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Glenrock Volunteer Trailbuilding Training Saturday and Sunday, 21st and 22nd of Marc.
For all you Glenrock riders out there, you may have noticed a bit of official trail building going on from the guys at World Trail. For those that haven't, the DJ quarries are undergoing a transformation, the old DJ's on the cliff edge are gone and a new set away from the cliff are under construction (mud jump rework is next) and the BJ's Surprise/highroller/suessland area is also being tweaked.
In preparation of the NPWS formalising a volunteer trail maintenance crew, there will be a trail maintenance/building session with World Trail next weekend ( Saturday and Sunday, 21st and 22nd of March).
The following is a quote from a NPWS press release on the issue,
World Trail to Host a Volunteer Trail Day at Glenrock State Conservation Area, Newcastle
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is undertaking works to improve the mountain bike trails in the Glenrock State Conservation Area in Newcastle. They have engaged well known Australian trail builders World Trail to provide sustainable design and construction expertise and techniques.The Glenrock trails have been a popular but unofficial mountain bike destination for local enthusiasts for many years. The trails are a legacy of a colourful historical past and many parts of the trail network are subsequently in poor condition. In recent years NPWS has started to take the necessary steps to formalise some of these trails, culminating in the current works being undertaken and the upcoming volunteer trail day.
In the weeks leading up to the volunteer trail day, Glen Jacobs and the World Trail crew will be working with the local NPWS staff to teach them the specifics of trail design and construction. On the weekend of Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of March, Glen will be on site at Glenrock demonstrating the principles of sustainable trail construction, which will then be put into practise by repairing some sections of trail. Participants will get the opportunity to learn and ask questions, while actually designing and constructing more sustainable trails.
No need to register your intentions, just turn up on the day.
Meet at the Gun Club road entrance off Fernleigh Loop in Adamstown Heights at 8:45am for a 9am start each day
Bring your bike, sunscreen, water to drink and insect repellent.
Wear a hat, trousers, a long sleeved shirt and enclosed footwear.
It is looking increasingly like World Trail will be back again after the initial round of works (which by all accounts look sweet).
There was also a meet and greet the NPWS session at gunclub gates yesterday that was well attended, another will be held on April 18. About 50 riders were at the gates to discuss the POM with NPWS management and the session looked to be beneficial to both parties.
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Here is a few photo's for those who haven't been up in a few days, or just don't frequent Glenrock.
Small quarry areas
The sixpack has been dragged away from the cliff edge and looks to be replaced with four decent sized table tops.
Some substantial rock armoring on the link from the first quarry to the second.
New trail linking the mud jumps (to be reworked) to the new table tops.
BJ's Surprise
First corner being worked on so far, looks to be a stunning corner.
Few pics of the new trail works leading to the DJ quarries.
alignment is on the same corridor but all corners moved out to allow more flow, without braking.
Glen Jacobs and Reece fro World Trail;
Going down to the creek, nearly over the old log;
And the new 'big' berm just above the log itself;
Mud Jump Area, Quarries and Twisties and Dip (leads to quarries) are done. Can we stay of twisties until the NPWS have had a chance to get the water tanker in to water down the trail.
Decent turnout today, I had to leave at 10am and will be back down later but here is a few shots of the crew working on the top of BJ's Surprise. There was a crew using heavy machinery starting at the bottom.
I'll get more shots this afternoon as well as a heap tomorrow.
Build crew briefing and run down on trail building technique.
Hmmmm, allegedly hard at work sorting the two lines around the rock at the bottom corner. Looks more like dancing a funky jig.
Old line to the right, new line to the left.
Hard at work cutting in the new line.
Meeting tomorrow at 8:45am, Gun Club gates to continue the work before World Trail have to leave town.
keep up the good work,haven't been up there for a while now,i can guarantee it won't be long before i go back though.
Got a heap of photo's to go up, so I will start with what was completed yesterday and do a new post for today.
First turn on BJ's. The original line went through the log on the bottom right of the photo.
Two lines around here, high and wide, or inside off the ledge. The old rutted line went through the middle of the choke rock.
Further down BJ's
Now for some shots from today. Great to see some guys up from the Hornsby Sire Mountainbike Movement. They had a few good chats with NPWS staff and I think learnt a thing or two of Glen as well.
You can see the original line in these photos as the line heavily covered in logs, sticks and leaf litter.
I hope everyone found the weekend as good as I did. Trails look sweet as well. Huge thanks to the NPWS and World Trail for making the weekend of building happen.
Hopefully though we get a bit of water on them soon to compact everything down. Last thing we need is people skidding on the fresh trails before they have a chance to bed in.
Quite a few people skidding along the upper section having a look while we work below.
Glen seemed confident that the soil was good enough to hold up while we were waiting, other than people trying to rail the berms that were still soft (particularly in twisties).
Looks like there may be a storm building (fingers crossed) to get some water on the trail.
OMG, top work Lenny. When can we ride it!?
....but we are trying to convince people to stay off them until we have had some rain. The corners are really soft at the moment and if people try to ride too high on the berm they will blow out.
We will be keeping an eye on the trails and as soon as it rains we will be out with trail tools helping things settle in. Some parts of the trail are designed to initially hold water to assist in compacting things, but then we will open up the drainage lines.
After that, it should all last long term.
Was pleasant having a crack at it today. Didn't get any photos of the pretty NPWS lady or the NPWS little excavator? Those trails are really coming together. I'm impressed by Glen at World Trail, he seams like a really nice bloke too. Looking forward to riding them once they have had some watering down.