Monday, February 5, 2024

Trail Maintenance, Garenflo Gap, Appalachian Trail

Date Distance Time Elevation Gain Average Moving Time Year to Date Miles
2/5/2024 4.6 miles 6 hours 53 minutes 1,063' 0.9 mph 70.6 miles

Parking: 
  • Garenflo Gap
Map:
  • Gaia GPS app

Directions:
  • Garenflo Gap towards Bluff Mountain

It was time to prepare our trail for thru-hiker season! Glen, Krumm, and I went out to do some trail maintenance. The gravel road to our trailhead parking lot is continuing to get worse - with us hitting the bottom of our car multiple times. Sigh. 

We only saw one backpacker today. It's so peaceful to get out there and work. We encountered so much blowdown! So many down trees and branches. I hiked 2.33 miles in, whereas Glen hiked to the summit. Glen reported snow higher up. We both started working on our way down. We did our best to clear what we could and will have a sawyer do the rest. The trail looks much better now. We still need to go back and clear water bars, and maybe work on removing some more trees. I'm pooped! 

Little un-named waterfall on our trail. We'll call it Krummholz Falls :)



Water diversion work needed




More water diversion work needed - hard to cross stream without getting feet wet


Tea break









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