Monthly Trails Report
October 2024 Trails Maintenance Update
Wildcat Progress – Oct 25 2024
July 2024 Trails Maintenance Update
Vegetation and light tread work continued throughout the month of July. We are now 80-90% complete with planned activities. Sections that remain include the upper part of Upper Cougar, portions of Docmann, High Meadow, “middle” Cougar, and Gothic. Minor work will continue throughout the month of August and target specific tread and vegetation projects. This will include clearing sight lines, raking rock and redefining tread. More widespread vegetation and corridor clearing of Wildcat is expected to begin around Labor Day.
Weekly Trails Report
Weekly Trails Report – September 26, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Columbine and Lost Canyon.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- This will be the last report for the season. Work will be scattered and minimal through year-end.
Weekly Trails Report – September 19, 2022
1.) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Columbine, Lost Canyon and Bradford.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species.
2) Fire safety
- Volunteers cut and thinned vegetation in Brannon Gearhart Park behind Wood Sorrel per direction of staff.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout the remainder of the fall, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – September 12, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Bradford and the Red Fox connector.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species.
2) Fire safety
- None this week but an opportunity was just announced for this coming Saturday 9/17 in Brannon Gearhart Park.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout September, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – September 6, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Summit View, Bradford, Question Mark Peak and High Meadow.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species, focusing this last week on the bee hive area and behind Tamarade.
2) Fire safety
- None this week but there will be a volunteer opportunity announced soon for mid-September in the Brannon Gearhart Park area.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout September, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – August 29, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Lark Bunting, Summit View and the bridge intersection at North Shaffer/Lost Canyon.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species, focusing this last week on the bee hive area and the Cathy Johnson trail.
2) Fire safety
- None this week but there will be a volunteer opportunity announced soon for mid-September in the Brannon Gearhart Park area.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout September, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – August 22, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Cougar, Docmann, Summit View and Columbine.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout August and September, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – August 15, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Columbine, Bradford and Summit View.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout August, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – August 8, 2022
Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Cougar and Summit View.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout August, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – August 1, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Bradford, Golden Spike, Summit View, South Shaffer, High Meadow and the Willowleaf/Stallion Pointe connector.
- Volunteers completed the BGP turnpike project. All fill has been spread and recent storm damaged fixed.
- Volunteers continue to help the Weed Warrior team tackle invasive species.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout August, though the bulk of the work has now been completed for the season.
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Weekly Trails Report – July 25, 2022
Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on Beacon Hill, Columbine and Lost Canyon.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will wrap up the BGP turnpike and work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout the remainder of July and August.
Weekly Trails Report – July 18, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and tread maintenance on EPT/Manzanita, Lyons, Ridge, Kiln, Golden Spike, Bradford and High Meadow trails.
- Volunteers worked on the small reroute of Lark Bunting by the pump house. The old section will be officially closed soon.
- Volunteers continued to work on the Brannon Gearhart Park turnpike expansion and is now open again. The final load of fill was delivered and about 50% of it spread. All other work is done outside of removing slash.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout the remainder of July and August.
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Weekly Trails Report – July 11, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed weed mitigation and tread maintenance on Cougar, Golden Banner, High Meadow and Lark Bunting.
- Volunteers performed weed removal around the Manor House Trail.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout July. The BGP project to widen the boardwalk is now open again for use but will require one more load of fill to fully complete.
Weekly Trails Report – July 5, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed weed mitigation and tread maintenance on High Meadow, Beacon Hill, and Summit View.
- Volunteers continued to work on the Brannon Gearhart Park turnpike expansion. It will now only require one more load of fill and some finishing touches to be complete. All other work is done outside of removing slash.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout July and August. Volunteers will also reroute a small section of the Lark Bunting connector behind the pump house.
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Weekly Trails Report – June 27, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers did vegetation maintenance on Cougar, Docmann and Domino.
- Volunteers continued on the Brannon Gearhart Park turnpike widening. It will be completed by early July.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue work on vegetation maintenance and the BGP turnpike widening.
