Report Type: TM Report:
Trail Name: George C Waldo State Park
Town: Southbury
Trail Conditions: Improving
Observations/Information: Paula and I hiked into Waldo on Wednesday for a reconnaissance and trail clearing mission. We traveled light, carrying only hand saws, and we had ample opportunity to use them on the many limbs that the snowstorm had brought down across the trail. Most were medium to large-sized oak and beech limbs- they were most affected since they still had their leaves. We got a good workout from 2 ½ hours of sawing and dragging. We cleared Where’s Waldo up to the Hunter’s Trail, and Worked on Hunter’s and Daffy. There are three widowmakers (large limbs hanging over the trail) on Where’s Waldo that users should know about. One is right at the Hunter’s Trail turnoff, and another two are before it. We’ll need to reroute the trail around them and until we do, trail users should bushwhack around and not go under them, as they could fall at any time. We also hiked Hunter’s and Daffy but were not able to clear everything, and we’ll have to go back in with a chain saw. We also removed a lot of derrailleur-eating sticks.
So Waldo is clear up do the Hunter’s Trail and should be dry enough to ride by the weekend, just keep one eye up for the widowmakers.
Trail Ambassador Name: Paula Burton, Glenn Vernes
Trail Ambassador E-mail: glennvernes33athotmaildotcom
How did you use the trail? Other Trail use
Trails Ridden: Where's Waldo, Hunter's, Daffy Duck
Time of day: Afternoon
Time/Duration (hours): 2 1/2
Approximate Distance (Miles): N/A
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