Trailwork on the Backbone Trail on January 31, 2009

This was a joint project between CORBA, the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council and the Sierra Club. Click on an image to see it full size.

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The backbone trail before we started on it was narrow and overgrown in many places
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A mountain biker stops to talk to CORBA trailcrew leader Hans
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Trimming back the brush with loppers
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Trail users make their way through the debris on the trail while we're working on it
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Cutting down the vegetation on the trail bank to keep it from growing into the path
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Dad and son working together
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Evening out the dirt...
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...then packing it down. It was damp so it packed easily and was pretty easy to dig around, too.
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Where one section of work starts
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There was a deep trench in the middle of the trail to fill here
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Taking a break for a photo...
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...and then back to work!
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Cutting down a tree that is bending low over the trail
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One branch is down...
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...and is carried away for disposal out of sight of the trail
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