Category: Trail Work

Trail work

As you probably noticed I did not post a work day for July. That is because the members with the equipment and others that were going to help were busy all this month. I will post a work day in August when I hear when it is going to be when I am told. Summer …

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Work day this Sunday June 12

We are having a work day to get started on our sign post. We will be cutting and drilling and assembling the top parts of our sign posts. Some of the parts are aluminum. We will be rounding the corners on the aluminum stock. Bring any cordless or corded tools that you think might help. …

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End of season trail work.

Dave and Mike S. were out last week picking up the signs in the Wheelerville area. Dad was out locking gates in Shrewsbury and I locked the gates at the Notch area and the North side of the Jeffords State Forest. The State locked the gates on the CCC Road. So we should not have …

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Sno-Birds Trails

Last Sunday and Monday we were out clearing a lot of trees. Scott R was out on Sunday. I was out on Sunday opening gates and clearing trees with my truck and walking. On Monday John H and myself were out all day clearing all the upper trails and all  the way to the Falls …

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Will we have snow for opening day?

I am planing to go out with the Tucker on Monday the 13th to check the trails and clean up the trees that will be down. That is depending on the rain again on Saturday. I would go out on Sunday but VAST will not pay mileage because it is still hunting season. If some …

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Meeting and trail update from our last work day

Our next meeting is November 9 at the Southside Restaurant  starting at 7:00pm. Hope to see you there! I just realized that I did not post any thing about the last work day. We had a good turn out. Jeff and Scott Ballard, John, Mark, Adrian, Doc, and Dave with his excavator. We debrushed the …

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Trail work Saturday

Our next work day is this Saturday October 23rd. We will be starting at the clearing just past the old Bove Camp, RD651. That is the end of the Gilman Road. We will start at 8:00 am. Again debrushing equipment and an atv would be handy. I do have room for one person at this …

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Thank you volunteers again!

Last weekend work session went very well. John Hogan , Ray Meser and myself started in Shrewsbury and went out 4 and 7all the way to the gate at Brewers Corners on the Wheelerville Road and then down from RD 650 on 407 to McLaughlin Falls. We cut lots of trees and picked up a …

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Well done last Saturday!

At our last work day we had 5 volunteers. Dave had his excavator and did tread work and stump removal. It was really wet in that area at this time. Ray Messer, John Hogan, Mike Stewart and myself worked hard at debrushing with hand brush saws. We got the two trails done. I want to …

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Trail Work Dates

At our last meeting we set some work dates. The first is September 25, 2021. We will be meeting at 8:00 am at the end of the Coldham Road, the Stouts property. We will end up at the groomer shed, the Arthur’s. We are debrushing both of those trails. The other dates are October 9, …

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