Cheasty Trails and Bike Park

Pickup some garbage to celebrate Earth Day? Wednesday April 22 at 5:30pm. The rain should have subsided by then.

I'll be starting at the top, and working my way downhill in the southern bike trail area. Meet me by the picnic table. I'll leave a bunch of garbage bags on the table under a rock for late arrivals. Wear some thick gloves for touching gross stuff.

Now that the natural areas crew has done such a good job of clearing the underbrush, the garbage is super easy to spot. Most is along the multi-use trail...some on the two bike trails. If you see sections of green mesh, it also needs to get hauled out. Its left over from the original trail build.

We'll make a pile of full bags right on the shoulder of Cheasty Blvd.

some progress on our muddiest spot....just above that sweet right hand berm.

Step 1: remove weird branches from two muddy spots
Step 2: stomp a surplus piece of bridge decking into the worst spot
Step 3: stomp some bricks in into the smaller mud hole just before it.

years ago someone dumped a whole chimney worth of bricks in the forest... :)

Culvert #5 installed! ....one less slippery spot on the return/climbing trail.

its moments like these, that make this 10 year + journey worthwhile! So much joy! I ran into these two this evening doing some..."product testing"

.....I always say, we built these trails for "kids of all ages" .....go out into the forest and embrace your inner kid :)

MUD ALERT!!
There is still one particularly nasty, clay/mud section on the return trail (heading down into a right hand berm) We need to address it with hardscape, rocks, gravel etc, we really need to give it a break until things dry out a bit....So I have some alternate route suggestions to keep tires off of that messy section.

#1 if you are a downhill fan (like Joel and I) you can rip the downhill section, then on the return trail, take the cut through trail right before the first bridge up to Cheasty Blvd., take the shoulder trail to the top and repeat!

#2 if you are a mileage fan ..both Paul's :) after the downhill section, hop onto the green multi-use trail and use it for your southward journey, back to the climbing trail...and repeat!

here's a couple of my sweet snipping tool maps...and a video of the section we're trying to avoid...enjoy.

culvert #4 installed! Big thanks to the crew of volunteers that came out to wrestle mud, in the rain. We turned this, into this.

there is still one particularly nasty section that we need to address with rock and gravel....I would encourage folks to not ride that section until we get some drier days...second post coming with details / suggestions.

Drainage festival #4? Sunday the 22nd at 10am. Bring your tall boots, it will be messy, but satisfying :) This will be near the last bridge on the mountain bike trail heading south. Come in through View Point Park in the Rainier Vista neighborhood. Walk past the "do not enter" sign (cautiously) and you'll see the location at the bottom of the hill.

3rd culvert installed! Thanks for the help from Paul and Dave! I have all the supplies for culvert #4....maybe next Sunday the 22nd?

more fun in the mud? work party Saturday at 10am. We'll dig some ditches, carry some gravel, slam another culvert in.. bring your rubber boots and muscles :) North loop, on the return trail just below the double table tops. 1 or 2 hours max.

2nd culvert installed! Thanks Paul and Josh for braving the rain and mud!...we smashed that one in! 600lbs of gravel and a 10ft culvert? no problem...everyone needs a RAV4 :)

Looking for something to do on a rainy morning? At 10am we'll be out working on drainage again. No better time to see where the water is flowing! :)

North loop trail, on the downhill section at the bottom of the hill after the first bridge. Wear your mud gear. Shovels and gravel provided.