(179) 10/6, 8/2023
Appalachian Trail relocation
on Surebridge Mountain
eastern/southernsection - continues

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10/6/2023
A dreary and damp Friday morning in the parking lot

Slowly the crew gathers,
there were 13 volunteers out today

First set of six being dropped off at the woods lot

This is what it looked like this morning
at the southern end of our Appalachian Trail relocation

Bill and Rich gather rocks for crush,
and mineral soil for the tread way

Zac gets busy making crush.
The crush will hold the steps in place

Steps now finished and looking pretty good

Back at the Northern end of the relocation,
this will be the new path

Jeff and Marion start building new trail

The chief is digging and tamping the soil

Trying to fill a large hole
using big and small rocks

Not as easy as it looks

Jeff will make it move

Howie uses a pick-mattock to lift the edge

Looks pretty good, just needs a little more crush

Further down the path, more new trail being built

Team effort, gets a lot done very quickly

This is where we started side-hilling today

New trail today

Friday 2pm

We're done for today, time to head out

Sunday morning, bright but cool,
Erik and Cookie joined us today

A beautiful day and a crew of 10 volunteers

Everyone including Cookie, wants to get moving

No rush hour traffic here

Back at the crib-wall we started 2 weeks ago

Erik lays out the plan for today

Getting the belay and high-line 1 ready
to move the first big rock of the day

Erik offers suggestions on extending the crib-wall

Cookie comes over to see what's going on

Break time Break time
time to take a little break

Believe it or not,
even our Jeff takes a break today

During break, a group of young hikers
stopped and had a lot of questions

Jeff is a great trail side ambassador

No spar tree nearby, No problem
Erik will just hold the cable up and out of the way

Another load on the move,
we will make crush out of these rocks

That tub made it down safely,
now switch to high-line 2

High-line 2 has a big rock in the air

This massive rock
will really add stability to the crib-wall

Russ gets the crib-wall ready
for the next big rock

The last big rock for today,
is all connected and ready to go

First we protect the tree
from the high-line cable

The high-line cable will ride up and down
on rocks bars strapped to the tree

Rock in the air and on the move

Yes that is one big heavy rock

Jeff muscles it around the tree

Team effort gets it into place

Just needed a little kick adjustment

Ah it's in place and almost level

Cookie spies more visitors

Another group of young hikers pass by
and of course, Cookie greets them with enthusiasm

Back at the crib-wall, still trying to get it level
Peter has found the perfect rock to stick under it

That will work, now it's level

Coming down the hill,
is the last load of rocks for today

This tub sure saves us a lot of time and energy

Without the tub, we would have to carry
each one down the hill by hand

Joe takes control of the tub,
and guides it to the ground

Using the rocks in the tub,
we make this kind of crush

This morning, this is what the crib-wall looked like

This is what it looked like at the end of the day

New crib-wall and some new trail,
stay tuned, there is much more to come

Pack up and cover the tools, it‘s time to leave

On the way out, Cookie pauses for one last look



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