April rounded out our best start ever to trail work at Crockett Hills. Two work days were held with San Ramon Valley High School and Oakland Devo mountain bike teams with both days being focused on the Sugar City trail. We were able to make a significant dent in the cattle damage and also get some berm and roller repairs done. Despite the significant portion of work done this spring on cattle damage this is the first berm and roller work we’ve been able to get to in years. Drainage and vegetation have been the primary focus for the last 4 years.
The limitation of 1 large work day per year also affected work scope focus and support for additional work days is game changing. While the cattle damage repairs don’t get the trail back to pre-damage condition they do help. The tread continues to wear back in but it will be a while until it’s back all the way. These two work days take us to 4 large work days for the year at Crockett Hills thanks to the support of park supervisor David Kendall and his staff. This is the first time we’ve been permitted to have more than 1 large work day in a year. David and staff have stepped up the mowing even further this year mowing Sugar City twice and more extensive mowing on Tree Frog and Warep.
We recognize that more people would like to do trail maintenance and we’re doing what we can to make trail work opportunities more accessible.
