SDMBA will be doing a trail work at the San Dieguito Park Saturday March 7th constructing 300 yards of new trail West of the Lake Hodges Dam. This section of trail will be an important connection in the Archipelago Trail system and the San Dieguito River Park. The Archipelago Trail is a North-South string of open spaces inter-connected by linking trails. La Costa-Elfin Forrest-Lake Hodges-SDRP-Santa Luz-Black Mountain-LPQ are the open spaces that will be connected. The San Dieguito River Park is a East-West trail system that will connect Julian to Del Mar. We will be doing heavy tread work and move LOTS of rock as this section of trail runs in the bottom of the Del Dios Gorge. However, don't be scared by the heavy lifting as there will be something for everyone to do. Meet at the burnt out fruit stand on Del Dios Highway and Calle Ambiante at 8:00 AM. Check sdmba.com for more information. We have had outstanding turnout at the trail work events this year, let's keep it going!

I'm In!

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I'll be there too.

Anywhere to ride afterwards here, or do we need to go somewhere else?

From where the TW is happening, you can backtrack up Del Dios to North Hodges to the trail by Hernandez Hideaway or continue south towards the Santa Luz loop. The San Diego River Park Trail itself where the work is occurring isn't much to write home about, its more of a (long) connector-type trail.

I am hoping to be there, but may have to choose between trail work and the patroller training that afternoon.

-James

[quote="quaestionis]I am hoping to be there, but may have to choose between trail work and the patroller training that afternoon.

-James[/quote]

If you have to choose, go to the patroller meeting. They can really use people to get the NMBP going. Trail work is every weekend in the Spring and Fall, but the patroller training is a one time shot for now.

There was a pretty good turn out at the trailwork on Saturday



Before we could get started in earnest we had to relocate a couple of the "locals".



I was pretty stoked with this shot above as I got this snake's eye in focus and the light was good enough that you could see the flash of the camera. While nobody but me can pick it out, there is a bit of my reflection in the it's eyes. I can't help but wonder if I had one of those $5K 22MP cameras and some L-series glass would I have been able to pick that up better.



This was some exceptionally tough work done that involved almost exclusively rock work. This section of the trail is within the 20 year flood plan of the San Dieguito River so it will be a raised section of trail with periodic culverts. Our main jobe today was to frame in were the trail is going to go and start on the foundation of rocks that will eventually be filled with dirt.



We used some sizable rock to make the frame of the trail. There was one rock large enough to be dubbed "The Asteroid". When completed it will be cool to ride by that spot and say "Yeah, I help put that rock there"



This was the first time that SDMBA has worked with the SDRP folks and I think we left a good impression about the quality of work SDMBA can produce. One this was for certain, I was good and pooped.



Here are some additional photos

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That's alot of rocks to move.

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