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Kitzuma: It's all Gone!

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Kitzuma was one of my favorites (always top 5) that would keep you in check while providing a cyclic single track experience with no intersecting trail interruptions. I rode it this evening and cannot really place all my thoughts into this post but will describe a few. What an irreverent, disgusting, deliberate destruction of a trail I have ever laid eyes on. The trail worker machined every inch of the trail wether or not it needed attention. Trees were cut down that were not in the way! An example of this (and there are many) is where trees were cut just to lay in the way of the right-hand roller-coasters at the bottom. The poor slouch could have pulled some brush into the trail (if he really needed to block the right hand options) but instead cut down trees to have them fall in the way, WTF!

Then we have the 2 million water berms.... is this meant to rock me to sleep! They are nearly every 8 feet and cover areas that did not have drainage issues! Survey says? We did not conduct one!
Not to mention cutting roots out and then covering it with dirt. Good for the trees eh! Oh, and smashing all the rock formations.. are we trying to erode the Appalachia even faster?

Now you say, who is this guy who comments on trail work and did not participate in this flippin mess?. Oh, just a taxpayer hopefully like you. Tell us where to show-up and we will!
So before you get all up in my grill....
This guy was paid for his work.... so it is really ok to comment
:nono:
 
#129 · (Edited)
Senor StrongBad said:
I just wanted to see what smokebikes was saying and see if he posted one of his new projects.
Well, since you asked.....................I think Kitzuma is not dead but only on ice (metaphorically) till nature and time thaw it out and so I'll just Smoke a few frames in the meantime...........just another fixie in the womb. :thumbsup:
 

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redriderbb said:
Man, you're right. And if you can't physically fix it. There is no good answer. To tell you the truth man, I feel like WNC got F*&^ED by the FS this year. I was just hoping someone might take initiative with a tool. But, I haven't ridden it, nor will I probably ride it while it is all screwed up. You can write letters and make phone calls, but we all know that probably won't actually "fix" the problem. So, what do you do?

You have 3 options:

1. Don't do S^%T, that is the way WNC works right now. Honestly, the amount of money that was spent in the last year or two won't happen again, so in time the wounds might heal.

2. Get a tool, talk to Todd and go do work son! But, that will be hard and thankless, so it takes a special breed to do that.

3. Be political. It won't fix the immediate problem, but may help nip issues in the bud in the future.

Remember, there are still quite a few trails to be "fixed" in the remaining contracts, so this isn't over yet.

My main point in the other post was to correct Steve about GL. 160 people put a lot of work into that trail. I want to make sure, that isn't forgotten. Now time to get back to the snow. Miss the people of WNC once in a while, but the trails in UT are STELLAR.

Ben
Hi Ben,

I understand what you're saying. I suppose in this instance, it's intimidating and frustrating due to the extent of the "work" done. I know you can't tell much from a video, but look at 1:59 to 3:00 in that video. You will notice that the blade was in the full on down position the length of all of those spines.

The reason I point that out is because since it was all done by machine, from Point A to Z, there is very little I can wrap my brain around that a shovel could fix. From everything I can tell, the damage is done and the trail bed is changed forever because of some of the more drastic cuts the digger made.

I can only picture improvement or repair being done by another trail contractor with the full brunt of machines and their extensive knowledge.

For now, time will heal some of the wounds and roughen it up some, but I just keep harping on the fact that at least 70% of that trail didn't even need a digger.

I'll shut up....for now. :D