California Outfitters, Volunteer Trail Crew
July, 2003, Back Country Trail Work
This is a picture log of the California Outfitters July 2003 trail
clean up.
In most pictures people are named from the left to the right.
The Pictures
Skip, Pedro, Marty and John the packer packing at Clover Meadow Coral.
(P7030001.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and Marty packing at Clover Meadow Coral.
(P7030002.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Skip, John and Marty.
(P7030003.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Skip, Marty, ? and John.
(P7030004.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and John.
(P7030005.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and John.
(P7030006.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Betty.
(P7030007.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John, Betty and ?.
(P7030008.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Betty.
(P7030009.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty, Skip, John and Betty.
(P7030010.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John, ? and ?.
(P7030011.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Skip on Fernandez Trail with Eric's little saw.
(P7030012.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Skip crossing Madera Creek.
(P7030013.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro crossing Madera Creek.
(P7030014.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty crossing Madera Creek.
(P7030015.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty with Skip coming to help crossing Madera Creek.
(P7030016.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty crossing Madera Creek.
(P7030017.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty cooking in the Trail Camp.
(P7030018.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Skip with Marty cooking in the Trail Camp.
(P7030019.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro working on a small tree near the Trail Camp.
(P7040020.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and the 44" tree.
(P7040021.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro with Buck The Saw on the first cut on the 44" tree.
(P7040022.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty with Buck The Saw on the first cut on the 44" tree.
(P7040023.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and the second cut.
(P7040024.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and Pedro on the second cut.
(P7040025.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and Pedro on the second cut.
(P7040026.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty, Pedro and the lever.
(P7040027.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro on the lever and Marty.
(P7040028.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro digging under the 44" tree.
(P7040029.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John on the down hill side of the 44" tree with the lever.
(P7040030.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, Marty, Bill, Pedro, lever and the first movement of the cut portion of the 44" tree.
(P7040031.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro, John, Marty and Bill moving the cut section of the 44" tree.
(P7040032.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm, Bill, Lea, Buck the Saw, Marty, Eric, Nate and Pedro with the moved section of the 44" tree.
(P7040033.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Final "gap" in the tree.
(P7040034.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm in the kitchen of the Trail Camp. Norm's tent is in the background. Food/chairs are on the right.
(P7040035.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, John, Lea and Bill washing dishes at the Trail Camp.
(P7040036.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm and John, cooking breakfast at the Trail Camp.
(P7050037.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and John on the Fernandez Trail. (John is carrying Buck the Saw, behind Pedro.)
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Large 36" tree on the Fernandez Trail.
(P7050039.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John, Nate and Pedro at the 36" tree getting ready to roll it out of the way. This involves getting rid of as many "staubs" as possible and clearing a working area around it.
(P7050040.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro using a Pulaski to remove staubs on the 36" tree.
(P7050041.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Done with the 36" tree.
(P7050042.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate and John looking north from near the 36" tree.
(P7050043.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Better north view from near the 36" tree.
(P7050044.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John, Pedro and Nate discussing the view from near the 36" tree.
(P7050045.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, John and Pedro clearing another 12" tree.
(P7050046.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Another tree to remove.
(P7050047.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, John and Pedro using Buck the Saw to remove a tree.
(P7050048.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and the tree remains. Now it doesn't stick into the tail.
(P7050049.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro, Nate and Buck the Saw with yet another 12" tree.
(P7050050.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro with Eric's little saw and a 10" tree.
(P7050051.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, John and Pedro.
(P7050052.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm (and part of Skip) in the kitchen in the Trail Camp. Every day Norm had hors d'ouvers for us when we returned from tree removal on the trail.
(P7050053.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Granite Creek from near the Trail Camp.
(P7050054.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John and Nate discussing problems with a young tree, with the Trail Camp in the background.
(P7050055.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and Lea with an old tree that had been in place for 20? years. It had sunk into the dirt about 6" by the time that we got there.
(P7060002.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John cutting a "leaner" near the old tree.
(P7060003.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bill and Pedro moving on to the next tree after cutting the old tree out.
(P7060009.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Lea and Karl at the last tree of the day.
(P7060010.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Karl, Bill, Nate, John, Ted, Pedro at the last tree of the day. (Which we saved for tomorrow.)
(P7060011.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John, Karl, Bill, Pedro, Lea and Marty on the way back to camp at the end of the second full day of work.
(P7060012.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm's back with Skip. We didn't have a mirror in camp so I took this picture so that Norm could see what happened to his back when he fell while fishing.
(P7060013.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
?, Karl, Nate, Lea and Skip pumping water at the Trail Camp.
