Jenny Creek Work Day - SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

[nuclearlemon]

i have to get the new cat in for a checkup sat morning at 8, but if i get out early enough, i may try to meet up with you.

 

[Uncle Ben]

Just got back from a J Creek recon trip. Trail is overall pretty good shape. The trail washout next to the tree is pretty much a lost cause to repair as now the water is receded that section is only a couple hundred yards long so you might as well just stay in the creek a little longer. The water diversion we did in the rocks held and stopped the water from continuing to cut the rut. The whole rut is healing and is not difficult anymore. That is all on private property anyway so Forest Service cannot make ANY decisions about repairs there. When they (FS) reroutes that section in the future it will take that whole creek bed road out of the trail pattern. I discovered a HUGE new illegal route created by rougue ATVers and unfortunately full size vehicle have started using it. It needs immediate attention as it begins at a posted closed off-shoot, goes steeply up the hillside and right through wilderness boundary posts! It is located several hundred yards East of the Boulder Wagon Road gate. The camping area at the gate has new ATV routes all over obviously created to get around the drift we broke in August. The post and cabling is actually holding up pretty good considering! Obviously, mixing concrete rather than our previous dry bagging attempts is the key! Most end posts are leaning but only a couple of the middle posts need help. I counted 12 posts that were leaning. The kiosk looks great! but the literature in it could use replacement as it's really fading out! When I got back into Boulder I stopped by the BRD office and had a chat with Cat and showed her the pictures I took of the new illegal route and I also told her how many bags of 'crete we would need. She said there was no budget left for materials but she did agree that we had to try to stop or discourage the wilderness area entry. I called Marco and we plan on purchasing some ready mix bags....hopefully the club (you) will pull some cash from the emergency fund and reimburse! I'll post pics later after I get a chance to make them web friendly. OH....and all the many firepits I looked at were full of burnt and unburnt cans, bottles and trash. Someone needs to do trash duty this weekend!

 

[subzali]

maybe post the pics under the Members Only section, if appropriate UB. Thanks for the report!

 

[corsair23]

When I got back into Boulder I stopped by the BRD office and had a chat with Cat and showed her the pictures I took of the new illegal route and I also told her how many bags of 'crete we would need. She said there was no budget left for materials but she did agree that we had to try to stop or discourage the wilderness area entry. I called Marco and we plan on purchasing some ready mix bags....hopefully the club (you) will pull some cash from the emergency fund and reimburse!

Thanks for doing a recon run UB

Money/reimbursement should NOT be an issue for any needed materials. There is a reason we retain CM money year to year for purposes just like this.

 

[rover67]

Thanks for getting up there Kevin, that really helps a lot, also thanks for getting over to the FS office, they still haven't gotten in touch with me.

I am just going to cancel the camping portion of this trip so tomorrow I can focus on getting Maribeth on board with what we plan to do this weekend. It will also give me time and space to get concrete to haul up there saturday morning. Hopefully that dosen't give any folks too much heartburn, but seeing as only a few were looking at potentially camping I don't think it should.


Lets still plan on meeting at the Kiosk at Yankee Doodle Lake at 9:00am. see first post for google maps.

Northerners plan on meeting at the home depot in Boulder at 7am then heading up. They open at 6 so I will get there early and buy some concrete. We can distribute it among whoever shows up to caravan up. I know it will be at least Bruce and myself so at least we'll have two trucks.

I'll keep receipts for what we buy, shouldn't bee too expensive, I am thinking 10-15 bags of concrete.

 

[DanS]

I'm in, but solo. I'll be bringing the 40, and have an extra seat if anyone wants to ride along.

I'll bring a shovel or two, and a few buckets.

I can pick up/haul some supplies too if needed. I'll definitely stock up on some strong/big trash bags.

Dan

 

[timmbuck2]

Thanks for doing a recon run UB

Money/reimbursement should NOT be an issue for any needed materials. There is a reason we retain CM money year to year for purposes just like this.

I will also chip in $100 to the club for Jenny Creek maintenance. I will use the paypal link.

 

[satchel]

A friend and I will be heading up to go camping up there tonight, so if anyone else is planning on heading up there please let me know so we can meet up. Otherwise I'll see you all sometime in the Saturday AM.

Does anyone know if there is plenty of wood up there I can use as firewood or should I take my own up there?

 

[60wag]

Last weekend there was a fire ban in Boulder county but it has been lifted as of Wed, 9/7. There may still be some ban signs posted that need to come down.

 

[Uncle Ben]

A friend and I will be heading up to go camping up there tonight, so if anyone else is planning on heading up there please let me know so we can meet up. Otherwise I'll see you all sometime in the Saturday AM.

Does anyone know if there is plenty of wood up there I can use as firewood or should I take my own up there?

Plenty of wood in the area but yesterday EVERYTHING was soaked! If you have room I would pack up some dry wood.

