Beaver Lake — Friday, May. 3, 2024

A quick update on this trail. Our work party tackled the huge slide that was about .5 miles in, and it was quite a chore! We had to dig out about 3-4 feet of wet, heavy sticky clay with pieces of vine maple and fern rootballs in the mix. We mostly used the pic mattocks to loosen it and bring it down in chunks, then instead of shoveling it, we just used our hands and grabbed the chunks of clay and threw it off the trail. We also did some brushing and benching. There are a couple more work parties up there, so it should be in good shape for hiking soon. It's a muddy trail in spots, plan on muddy footwear. Lots of bleeding heart and spring beauty lining the trail, skunk cabbage and trillium still in bloom but almost done. Oh yeah, hiking pants do not block nettles if you sit on them, FYI, bring a sit pad! Loo open but no TP, big sign on the door saying NO TRASH PICKUP, and indicating if we want that loo open, better keep it clean.