(P7060015.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Fish for dinner snacks.
(P7060016.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, Pedro's Hard Hat, John and Buck The Saw.
(P7060056.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, John, Buck the Saw and Pedro.
(P7060057.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bed of small logs to slide the cut tree section on. Note pulling strap on the tree on the left.
(P7060058.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate and John getting ready to slide the log.
(P7060059.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro with the moved log.
(P7060060.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and Karl.
(P7060061.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, in the background, finishing up with a leaner. Next tree is in the foreground.
(P7060062.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Ted, Bill and Pedro with the old tree.
(P7060063.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty.
(P7060064.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Ted.
(P7060065.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Karl, John, Bill with Ted and Marty cutting the old tree.
(P7060066.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and John.
(P7070018.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John and Pedro.
(P7070019.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Done tree.
(P7070020.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and John.
(P7070021.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
"I" forest service blaze.
(P7070022.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John using his Oregon saw to cut a leaner.
(P7070023.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Eric using John's Oregon saw with John in the background.
(P7070024.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Pedro)
Eric using John's Oregon saw with John in the background.
(P7070025.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Pedro)
Another USFS "I" blaze.
(P7070026.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bum picture.
(P7070029.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bum picture.
(P7070030.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John, Buck the Saw and a 15" tree.
(P7070035.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
A nice pair of trees to remove. These were mostly removed using a block and tackle and one cut.
(P7070036.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and John.
(P7070037.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
One more of millions of trees to remove.
(P7070038.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The cleared trail.
(P7070039.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro attempting to wash in cold Granite Creek.
(P7070040.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro attempting to wash in cold Granite Creek.
(P7070041.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro attempting to wash in cold Granite Creek.
(P7070042.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro fishing in Granite Creek.
(P7070043.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro fishing in Granite Creek.
(P7070044.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro's fish.
(P7070045.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm's back on the second day after his fall.
(P7080046.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The "TREE" with Bayard.
(P7080047.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The "TREE" with Bayard.
(P7080048.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The "TREE".
(P7080049.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The "TREE" from down hill.
(P7080050.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The "TREE" from down hill.
(P7080051.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Eric on the way out from the Trail Camp. Note dirty jeans.
(P7080052.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Pedro)
Eric on the way out from the Trail Camp. Note: two saws, double bit ax and hard hat.
(P7080053.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Pedro)
Cinder Cone from Walton Trail.
(P7080055.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
First Merged view. This is from near the entrance to the Ansel Adams Primitive area. It starts from about North-East and continues around to about South. This is a picture that is about 200 degrees wide. (The Merge software that I used was not perfect.)
(Merge1.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080056.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080057.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080058.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080059.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080060.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080061.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080062.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080063.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080064.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080065.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #1.
(P7080066.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Cinder Cone.
(P7080067.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Cinder Cone with Eric.
(P7080068.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Pedro)
Minerets from Walton Trail.
(P7080070.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Karl on Walton Trail.
(P7080071.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
?, but it is a nice looking lump of rock and dirt.
(P7080072.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
View east from Walton Trail.
(P7080073.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
View east from Walton Trail.
(P7080074.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Second Merged view. This was taken from Walton Trail on the way back and starts with a view approximately North-North-East and ends up about South-East for at total of about 120 degrees wide. (The Merge software that I used was not perfect.)
(Merge2.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #2.
(P7080075.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #2.
(P7080076.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #2.
(P7080077.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #2.
(P7080078.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Part of the pictures that make up Merged view #2, with Karl.
(P7080079.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The "TREE" from the top.
(P7090080.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John and the top of the "TREE".
(P7090081.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
The first small top part of the "TREE" that was moved.
(P7090082.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Second top part moved off the bolder that it was resting on.
(P7090083.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pulling the main part of the tree from the boulder.
(P7090086.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Barbara and John using Buck The Saw on the tree's base.
(P7090087.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro and Barbara.
(P7090088.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Lower section of the "TREE" cut and starting its move.
(P7090091.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro.
(P7090092.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Done with the "TREE".
(P7090093.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Done from below.
(P7090094.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Large tree near the trail.
(P7090095.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Near miss by a large tree that came parallel to the trail. The saw is over four feet long.
(P7090096.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John pumping water on Madera Creek.
(P7090097.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Last night at Clover Meadow. Nate singing through the camp fire's smoke.
(P7090098.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Mike with two of his sons.
(P7090107.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate showing a youngster how to use a guitar.
(P7090108.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
?, Mike, Andrea and Coni.
(P7090109.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bev, Nate and Bill on the last night.
(P7090110.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
From road on the way home.
(P7100111.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
From road on the way home.
(P7100112.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)