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Weekly Trails Report – June 13 & 20, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
Singletrack Trails Inc. completed maintenance on North Shaffer Trail, South Shaffer Trail and the connector trail from the North Hogback Trail to the Lyons Trail. STI also removed timbers from one edge of the Brannon Gearhart Park turnpike. Singletrack Trails Inc work is now complete for the season.
Volunteers began reassembling the Brannon Gearhart Park turnpike. This trail is currently CLOSED.
Volunteers performed vegetation maintenance on Cougar and Domino Trails and tread maintenance on Summit View Trail
2) Fire safety
None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
Volunteers will work on vegetation and tread maintenance around the system throughout June and July. The BGP project to widen the turnpike will be ongoing through the remainder of June and early July.
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Weekly Trails Report – June 6, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Singletrack Trails performed maintenance on Upper North Shaffer trail. They will continue to work toward Lost Canyon and South Shaffer this coming week.
- Volunteers performed weed mitigation on Cathy Johnson/Columbine trail.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- The contractor will continue with their work heading South. They are expected to finish this week or early next week. Weather has delayed completion.
- Volunteers will work on vegetation maintenance on Cougar on Friday.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org
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Weekly Trails Report – May 30, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Singletrack Trails performed maintenance on Lower Summit View and Upper North Shaffer trails. They will continue to work toward Lost Canyon and South Shaffer this coming week.
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Colorow, Cougar, Docmann and parts of Shaffer and Lost Canyon trails.
2) Fire safety
- None this week.
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- The contractor will continue with their work heading South. They are expected to finish by the week of June 5.
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Weekly Trails Report – May 23, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Singletrack Trails completed maintenance on Stove Prairie Trail and Bradford Trail (lower)
- VTCs performed maintenance on Colorow trail and Deerwood Trail.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Singletrack Trails will continue trail maintenance, working on Shaffer Trail and Summit View Trail.
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Weekly Trails Report – May 15, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Singletrack Trails performed maintenance on Stove Prairie Trail
- No volunteer trail maintenance this past week
2) Fire safety
- Volunteers removed vegetation in East Plum Thicket, behind homes on Mountain Laurel
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Singletrack Trails will continue trail maintenance, working on Stove Prairie Trail and lower Bradford Trail.
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Weekly Trails Report – May 9, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- No volunteer activities this week but our contractor began work, starting with Massey Draw near the intersection of Colorow as well as the Rose Clover connector.
2) Fire safety
- No work this week but there will be a session this coming weekend.
3) Outlook for the weeks ahead:
- Volunteers will likely start more frequent sessions closer to Memorial Day once the contractor has wrapped up their work across the system.
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Weekly Trails Report – May 2, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed tread maintenance on the Lindenwood connector and took care of a fallen tree on Beacon Hill.
2) Fire safety
- Volunteers assisted with clean up around the equestrian center.
3) Outlook for the weeks ahead:
- Volunteers will continue small projects off and on until vegetation season picks up. In addition, the contractor will begin yearly maintenance on singletrack trails starting with the lower sections on 5/3. They will do upper trail maintenance likely a week or two after that.
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Weekly Trails Report – April 25, 2022
No updates to report this week.
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Weekly Trails Report – April 18, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed tread maintenance on the Manor House connector off North Ranch road. Drainages were cleaned, enhanced and tread was flattened.
2) Fire safety
- Volunteers wrapped up the finishing touches on the North Ranch emergency exit gate. A contractor will be coming to process the slash in the coming weeks.
3) Outlook for the weeks ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance on select areas
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Weekly Trails Report – April 11, 2022
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed tread maintenance on Cougar Trail, from Valley Parkway to a bit past Bluebird trail. Drainages were cleaned, tread was flattened and a few new drains were added.
2) Fire safety
- Volunteers removed low vegetation along the access road between North Ranch and Willow Springs, to enhance fire safety of this access. Cut materials will be chipped by staff in the coming days.
3) Outlook for the weeks ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance on select areas.
