Trail Maintenance

We put in a long hard day performing trail repairs on the Rock Creek segment of Cumberland Trail. Two trees at trail's edge had blown down across the trail and uprooted which required that we cut the tree and remove the root ball to clear the trail. This work required much hard labor with hand tools and a come-a-long. After cutting the tree from the stump, trimming the root ball down to a manageable size, and cutting as many roots as possible, we were able to remove the stump at work site # 1 by yanking it out with the come-a-long. However the stump and root ball at work site # 2 never surrendered to our efforts. We were able to remove enough of it to allow the trail to be rerouted around it. That work is tentatively scheduled for Friday.

Slideshow of Don's photos

Slideshow of Bob's photos

Group photo at work site # 1 on Rock Creek Trail