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On 9/12/15 at 10:00 am meet us at the Silver Arrow Bowmen Archery Range on Hickox Road. Below you can see an opening in the fence, that’s the new Little Mountain Park Southern Connector. This is where the 10k on September 26 will enter the park. We have one switchback corner to complete. Please joinContinue reading “On 9/12/15 work resumes”

Check this out … This run is the same day as our second September trail building session. So on September 12th we will be working on the South side of Little Mountain Park in preparation. We hope our trail running community will lend a hand… Below you can see the run route: Looking at theContinue reading “MVTB News: Little Mtn. Trail Run . . .”

The July 25th session was awesome; great weather (not too hot), we had a solid turnout with eighteen (18) volunteers – and it was great fun. Below Jerry Granahan (our co-leader) has his arm around on of our new volunteers, Robert Latimer. On Robert’s left is Isaac Cook (Jerry’s grandson), and adjacent to them areContinue reading “7/25/15 Session . . .”

The July 11th session was a hot one. Our eleven (11) volunteers worked on the road crossing. In the following image John is compacting the final tread. And take a look at the rock-work that surrounds the culvert.  It was done by our Church of LDS volunteers, and it is beautiful. As a group theirContinue reading “7/11/15 Session . . .”

On our first June session we had another solid turnout, with twenty-two (22) volunteers we were set. We had enough volunteers to break into two groups; one continued the work of capping the HOP connector trail – the other working on the north end of the trail extension called “Rooty.” Working on this rerouted andContinue reading “6/13/15, & 6/19/15 “Special Session” . . .”

While long weekend sessions can sometimes result in light turnouts, we had twenty (20) volunteers and perfect weather. Since it was another session that we were all working really hard not many photos were taken. Below you’ll see Simon LeClair, our newest equipment operator, dumping a load of railroad ballast. Jerry directs the dumping asContinue reading “Our Long Weekend Session: 5/23/15 . . .”

I apologize for our lack of recent blog posts. A great deal of energy has been going into Hidden Lakes, which many of you have been asking about.  At the end of this post a brief update is given, with a link to additional information. Moving on, we’ll do my best to bring you backContinue reading “MVTB Update: 4/25/15 thru 5/16/15 . . .”

On April 11th the weather was mixed.  It pouring just before the session started, then the rain stopped and the sun slowly broke through.  Tough early weather can put a damper on volunteer turnout. But we still had seventeen (17) great volunteers and got lots done. Below Jesse and our other early volunteers stand atContinue reading “A damp start to our 4/11/15 session . . .”

On March 14th the weather was mixed but we still had a great turnout, thirty-seven (37) incredible volunteers. Below you’ll see some of our younger volunteers helping with the reroute of the trail called “Rooty”. The reroute is no longer riddled with exposed roots, maybe a rename will be in order… Below you’ll see aContinue reading “The 3/14/15 session; SVC’s Outdoor Club – and many more . . .”