Continuing Improvements

Thanks to John, Steve and Kevin today we had some significant maintenance done to the trails. The city was kind enough to deliver some gravel and we got it moved into some of the soggy areas. We also did a little bit of armoring, some chainsaw work and flagged a couple reroutes.

It is great to have young, strong guys show up to help!

Just a little bit of armoring for a wet spot.

The guys willing to spend a "day off" earning their dirt!

The dingo is a great way to move gravel. It beats a shovel

and wheelbarrow hands down.

Second Try

Having trouble with link to new map, so I will upload it here for easy downloads.

New Map!

Once again, thanks to Neale Shour for being our "map guy". At the right you will find the latest map for SWW. This map includes the new section of trail. This is currently an out-n-back, with the loop to be finished in the spring of 2011 (provided we have a better build year).

Although it is a bit of pain to ride an out-n-back, this new section is pretty nice stuff and needs ridden! There are a few things to tweak on it, but it largely finished until you come to the pile of deadfall that marks the turn around. Oh, and we conveniently put that at the bottom of a hill so you get to climb back.

ERTA Receives Award from MPRA

ERTA was honored to recently receive a Citation Award from the Missouri Park and Recreation Association. We were nominated by the Liberty Parks and Recreation Department for the work completed at Stocksdale Park.

In addition to attending the annual MPRA meeting at Tan-Tar-A, we also recently attended a Liberty City Council meeting at which the mayor issued a proclamation recognizing ERTA.

Preview

Went out and GPS'd the new trail today since it is all flagged. There is a lot of work to do yet, hopefully we can get it done. There is still a fair amount of corridor to be cleared and then quite a bit of benching and some crossings to deal with before we can open. We need your help!!

Here is a GPS of the new trail and the existing, open trail.

GPS of the new trail by itself.

New Map

Here is a new map, courtesy of Neale. Just a couple of tweeks.

Kudos from riders

Some posts regarding Stocksdale Trails that have been found on the forums:

--I rode Stocksdale for the second time this morning and I must say I love the switchbacks I find it to be a very athletic romp with a change of direction every two or three seconds. I find myself more worn out after 14 miles here than I tend to after 24 at SMV. And the nice thing is even with it being a short course, each lap I found myself getting faster and that just made it funner.

--This was a fun ride, a lot of climbing it seems at times.

--I took my wife and some friends out there and we rode on Saturday. I rode the first time with all of them and then again by myself to get an idea of the flow with a little speed going. I am impressed with the trail. It's not an epic all day trail by any means, but it's a great start and I'm extremely excited to finally have some single track in Liberty.

--I have to agree. I haven't ridden SWW a lot until just recently. I think I've got more work hours on it than ride hours. I'm growing more fond of it all the time. Nothing suppa' technical, just fun flowing, short climb trail. I had a blast out there tonight rolling it on the single speed.

Work date correction

All: The Stocksdale work date has to move to 10/31. It will not be on 10/24

ERTA Workdays

Meeting

Well, the meeting was a success.   We weren't sure about the trail conditions for a while with the rain in recent days.  The trails were tacky to greasy, but overall very rideable.   

Thanks to the following: 

Ben Bolin for grilling. 

In-a-tub (Aaron Beeman) for donating the meat.

Joe Folse and Aaron Browning for condiments.

Buzz Taylor for chips.  

Toyota for the free hats.

KCB Bank (Kelly Peitzman) for the bottle openers

Biscari Brothers Bike Shop for the free tubes and bottles.

Steve Rice for the potato salad.

Also thanks to the City of Liberty Parks Department for use of the shelter house, it was perfect.

A great big thanks to those of you who made the trek up north to sample our trails in Liberty for the first time.  They are a work in progress, so be sure to come back often!