The following pictures illustrate a short session of rock armoring and de-berming, carried out by Austin Steo and Chuck Bolte, at Fairland Park.
Shown in the picture below is the condition in which we found this 30 foot section of trail at Fairland Park. It may be difficult to see, but Austin is standing on a rather large berm on the left side of the trail. Because there is a berm there, there is a trough in the trail at the front of Austin's feet. This trough was created by water running down the trail, which is bad. At the location where I shot this picture there is a small water run off that hits the trail in a perpendicular manner. This is ok, but the dip created in the trail by the run off needed to be armored with rock.
Shown in the picture below is the condition in which we found this 30 foot section of trail at Fairland Park. It may be difficult to see, but Austin is standing on a rather large berm on the left side of the trail. Because there is a berm there, there is a trough in the trail at the front of Austin's feet. This trough was created by water running down the trail, which is bad. At the location where I shot this picture there is a small water run off that hits the trail in a perpendicular manner. This is ok, but the dip created in the trail by the run off needed to be armored with rock.
Austin and I raked the leaves off of the trail and then Austin began setting the rock armor that had been harvested earlier in the day.
If the first picture in this series was the "before" picture, the picture below would be the "after" picture. Austin and I hacked up the berm and pulled the berm dirt into the trough as well as covered the freshly laid rock. To finish, we tamped the trail and replaced the mucky winter leaves.
Below, Austin visualizes himself riding down the trail.
