Trail Report: Dusy Ershim open 2013

[mountainguyed67]

F.S. trail status listing.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sierra...telprdb5315989

Fire in the area.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3552/


Trail work a couple weeks ago.

Group effort to fill in a hole.


Rest break in Rodeo Meadow.


Cleaning fire pits at East Lake.


F.S. employees cleaning one of the fire rings at Thompson Lake.


Drilling to use a bolt,instead of a lag screw(Top only).




The crew(Except Marlin and I are not pictured).

[aw12345]

You guys do a heck of a job keeping one of the coolest trails in Northern California open, I loved every minute of my Dusy trip

[RAT]

X2. Awesome trail and fantastic job done to keep it open. You guys rock!

[dirtman13]

Great work and thank you for your efforts in helping keep one of the best trails open.

[Russ Chung]

Thank you!!!

[Deepwater]

Thanks for all your hard work to get the trail opened.

I had driven up to the trailhead at the top of Kaiser Pass early July while on my way to Edison Lake sight seeing and saw that it was closed. I was a little worried.

Mike

[inVERt'D]

Thank you for the hard work and initiative!

[curtis]

Thanks for the great work.

[mountainguyed67]

Thanks for all your hard work to get the trail opened.

I had driven up to the trailhead at the top of Kaiser Pass early July while on my way to Edison Lake sight seeing and saw that it was closed. I was a little worried.

Mike

Two years ago the Forest Service set opening dates for all the trails,the date for Dusy is August 1st. The reason they give is to protect the Yosemite Toad. So this means the trail no longer opens when snow conditions allow,frustrating,but we have to do what they say.


Thanks for all the kudos,we do it because we love the trail.

[CVD]

I did the Dusy last summer. Fantastic trail and scenery. Thank you and your group for the work you do on that trail.

The only down side on that trip was seeing meadow damage from grazing cattle. I don’t understand why the forest service needs to lease grazing rights in the high Sierra (must be a powerful ranchers lobby). I doubt off-roaders, who are confined to a narrow path (the Dusy), do anywhere near the damage to the toads habitat that those cows do.

[mountainguyed67]

Good point,I posted it on our clubs forum.

Thanks.

[HeavyIron]

Many thanks to you guys for the work you do. It is appreciated!!

[mrchips]

Thanks for the great work you do to keep an exceptional trail in good shape. Hats off to you.

[Materdaddy]

Thank you for the work and dedication to keeping our trails maintained and open.

I'm hoping this trail will stay open long enough for me to see it. It's been on my bucket list for a couple years now...

[mountainguyed67]

Thank you for the work and dedication to keeping our trails maintained and open.

I'm hoping this trail will stay open long enough for me to see it. It's been on my bucket list for a couple years now...

What's keeping you?