Mt. Besak, CT Trail Maintenance

On Sunday, March 14, a cadre of LIOR members went to Mt. Besak to perform trail maintenance. We spent a good part of the day building waterbars on the newly christened "Runway". Boringly straight to drive, this long hillclimb threatened to gather rain runoff into a torrent aimed directly at the pond below. Rather than allow the trail to degrade, and to stop mud pollution of the pond, LIOR built a series of rock waterbars across the trail. The waterbars were constructed to allow hikers, bikers and stock 4x4's to zigzag through. Water runoff will splash harmlessly through, the potentially harmful energy dissipated by the rocks. Wheelers will dissipate their excess energy by weaving over the rock bars.

The "Area 227" portion of the popular Mt. Besak trail system adds some new opportunities for four wheeling fun for all levels. Some of our best-built rigs had trouble attacking the new obstacles, especially those who tried a frontal attack on the Hanger. Of course, the man-made stuff is all optional, so as not to block passage for other forest users.

Bob Blair doesn't know it yet, but he's about to park it in the "Hanger"
	Marc Roseman, Evan Silverman & Willie Vasquez take a photo break while gathering rocks for the "Runway" waterbars
Mr. Ed's jockey, Jim Guld, makes him rear over a new Runway hurdle
	Jim Guld moves the big one for Marc Roseman's "Tan Whale" while WillieVasquez rambles over
Willie's Wrangler wrestles with a rock on the Runway
	LIOR President Jim Guld tries to look busy