NY-NJ Trail Conference

Long Distance Trails Crew

We Rock Your Trail

(41) 3/18, 19, 20/2016
Long Path relocation on Long Mountain begins

Our first crew outing of 2016. The LDTC along with the LPTC

Version 2

We have a great turnout today

Jeff is ready to go

Jeff is ready to go

It‘s up up and away

It all starts with Chris flagging the new route

The trail will go through here

turn and rejoin

Relo section will come from the left then turn uphill and rejoin the existing trail

A view of Turkey Pond

Work beginning at the lower intersection

Building a big waterbar to protect the new trail

Using a four person sling to drag a large rock

Using the rope-puller on this larger one

Dr. Dave making crush for the first time this year

Now he‘s swinging a bigger hammer

Armoring the waterbar with big flat rocks

Securing the tools for the night

Day one is over, let‘s head back to the parking lot

Back at the parking lot discussing tomorrow‘s plans

New day new tools

Dr. Dave ready with his chainsaw

Blowdown #1

Nice work David

Starting the upper steps

The upper steps begin

It‘s a tight area to work in

Now Jeff is making crush

Sen Sen trying to split a rock

A great place to take a break

Erik tries to split another rock

Erik tries levitation to lift the rocks

5 persons for a 4 person sling

Just how many volunteers does it take to check the rock

You want that end over here?

Now there are 4 steps in place

And of course more crush was needed

So that‘s how you make crush

Clearing the path using the rope puller

Securing the rope puller was a challenge

It was a tough fight but we got it out

Now it‘s time to move some rocks

Rock bars, rope puller and belay are needed here

We‘ll just drag the rock into place

End of day #2

A view from the top

Raymond H Torrey memorial

Looking down the current route. Yikes

More current route obstacles

Waterbar now complete with 2 new steps

End of day 2 parking lot meeting

Day 3 begins, it‘s cold but sunny

Erik points to the next step going in

Now moving the big one into place

Another rock in the sling

Rock bars do most of the heavy lifting

Putting the finishing touches on the upper steps

All upper steps in and dressed

This section could use a couple of steps

And another step or two right here

That‘s all for this first weekend