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Approximately 3,000
events nationwide were held last Saturday in honor of
National Trails Day. The 12-year-old program, organized
by the American Hiking Society, encourages participation
in local trail advocacy groups to help promote trail usage
and perform maintenance. Trails 2000, Durango's non-profit
champion of trails, set out Saturday morning to maintain
the Colorado Trail, Dry Fork, and Hoffheins Connection.
The San Juan Mountains Association got its hands dirty
further down the Colorado Trail. Armed with shovels, saws,
and pulaskis the faithful volunteers of Trails 2000 cut
away at overgrowth and tried to create a drainage system
to prevent area wide erosion. For more information on
local trails or to volunteer, contact Trails 2000 at 259-4682.
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Head trail guru,
Bill Manning, strolls down the Colorado Trail after
completing the
morning’s work on the trail above Hoffheins.
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| Jim Brandon puts
his back into it as he swings a pulaski in the preliminary
stages of creating a water bar.
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| A bright, yellow
bloom stands out in stark contrast to the dry, cracked
dirt of
Hoffheins Connection.
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From left, Jim O'Brien,
Bob Inda, Jim Brandon and Bill Manning glance back
to critique their work on a water bar installed
earlier that morning.
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| Craig Brossman
polishes off his lunch and relaxes in the mid-day
sun before heading home for a ride with his son.
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