 

[rover67]

I just got off the phone with Maribeth who will be meeting us up there at 9:00am

She is bringing carsonite and route closed/no motor vehicle stickers, and the driver. I asked her if she wanted to head down Jenny Creek with a group and she said yes, she'd like that a lot. She'd be willing to do any route repair we can with hand tools also which is big news. She's also bringing stuff for the Kiosk.

I will be getting concrete tomorrow morning at Home depot for the posts and at least Bruce and myself will be taking it up to JC. Dan, Can you bring up 4 bags of concrete in the 40? it'll smooth your ride out on Rollins pass and lighten Bruce and my load.. Thanks for bringing the buckets, that'll help a lot.

This thing is finally coming together here less than 24hrs before it's supposed to happen, phew. Thanks everybody for helping out so far and to those of you committed to heading up. It's going to be a busy day for our small group up there. We have lots of posts to get straightened and lots of carsonite to hammer in.

Don't forget to bring yourselves plenty of WATER and FOOD for the day, sunscreen too.

 

[rover67]

From Maribeth:

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Re: concrete - we are unfortunately in our end-of-year spending cutoff, so the FS cannot make purchases. If Rising Sun wants to/is willing to purchase some concrete for repairing posts, that would be helpful - Cat asks that we not plan on installing any new post/cable this year, though (like to block the new hill climb being used to access the Boulder Wagon Road). For new work needs other than repair to existing lengths of post and cable, we'll make a list/plan for next year.

I'll be happy to take a ride down the trail to see the damaged areas, and will plan on doing some work to fix what we can.

Any specific tools you'd like me to bring? Unless you specifically need something else, I'll bring along the driver and pilot hole driver for carsonites, stickers for carsonites, shovel, pulaski, pick axe, rock bar, and McLeod in my truck, plus hand tools and clamps for working with cable.

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[Uncle Ben]

Marco, what if we donate a few green T-posts and I'll bring a driver. That should detour most from the illegal access. I'm still unsure what I'm taking up but I'm leaning towards hauling the 40 on the trailer behind my work truck. We could throw all tools and equipment in the back of the truck and on the trailer. I do plan on checking out the trail East of the Jenny Creek crossing too. I've seen some ATV's playing in a nasty looking bog several times and I suspect it's that direction which is not being managed.

 

[rover67]

Alrighty folks, I just filled my fridge and cooler with waters, gatorades, and cokes. Also got 4 bags of chips. should be good on drinks and some snacks. getting excited for tomorrow.

 

[DanS]

Alrighty folks, I just filled my fridge and cooler with waters, gatorades, and cokes. Also got 4 bags of chips. should be good on drinks and some snacks. getting excited for tomorrow.

Me too, should be fun.

I can haul 4 bags, no sweat. I can try to buy some in Idaho Springs before I leave in the morning (hardware store opens at 8 I think, so it might put me a few minutes behind). Or I can meet you guys at Rollinsville and move them to the 40 there.

I've got two buckets for water hauling, and I can probably get one more if we need one to mix concrete in. I need to keep the two buckets pretty clean/smooth inside (we use them for gold panning).

I'll check this when I wake up at about 6:30, to see what the plan is on the concrete and if I need to hit the hardware store. Last question: I watched the video, should I bring my woodcutting helmet or any more safety gear than gloves?

Dan

 

[Uncle Ben]

What a great and very productive day! The new Ranger overseeing the project, Mary Beth, was awesome to work with and she really enjoyed wheeling with us too! The other Ranger, Beth, was way cool too! We got everything done we wanted too and more!!! Thank you all who took time out of your weekend to help!

 

[corsair23]

I will also chip in $100 to the club for Jenny Creek maintenance. I will use the paypal link.

Timm, feel free to donate $$ but that is not necessary. We have money as a club for trail maintenance etc. sitting waiting to be used in situations just like this.

Marco, UB, etc. please retain receipts for snacks, drinks, concrete, etc. that you've purchased and I'll make sure we reimburse folks. We might need to make a motion at the next meeting but that shouldn't be an issue

 

[60wag]

I had a lot of fun today. The post N cable repair was pretty easy. It is holding up well; just a couple of leaning posts and some loose cable. The wet area where the Jenny Creek road meets the Rollins Pass road looks great. It has filled in with plenty of greenery and wild flowers. It's the best it has looked in the 20 odd years I have been going up there. I feel a deep sense of pride in participating in the work in that area.

If you haven't been up there, you're missing a great trail that is filled with scenic views and Colorado history.

 

[treerootCO]

Thank you everyone for your hard work and dedication to this project. I spent the weekend up there and the area looks great! We cleaned up the fire pits and removed a few duplicates that were less than 3' from combustibles. Now if I would have just remembered the work day date was the 10th

 

[rover67]

Thanks Mike!! It was nice bumping in to you guys!! Hope you had a good time up there!