2020-6-11, Tunxis Trail, Burlington, CT

On 2020-6-11, I did a trail inspection on portions of the orange-dot and yellow-dot trails in Burlington, CT.  I made an interactive map on which I display the three-digit GPS Waypoints I recorded.  Here is a link to the map: http://arcg.is/15TnfW0

Below is a static screenshot of the map.


001 I turned from the yellow-dot to the orange dot trail.

002  The trail here is too steep.

003  I took a picture showing rocks typical of Devil's Kitchen.

004. 10-inch blowdown, 14 inches high.  UPDATE:  On 2020-6-14, when I was part of a CFPA workparty, this blowdown had disappeared.


005  12-inch blowdown 15 inches high.  


005.  UPDATE:  On 2020-6-14, this blowdown was still there.  Bob Doucette removed the blowdown with his handsaw.


006.  10-inch blowdown 10 inches high.  UPDATE:  We left this blowdown.


007  6-inch blowdown 6 inches high.  


007:  UPDATE:   I removed this blowdown using my 18-inch pruning saw.


008  6-inch blowdown 6 inches high.    UPDATE:  On 2020-6-14, I turned around at 007, and so never got to the rest of the blowdowns.  


009  to 010  The trail went through a meadow and was a bit overgrown, but not too bad.

011  There appeared to be a stone culvert here that took a small stream under the road.

012.  The second rock in this ford on rocks didn't look safe to stand on.


13  10-inch blowdown 10 inches high.

014  A white-blazed trail crossed here.  It appears to be getting a lot of use.

015  A minor ford here.

016  This section of the trail does not appear to get much use.  Maybe because of the sign with the "X."  Below the "X" were the words, "Turn Around."


017  I can see no blazes here.

018  A ford here.

019  12-inch blowdown, 12 inches high, that is not really blocking the trail, but my guess is Dan Casey would want to get rid of it.


020  An out-of-date sign left over from when the yellow-dot trail was blue-only.


021  I can see no blazes here when I look east.

022  I can see no blazes.

023  I took a picture here of a mountain laurel flower.


024  This is looking back down a too-steep stretch of the trail.


025  Can the CFPA prohibit bikes on trails that are on land that the CFPA does not own?

On 2020-6-14, Bob Doucette was still on the trail when I and Dan Casey left.  Bob is the keeper of the tool you see pictured below.  Dan Casey calls the tool a swizzle.  I have temporary custody of this ancient-looking tool












David Reik

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