Weekly Trails Report – September 13, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed tread maintenance on the Manor House connector and Mountain Willow connector, and prepped for work on the North side of Lower Bradford.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue light tread maintenance on select areas that have become rutted due to the recent downpour.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – September 7, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed light tread maintenance on Lower Cougar and the Manor House connector from North Ranch Road.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue tread maintenance on select areas that need special attention from recent heavy rain.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – August 30, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Bluebird, lower Cougar, Golden Spike and Lark Bunting.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue light vegetation and tread maintenance on lower Cougar and other select areas.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – August 16, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on small sections of Lark Bunting.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance on select areas that need special attention from rains, as well as some light vegetation maintenance.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – August 9, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Cougar and additional tread work on Lark Bunting.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance on select areas that need special attention, as well as normal vegetation maintenance.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – August 2, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Docmann and Eastern Golden Banner, and tread work on Lark Bunting.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance on select areas that need special attention from recent rains, as well as normal vegetation maintenance.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – July 26, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Lyons, Lost Canyon, Rose Clover connector and East High Meadow.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance on select areas that need special attention from recent rains, as well as normal vegetation maintenance.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – July 19, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
• Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Cougar, Lost Canyon, North Shaffer, Summit View, Beacon Hill and some of the neighborhood connectors.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
• With many sections now taken care of, attention will be turned to those that remain, including Lyons, Ridge, and Docmann trails. Light tread work will focus on drains around the system.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – July 12, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Eastern Golden Banner, North Shaffer, Powerline, Golden Spike, and Bradford.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance mostly on the northern sections.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – July 6, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on North Shaffer, Golden Banner, and EPT/Manzanita.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance, mostly focused on vegetation on the north side of the complex.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – June 28, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Golden Banner, High Meadow, South Shaffer, North Shaffer, Beacon Hill, west Summit View, Lost Canyon, Lyons, Columbine and East Plum Thicket/Manzantia.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance with additional focus on some of the lower grassy sections.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – June 21, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
- Volunteers performed vegetation and trail maintenance on Massey Draw Trail, Gothic Trail, a portion of High Meadow Trail, and a portion of Golden Banner Trail.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue trail maintenance.
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – June 14, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance:
• Volunteers finished placing the remaining tool boxes in the field.
- Volunteers performed tread maintenance on Cougar Trail and on the Mountain Willow connector.
- Volunteers began vegetation and light trail maintenance, focusing on South Shaffer and a portion of High Meadow.
2) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Volunteers will continue maintenance on the backcountry trails in the weeks ahead
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Weekly Trails Report – June 7, 2021
– Volunteers mobilized the remaining new tool boxes out into the field. That is now complete.
– Volunteers did work on the raised bridges in East Plum Thicket / Manzanita area. Drains were installed and crusher fines were brought in to widen and raise the connecting ramps.
– Volunteers will continue on smaller projects over the next two weeks before vegetation maintenance begins in earnest.
Weekly Trails Report – May 24, 2021
1) Trail Maintenance (Volunteers):
• Volunteers added rock armoring on Docmann Trail to mitigate seasonal mud.
2) Trail Maintenance (Contractor):
• Singletrack Trails performed maintenance on the following trails the past two weeks:
• Bradford Trail (lower), repaired drainage along northern property boundary
• Bradford Trail (lower), adjusted alignment of tread adjacent to fence at rocks
• Lyons Trail, significant drainage work full length of trail to repair features and mitigate erosion of soft soils
• Colorow Trail, repaired a few drainage features
• Colorow Trail, repaired erosion at large rocks
• Lost Canyon Trail, repaired erosion for lower portion of trail
• North Shaffer Trail, repaired erosion at switchback
3) Outlook for the week ahead:
- Singletrack Trails will continue trail maintenance. Work will include maintenance of portions of South Shaffer Trail
- Volunteers will complete rock armoring on Docmann Trail
If there are questions or comments, please contact us at trails@kcranch.org.
Dan Mullins and Mark Celusniak
Volunteer Trail Coordinators