about 8 trail
> miles from the beginning of the road walk, so south of Seiad.  We'd
> also chainsawed out about 1.5 miles of blowdown.
> In May of 2022, that same volunteer PCTA North 350 Blades crew
> returned and cleared ~3.6 miles going north, starting from the road. 
> This cleared out the brush and the worst of the poison oak.  1/3 of
> the crew suffered badly from poison oak in the process.  The local
> volunteers had already cleared the logs in this direction.
> Starting before the PCTA crew arrived and worked north, a California
> Conservation Corps crew worked south, clearing brush.  In total over
> about 3 weeks, they cleared about 6 trail miles, starting from the
> beginning of the road walk working south.   That leaves about a mile
> of brush to clear to join up with the 2021 work.  
> The PCTA crew is considering heading back for a 3rd year and doing 
> more.
> If the PCTA crew had more people, they could do a lot more - In 2021
> is was only 5 and this year was only 6.  Power saws make the work go
> quickly.  The Washington based volunteers are looking to go back again
> in 2023.  Not sure if we'll work the north or south sides, there's
> plenty of work to go around.  But if they worked the south side, we'd
> likely go back to where we were in 2021, brush to "tie in" with what
> the CCC's did, then push south toward the Wilderness boundary with the
> brush and chain saws.