(159) 11/18, 19, 20/2022
Appalachian Trail relocation
on Surebridge Mountain - continues

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A cold Friday morning as we gather in the parking lot

At the woods road lot we head into the woods

Now crossing Surebridge Brook on the A.T.

This new A.T. blaze is hidden for now

Dan starts clearing more new trail

He will follow the flags across the hillside

Another set of steps will be needed here

It always seems that one big rock is blocking the way

Can anyone see the bottom yet?

Chris works the rope puller

We are trying to make this big rock level

It's a big one and tough to move

Marty's first day back since September

Now that it‘s up, put crush under it

Supported by crush, now it‘s level

Russ is holding his custom made field transit

Russ uses his custom transit to set the steps

Each step is set into a deep hole

And on a bed of crush to keep it stable

Chris fine tunes the crush

Dan lugs in another bucket of crush

Much more crush will be needed

AT Relo After a good day of trail building, it‘s time to head out

Our end of day crew meeting, and it is getting colder

It's Saturday, and a great volunteer turn out today

It's a lot colder today

We even had a little dusting of snow last night

Heading out from the woods road parking lot

Bob, Chris and Don are eager to get going

Marci and Linda making their way up the hill

And there it is. What a beautiful view

Because of the snow, it's going to be a little harder building these steps

Marci and Linda get ready for more side hilling

Dr. Dave and Peter want to break this rock

Chris has the shaping hammers ready

Peter holds while Chris swings the hammer

Peter now tries the double jack

Success, now Russ just maneuvers it into place

Using a game cart, Peter packs out our generator

A very small crew for a very cold Sunday

Back at the new steps, Erik twists his knee and it's very cold, so it's day over



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