NY-NJ Trail Conference

Long Distance Trails Crew

We Rock Your Trail

(35) 10/23, 24, 25/2015
Appalachian Trail relocation
on Bear Mountain - continues

It‘s Friday and David is ready to climb

Today‘s high-line setup was especially difficult

A small crib wall needed here

Shaping a composite rock

End of day Friday with a plan for tomorrow

Saturday morning, Bard students arrive

Moving big rocks

Bob explains the griphoist

Using the 4 person sling to move smaller rocks

Jeff making a place to put that big rock

Teri & Russ constructing more new trail

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Bill using the hammer drill & chisel

Everyone loves to swing the big hammer

Students landscaping the trail

Everyone say . cheese

And the trail continues uphill

Russ and the big hammer

Different parts of the trail get different treatments

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Carol posing with the griphoist

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Carol working the griphoist

Chris demonstrating how the belay works

Watching the belay in use

Erik explains the importance of proper rock placement

Students get hands-on experience

Safety first then warm and stylish

Now that the rock is in place, get the sling out

Erik explains pinning a rock step

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First he explained now he demonstrates

084 Bard students after a hard day‘s trail work

Bard students after a fun day of trail work

Using the hammer drill

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Bill cuts the pins

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Carol tries out the hammer drill

Side-hilling and more

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Bill and Erik set the step

Look up and see the view

More views

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The Appalachian Trail

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Carol & Bill get ready for more hammer drill time

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Hammer drill and hammer chisel

All chiseled out

More beautiful scenery

Erik cuts off the long pins

Upper tread way getting completed

Another section done

Bob C in the tree and the high-line comes down

Looks fun doesn‘t it?

Turning the corner

Then on up the hill

Almost to the end of this relocation

Sometimes it‘s only a small section needs a crib-wall

Removing a hazard

Using the rope-puller to topple the tree hazard

Nope, they just wouldn‘t fall

Setting up to remove another hazard

So we set up the griphoist once again

This hazard is that large & dead leaning tree

Ready hoist

Tension hoist

Tree down hazard gone - slack hoist