So you're signed up for the upcoming FS chainsaw class and will go cut all of the windfall before the masses get there? Sweet!:cheer:
I'll be that guy....anything to get on the trail
So you're signed up for the upcoming FS chainsaw class and will go cut all of the windfall before the masses get there? Sweet!:cheer:
Downed trees? Really?:eeek::haha: Do chainsaws scare you? You could use an axe. I understand people drive around down trees but the solution is to remove the tree, not close the trail.
Alright you can go clear the trail to get to the downed trees all of them and then start cutting them all and get this all done in under a month and a halfs time. Oh and just so you know it snowed in enumclaw last night so there might be a couple feet of snow up there still. Have Fun :cheer:
I guess you havent seen what the trails look like after a hard winter.
lazy wheelers.....sounds like fun to me:awesomework:
Get it organized I will be there. If you can get everything in line and everyone the proper certifications and the trails clean by memorial day, You are a logistical god.
leaving Issaquah around 5 am Friday to go to Naches for chainsaw training...4 door Dodge, who wants a ride?
Awaiting my time off through work to get approved.
Alright you can go clear the trail to get to the downed trees all of them and then start cutting them all and get this all done in under a month and a halfs time. Oh and just so you know it snowed in enumclaw last night so there might be a couple feet of snow up there still. Have Fun :cheer:
I guess you havent seen what the trails look like after a hard winter.
I've already cleared several trees off DNR land.:flipoff: I clear them as I get to them on the trail. I don't need the FS or you to do it for me. I don't live in Enumclaw so I could care less how much it snowed today. Anyways I like snow wheeling and have a rig that can do it. I was just up in the hills this am and removed a tree. Cost to the taxpayers-zero.:kissmybutt:. It hasn't been that hard of a winter over here not many down trees.
But to answer the O.P. question I think working with the F.S./D.N.R to Make two trails or a "Winter Bypass" through problem areas may be a good idea.
You have your summer trail "softer area" that would be used in the summer and winter trail "More Hardpan/firm area" This would alleviate damage and allow nature to "Heal".
We would have to figure out a way to block these alternate routes effectively but im sure there is a genious somewhere in this group that could figure it out.
There is no way they're opening the trails I'm interested in by memorial. There is still too much snow (for the FS). Knock yourself out helping the FS, I'll just keep clearing them as I get to them, and I'm not even FS certified to run a saw.
Reasonable idea.
There is no way they're opening the trails I'm interested in by memorial. There is still too much snow (for the FS). Knock yourself out helping the FS, I'll just keep clearing them as I get to them, and I'm not even FS certified to run a saw.
Why have any restrictions when restrictions aren't the problem?
Why restrict things that have nothing to do with the real issue?
So you think this is a viable solution that we should bring up to the FS? Just let everyone bring their chainsaw without training and the trees will all disapear? How is this different from year past? How well did that work then?
I'm not trying to pick on you or your ideas but sometimes it helps to think things through.