Trail Building: A primer for building novice friendly sustainable trails in Peck Forest
"What's the hold up?".... "They're still building the trail!" Here is a section of trail that has had the very top layer of leaves and debris removed. Moved the log and cleaned out the debris and cut a channel to rest the log in... There are not many rocks to contend with and it does make working by hand easier. Using organic material such as this log in place of rock is not preferred, but is the only option if a small berm is desired. Log fitted.. It's really critical to remove all loose, soft and spongy organic material. Digging down to the soil, dirt, provides a solid surface to work. Started cutting down through the root layer and turned up some of the loam. Notice how the color of the dirt is changing. Here I've used an eight pound tamper to pack the bottom layer and to get a feel for the dirt and a base. Deeper and wider second tamping. Tamping thin layers of dirt by hand provides a l
