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Event#:932
Date: 2023-03-04
Agency:State Parks
Trail: Musch Trail
Leader:Jerry Mitcham
Hours: 78
Volunteers:13
Distance:100
Status: Completed
Regulars: 12
Casuals: 1
pdf:20230304MuschTrail.pdf
CSUCI: 1
Tag:TSP, BBT, CSUCI_TC
Previous Events on this Trail
ID Date Leader Hours
9342023-03-18Jerry Mitcham65.0
9332023-03-08Jerry Mitcham66.0
9322023-03-04Jerry Mitcham78.0
9312023-03-01Jerry Mitcham15.0
7272020-02-29Greg Sweel57.5
4482016-12-03Dave Edwards60.0
2672014-11-01Dave Edwards42.0
1742013-10-05Barb Thomas81.0
132011-10-2318.0
122011-10-2272.0
172011-10-2230.0
Crew Member Hours
Barry Dydyk6.00
Dave Edwards6.00
Don Brusselars6.00
George Sherman6.00
Greg Sweel6.00
Jerry Mitcham6.00
John Kross6.00
Jon Sheldon6.00
Juan Carlo Mendoza6.00
Lauren Schneider6.00
Ruth Feldon6.00
Viviana Celaya6.00
This was a regularly scheduled trail maintenance event to address storm damage to the Musch Trail in Topanga State Park. A trail assessment was conducted with Jason Finley recently to identify the most pressing problems. Today’s work addresses what was identified as the most urgent of the problems. This section of trail was damaged because of the recent heavy rains and a clogged inside drain. The damage consisted of: A badly clogged inside drain; Approximately fifty feet of badly trenched trail; A set of steps which had been completed destroyed, leaving a large hole (20’ x 8’ x 4’); And a deep trench (approximately: 4’ deep cutting across the trail; Today we had nine regular SMMTC volunteers and three Trail Corps members. A small group of volunteers drove directly to Musch Camp and began work. The remaining volunteers met at Trippet Ranch parking lot, then caravanned to Musch Camp. Conducted event briefings and safety and tool talks. The work was totally tread work. A long stretch of clogged, inside drain (source of most of the water creating the other damage) was cleared of debris (most of the rocks mixed in with the debris were used in the repair of other areas, The deep trench cutting across the trail (this was the primary drain carrying the water from the eroded trail and inside drain) was improved by using rock to elevate the level of the drain by about two feet and establishing a more sustainable water crossing these improvements establishes a more functional and safe stream crossing. The badly damaged steps were repaired by resetting the timbers and filling the large empty spaces with rocks and topped with soil. Two new steps were added to reduce the overall grade and help stabilize the fill materials. The long trenched length of trail was repaired by installing two new steps, bringing in fill from other areas and using soil from the side of the trail. It should be noted that these efforts required moving several large rocks (by two or more volunteers), carrying many smaller rocks and The work was totally tread work. A long stretch of clogged, inside drain (source of most of the water creating the other damage) was cleared of debris (most of the rocks mixed in with the debris were used in the repair of other areas, The deep trench cutting across the trail (this was the primary drain carrying the water from the eroded trail and inside drain) was improved by using rock to elevate the level of the drain by about two feet and establishing a more sustainable water crossing these improvements establishes a more functional and safe stream crossing. The badly damaged steps were repaired by resetting the timbers and filling the large empty spaces with rocks and topped with soil. Two new steps were added to reduce the overall grade and help stabilize the fill materials. The long trenched length of trail was repaired by installing two new steps, bringing in fill from other areas and using soil from the side of the trail. It should be noted that these efforts required moving several large rocks (by two or more volunteers), carrying many smaller rocks and bringing in many, many buckets of crush and soil for fill material. There is still a large amount of work to be done on this trail. Although we resolved several hazardous issues, the trail has many more difficult and hazardous sections needing attention. The crew is scheduled to address several of these additional issues in the coming weeks. Total volunteer hours: 12 Volunteers x 6 hours = 72 hours Feet of trail maintained: 100.
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