Trail Stewards – A Rare Breed
Something I learned before I ever went to Idaho in 2008 is that the guys out there were serious about “their” trails. First off, I was told to not even come unless I had a rear trials tire. Knobbies, they said, will mess up the nice single track if you get off the side. Then I asked if it is OK to bring a YZ250f . . . I was told that would be fine if it did not have stock exhaust, but rather something much quieter (ie, FMF Q). So, the writing was on the wall, these guys were serious about “their” trails and keeping them open (for everyone).
So, on the first day, we come upon a place near the trail where there is a hunter’s camp with a couple horses tied up to some trees. We are heading up a slight grade, but we stop our bikes and push them about 20 yards or so past the camp and then start our bikes and leave. What would you have done?
Later that day we come upon a place where some trees are down across the trail. It would have been easy enough to get around, but we stopped, grabbed one of their small chain saws and went to work. It was cleared just enough to keep it open to “singletrack” width navigation (ie, a quad would not fit).
Trail Maintenance
I was impressed at their attention to detail in this regard. They weren’t doing this just for themselves but rather for the entire trail using community. When they talked about “their” trails, they meant the everyone that utilized them, not just themselves.
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It's handy having a chainsaw on your bike!
Jesse rode with the gentlemen in the photo above one day and could hardly keep him (he was in his later 60’s) in sight. He’d come up to a downed log to find the guy off his bike with chainsaw in hand. Start, cut, stop, put in holder on fender, off you go! Jesse said they repeated this about 30 times that day!! Would you do that?
Think about it . . . they have hundreds of miles of public trails and we have less than 150 in Kentucky.
See you on the trail!