Backcountry carpentry

Some of the trails in the Fraser Valley stay wet for quite a while after the spring melt off. Gary and I worked on building what the Forest Service call "bog bridges". If you look in the IMBA book, these structures are called log rides and used as alternate lines to the main trail.

Finding a suitable beetle killed tree


We planed the first couple of trees on their side

How do you move a big tree with two people?


Putting the logs together


A little more dirt on the approach and its done

It is amazing the compliments this basic feature got from riders passing us on the trail the next few days. Nothing like a little spice on a green trail.

Decompressing in FC

Just got home from working the the IMBA Fraser Valley Ride Center for the 6 1/2 weeks.

Got to build some cool things with the Ditch Witch and chainsaw.

Here is a before and after of a small reroute section that Gary of the Forest Service and I did.



























More of the bog bridges/log rides soon.