The Final Countdown

And so, after nearly three months, our crew season is drawing to an end. Of course it feels as though it has barely just began, but that is the way of things I guess. We were all looking forward to our final hitch, it would be nice to bring a close to the season and get all our ends tied off. We spent one day working on Corridor 7 snowmobile trail, but then were able to work on the AT/LT for the remainder of the hitch. Kate Walker, our Forest Service contact, decided to bump us ahead of where we were to a section further north. She wanted us to cover a section of the trail that was part of an integrated resource project, from Route 11/30 to Griffith Lake. It was not a very long section of trail, and only took us a few days to cover. James and Sam worked solo on the section for the most part, as Bobby had a number of administrative matters to take care of. Working as a pair was challenging, but we have had experience with it and were able to make those days go smoothly. After finishing up the portion of trail for the integrated resource project we returned to where we had left off the last hitch and continued to survey north for the remainder of the hitch. We were able to survey around three more miles of trail before the hitch came to an end. On our final day of hitch we traveled to Manchester, NH to participate in the South West bus tour’s volunteer day there. It was nice to meet up with people from training and to do a little bit of trail work again.

Statistics:
1. Corridor 7: 4 miles
2. AT/LT: 13.7 miles
Total: 17.7 miles