FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Long Canyon Trail maintenance

Event Details

Time: July 28, 2012 from 10am to 4pm
Location: Near Kyburz, CA
Event Type: trail, cleanup
Organized By: DWH
Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2012

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Event Description

Long Canyon Trail is one of the 42 trails that have been closed in the Eldorado National Forest this year. Since NorCal FJs has a volunteer agreement with the forest Service, we will be allowed to perform our trail maintenance duties in spite of the closure, In order to do this, I have to fill out a Special Use Permit with the Forest Service and on that permit I need to fill in the dates.

A .pdf file of the trail closures can be found here:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5364203.pdf

The date is set as 7/28. I would like to get as many rigs as we can, up to about 10, to show our continued support of the trail.

Please post if you want to join in.

NorCal FJs has adopted the Long Canyon Trail in the El Dorado National Forest and it is time to do another clean up on the trail. We need to get two done before the trail closes in late November.

We will meet at the In-n-Out Burger in Placerville off of the Forni Road exit at 10:00AM. I plan on leaving the parkinglot by 10:15 at the latest.

You will need to fill out and turn in a Volunteer form before you will be allowed to participate. The form can be found at: http://norcalfjs.com/forum/topics/adoptatrail-longcanyon

If you have filled one out previously, you do not need to do another one.

See also: http://norcalfjs.com/forum/topics/trail-cleanup-and-clearing

Some trail information is below.
The trail is not hard. I have taken numerous first timers in stock FJs with no major consequences. Rock rails are required for the second obstacle. There are a total of three obstacles. The first two have bypasses, the third does not. There are also a couple of fairly steep climbs and an area with many 6” to 10” rocks to navigate. Again, nothing a stock FJ cannot handle.

A map of the area can be downloaded here:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/eldorado/maps-pubs/?cid=stelprdb5357470

Placerville Ranger District Map - Side 2
Trail head coordinates are approximately:
38 45 N 120 15 W

If you are running late and miss us, getting to the trail is easy.
Continue up Hwy 50 toward Tahoe, just past Kyburz (about 30 min. from Placerville) take a right on Silverfork Road
A few miles up Silverfork Road, take a left on Long Canyon trail (dirt road)

Communications

I will have a CB on Ch 31 and 7/31 on FRS. HAM Frequency is 146.460 no tone.

See http://norcalfjs.com/group/comms/forum/topics/norcal-fjs-band-plan-aka for standard group communications.

Bring a lunch and plenty of water.

Mobile phones do not work well in the trail area, except at the top.
Be prepared for changeable weather, but it will likely be hot.

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Comment by MoreFJland on July 30, 2012 at 5:39pm: Good to see everyone again, and meet new folks. Just disappointed we didn’t make an attempt on that last tree. I’m sure we could’ve had it chopped up by the next day with one handsaw, a few hatchets & axes, and battery sawszall if we kept at it. :-) .

Comment by DivnGirl on July 29, 2012 at 11:18am: Yes, thanks Daryl for organizing. It was great meeting new folks and catching up with the rest of ya! Perfect weather...and a perfect day!

Comment by Shayne on July 29, 2012 at 8:57am: Had fun, learned a lot, thanks for the help everyone. Looking forward to the next event. Had a suggestion for that shooting area, a sign saying please collect your shells and targets? Maybe with the club logo on it, close to the road so it is less likely to be used as a target itself? Each person that finds trash is that much less likely to care about their own, imho.

Comment by BigFish on July 29, 2012 at 12:10am

Daryl - Thank you for setting this up and guiding everyone up the hill. The trail is much cleaner now. We need some of us to be chain saw certified. That big tree at the end was a killer. Everyone worked hard as a team.

Go NorCalFJ.

Comment by Revoked on July 28, 2012 at 10:12pm: Daryl, thanks for organizing and the great spotting! It was great meeting everyone

Comment by DWH on July 28, 2012 at 10:02pm: Thanks for coming out guys. It was a long day but we got quite a bit done.
The new guys did really well, it was good to have you along.