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Henry downhill over new waves - it's going to be an exciting ride! 9/28/08

John downhill loop in the field with newly sculpted bank corner. Sweeeeet! 9/29/08

Dueling excavators on the sprint course. One excavator is working back towards the Wave, the other back towards the new exit of the Wave. 9/30/08

Entrance to the Wave recontoured with rocks removed. All smoothed up ready for seeding and hay. 10/02/08

3.75 km cutoff on the Wave here roughed out. Graham Webster excavator operator inspecting 9/26/08

Downhill on Henry being hayed after finish excavation 9/24/08

John downhill haying after finish grading 9/25/08

Friendly moose sighting 9/25/08

New Wave exit bridge being constructed 9/24/08

New Wave exit trail roughed out 9/26/08

Henry uphill final smoothing before seed, fertilizer and hay. 9/17/08

Henry downhill hemlock stump in the way. 9/17/08

Henry downhill hemlock stump, no problem. 9/17/08

Henry downhill. French mattress being installed. Here's the fabric that Scott and Brian are laying down. 9/17/08

Henry downhill, soil being delivered for French mattress. 9/17/08

Henry downhill, soil being delivered to the French Mattress site. 9/17/08

Henry uphill, meanwhile, we have seeded, fertilized and hayed the section that has been completed behind Eammon in the excavator. 9/17/08

Logger Dean Davis stands out of the way as a twich goes by. 9/12/08

New exit of the Wave is now cut and ready for excavation. 9/12/08

Rick Davis skidding out wood on the new exit of the Wave 9/12/08

Clearing the new sprint and 2.5 km downhill just before intersecting with the last part of the Wave. 9/15/08

Ace JSTF Groomer Andy Inkell's first inspection of the new trails. He can't wait to groom them! 9/5/08

Returning biomass to the forest through chipping. 9/4/08

Before chipping 9/4/08.

After chipping 9/4/08

Log pile on the side of John refects the history of logging in the White Mountains. 9/4/08

Wildlife habitat pile along John. We left selected piles to accommodate wildlife. 9/4/08

Sprint course downhill (aka - Peter's Passage) bridge site after removal of old bridge 9/2/08

Sprint course downhill bridge during construction. One more panel to be added. Downhill has been roughed out in this photo. 9/3/08

Garland's excavator adding fill to the bridge approach - 8/27/08

Garland's excavator final dressing of topsoil on bridge approach and bridge - 8/27/08

Board member Walter Yaceshyn and Williams team member Keith Kantack put the final touches on the bridge topsoil - 8/27/08.

9 meter bridge finished and awaiting backfill and top-dressing. 8/26/08.

First panel of the 9 meter bridge being put in place. 8/25/08

Installing the east abutment of the 9 meter bridge. 8/25/08

Installation of the west abutment of the 9 meter bridge. 8/25/08

Eagle Mtn Golfcourse groundskeeper Greg Buxton digs a trench for the abutment on the golfcourse side of the 9-meter bridge. 8/25/08

Sam and Keith building the header on the culvert at the bottom of the Drop. 8/22/08

Culvert Header on the Drop installed 8/22/08

John, just after the HP on the first A climb is now finished and ready for snow. 7/29/08

The first B climb on John is now nearly finished and ready for snow. 7/29/08.

Backfilling the abutments on Wave Bridge 1. 7/29/08

Wave bridge 1 installation of the second abutment. 7/29/08

Wave bridge 1 first curb panel installation. 7/29/08.

Wave bridge 1 more panels are installed. 7/29/08

Wave bridge 1 nearly finished. One mis-cast panel caused delay of finishing by one day. 7/29/08

Look who we found under the tarp covering the mulch hay. 7/28/08

First bridge on the Wave being constructed 7/28/08. Here the abutment pieces are being placed.

Rock vs. Betanomite and Excavator - take 2. Rock drilled and Betanomite has busted it apart over 48 hrs. July 26, 2008

Excavator takes over 7/28/08

Excavator continues to chew rock apart. 67/28/08

Excavator moving the pieces. 7/28/08

Rock looses. 7/28/08

Rock on the CFI trail uphill being ripped apart by excavator. July 22, 2008.

Keith and Sam drilling a 131,000 lb rock to be busted apart using hydraulic high expansive material. On the first uphill on the course. July 15, 08

Rick and Dean Davis helping with the tree removal on the Henry Loop. July 14, 2008

Kendall Fields HP on first A climb. Excavation done. July 11, 2008

Looking back up to HP on first A climb in Kendall's field. July 11, 2008

Looking down the last of the decent from the HP on the first A climb. Eamonn in his excavator. July 11, 2008

Pile of field rocks beside decent after the HP on the first A climb. July 11, 2008.

John's downhill turn. Composite photo July 10, 2008

Culverts arrive from the manufacturer July 10, 2008. 4,867 pounds worth. 25 pipes worth almost $8,000.

I used our ATV to drag the culvert into the location on the uphill on John. July 10, 2008.

Cutting on Henry loop gets started. July 10, 2008. Keith Kantack, Greg Tsoulis, and Laurie Spence

There are some big white pine trees along the John Loop. Here are three we call the "Three Sisters" 7/9/08

Composite photo of near the end of the John Loop with summer intern Liz Kantack. 7/9/08

4 prestressed bridge sections cast. Each bridge requires 6 sections and each weighing 6500 - 10500 lbs. 7/9/08

Rebar awaiting casting into bridge sections 7/9/08

The John Loop first uphill. We removed the two trees to keep the trail wide enough for competition skiers on the uphill near the start. July 8, 2008

The John Loop standing on the return trail, outbound trail to the right. July 8, 2008

The new homologated John Loop uphill excavation work - July 7, 2008.

The new homologated John Loop excavation work - July 7, 2008.

Thom Perkins and John Morton inspecting the new homologated John Loop excavation work - July 7, 2008.

Thom Perkins and John Morton inspect the cutting on the new homologated Sprint Course - July 7, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

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