The trail is blazed and deadfalls removed. Marilyn Bennett, my wife Cathy and I spent seven long hours Friday working and riding Unaka Mountain’s Dark Hollow / Dick’s Creek trail loop. Winter left its mark on the trail which was evident by the number of down trees and the low hanging brush. John Morrison had planned to attend but another one of Winters gifts, the FLU, changed his plans.
We began our riding work day at 11:00 AM. The first mile was trouble free but as we began the blazing or painting of the trail markers, trouble did appear. The paint can’s screw on lid had no intention of being removed. We tried several times to remove the cap. Marilyn even rode back to retrieve some pliers from her truck but there was no pliers to be had. Not to be stopped by a sticking lid I used the Leatherman tool to poke my way into the can. We transferred the paint to a plastic bottle and we were on our way.
A short time later we came upon our first down tree and soon thereafter our second tree then the third, fourth, etc. I know we dismounted to cut, pull, tug, and paint over 100 times that day. After seven long hours we had worked our way around the loop and made it back to that stubborn paint can that we had left behind that morning. I was never so glad to pick up a can. We got back to the trucks about 6:00PM.
Well the good news is, the trail is now well blazed in bright yellow at all intersections. This should make it easy to find your way and thus the ride should be more enjoyable. This is about a 4 hour ride.
Have a great ride!
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Just found your website!!! Hope to help with some trail clearing in the future.