Another Tahmore Reroute

Old route in yellow, new route in purple

All it takes is one little steep section of trail where leaves collect to turn a casual walk through the woods into a trip to the ER. Tahmore Trail is notorious for difficult footing after the leaves fall, and the Trails Committee has gone in several times over the years with leaf blowers. But it's better if you don't need to remove the leaves, and so the goal of newish CFPA Trail Managers Terry & Teresa Gallagher is to try and improve a few of these spots. 

On New Years Day 2017, Teresa set out to fix a short but vexing slope located where the blue/yellow and red trails meet. About 100 feet of trail was shifted so that it climbs up the hill gradually, but the route needed serious benching. After an afternoon of hard work, she had had enough, went home from some beer and Advil, and left the rest for Terry. 

Terry completed the reroute

There was another 25 feet of bony, compacted ground to level out, so the next day Terry came armed with a heavy digging bar, McLeod, and sledgehammer and set to work. It was raining. But you know, once you're there you may as well just get the job done. The ground was thawed out in January, and it might be April before that happens again. Get it done!

All done! Old route on left, new route on right.

The blazing needs to be repaired, but that may need to wait until spring.