Magma and Deadwood Trails are built, but we need to complete some modifications to be in full compliance with US Forest Service specifications. To that end, we’ll be attacking Magma (and possibly Deadwood, depending on time) with a Cal Fire Deadwood Crew and volunteers next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. The work will be lopping and removal of small trees to widen the trail corridor, clearing soil from the base of trees, and “naturalizing” borrow pits and debris piles next to trails. Trail Labs will follow us later with some excavator work to finalize some big berm work.
This will be a big effort and we need a lot of help, but it’s a chance to see this amazing trail and to mobilize an entire community of trail enthusiasts who can have fun working with one another.
I cannot be there Monday, but we’ll have at least two MSTA board members to provide direction, and I’ll be present the other days. The Deadwood Crew will start from the bottom of Magma and volunteers will start from the top. We’re looking for at least one sawyer each day to cut small trees. Hoping to see volunteers from MSTA, Bike Shasta, Shasta Gravity Adventures, and anyone else who gives a damn.
Let’s kick some ass out there and get these trails open. And if you’re feeling like a banana slug in this cooler weather, it’s a chance to get some exercise out in the forest. It’s good for you…trust me, I’m a doctor.
