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I will often get requests from my USFS trail manager (I'm a volunteer) to remove blowdowns that are on adopted or un-adopted trails. Frankly they are ones that are sizable and would require someone with axe or crosscut saw training. I dropped a hazard 2' diameter Hemlock blowdown near the basin...

Lots of chopping / trailwork all over the WMNF Beeline Hale Brook trail north twin trail downes brook trail royce trail early in the spring oh and a VolunteerNH volunteer service award and making the conway daily sun...

thanks Hal! missed you at the ceremony but did catch up with Craig. not sure of my motivation but it doesn't feel like work to me.

same issue at northwoods meadows state park in Northwood, NH. NH state parks unhelpful / unwilling to address / correct. Said it was done by a volunteer group.

The entire Rocky Branch trail is open. No official announcement made yet but it is all open (trail signs back up). Cedar Brook (Pemi) and Rocky Branch (Saco) are different ranger districts / different crews.

Doesn't seem like this has been officially posted in another thread but the Rocky Branch trail was officially re-opened last week. No announcement from the Forest Service but was told by some at the Saco Ranger District that the Forest order / closure was listed. I hiked the beginning section...

thanks Hal!

Training required for both axe and chainsaw use. Volunteers rarely sign up for or get chainsaw certs. I'm a volunteer trainer for the axe use program on WMNF. Trainings usually take place in the spring.

very sorry for your loss. It is so heartbreaking.

I don't think this is the case. (b) “Driving,” for the purposes of this section, shall not include when a person is behind the controls of a vehicle that has pulled to the side of or off the road at a location where it is legal to do so and where the vehicle remains stationary.

great pictures. great sketch subjects as always.

fantastic shots

Different Forest Service ranger districts. Different projects. More planning and decisions involved in dry river I'd guess. Also different trail crew staffing levels among districts.

yeah. I'm not seeing this. I guess it's all in where and when you hike.

I believe that is the plan. I don't work for the forest service but I am an active volunteer. Someone posted the decision and plan in another thread I think.

I have many many axes so have the liberty of choosing a different one most days. I prefer single bits over doubles but for no particular reason. Lately I've been using a Plumb axe in the Connecticut pattern - similar to the ones shown below.

Admittedly I hike just as an excuse to clear trails these days. This trip to the Sawyer Pond trail was no exception. Plus I need to get ready for the Dry River trail. Maybe it was the construction but I only saw a group of three people on the trail this day Passing through the Kanc...

great pic!

Was heading up to Chocorua a few weeks ago and was distracted by a very recent fir wave (or maybe just some storm damage). There were five trees blocking the trail. After breaking an axe handle, I went back down to get my spare axe :D and cleared four of the larger trees. I intend to go back to...

re: Beeline I went out last weekend and axe'd out three blowdowns near the junction of the beeline cutoff. They looked very old (and were). I started down the beeline cuttoff but turned around as it looked unmaintained.