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Henry downhill over new waves - it's going to be an exciting ride! 9/28/08
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John downhill loop in the field with newly sculpted bank corner. Sweeeeet! 9/29/08
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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
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Entrance to the Wave recontoured with rocks removed. All smoothed up ready for seeding and hay. 10/02/08
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3.75 km cutoff on the Wave here roughed out. Graham Webster excavator operator inspecting 9/26/08
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Downhill on Henry being hayed after finish excavation 9/24/08
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John downhill haying after finish grading 9/25/08
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Friendly moose sighting 9/25/08
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New Wave exit bridge being constructed 9/24/08
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New Wave exit trail roughed out 9/26/08
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Henry uphill final smoothing before seed, fertilizer and hay. 9/17/08
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Henry downhill hemlock stump in the way. 9/17/08
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Henry downhill hemlock stump, no problem. 9/17/08
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Henry downhill. French mattress being installed. Here's the fabric that Scott and Brian are laying down. 9/17/08
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Henry downhill, soil being delivered for French mattress. 9/17/08
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Henry downhill, soil being delivered to the French Mattress site. 9/17/08
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Henry uphill, meanwhile, we have seeded, fertilized and hayed the section that has been completed behind Eammon in the excavator. 9/17/08
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Logger Dean Davis stands out of the way as a twich goes by. 9/12/08
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New exit of the Wave is now cut and ready for excavation. 9/12/08
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Rick Davis skidding out wood on the new exit of the Wave 9/12/08
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Clearing the new sprint and 2.5 km downhill just before intersecting with the last part of the Wave. 9/15/08
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Ace JSTF Groomer Andy Inkell's first inspection of the new trails. He can't wait to groom them! 9/5/08
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Returning biomass to the forest through chipping. 9/4/08
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Before chipping 9/4/08.
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After chipping 9/4/08
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Log pile on the side of John refects the history of logging in the White Mountains. 9/4/08
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Wildlife habitat pile along John. We left selected piles to accommodate wildlife. 9/4/08
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Sprint course downhill (aka - Peter's Passage) bridge site after removal of old bridge 9/2/08
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Sprint course downhill bridge during construction. One more panel to be added. Downhill has been roughed out in this photo. 9/3/08
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Garland's excavator adding fill to the bridge approach - 8/27/08
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Garland's excavator final dressing of topsoil on bridge approach and bridge - 8/27/08
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Board member Walter Yaceshyn and Williams team member Keith Kantack put the final touches on the bridge topsoil - 8/27/08.
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9 meter bridge finished and awaiting backfill and top-dressing. 8/26/08.
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First panel of the 9 meter bridge being put in place. 8/25/08
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Installing the east abutment of the 9 meter bridge. 8/25/08
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Installation of the west abutment of the 9 meter bridge. 8/25/08
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Eagle Mtn Golfcourse groundskeeper Greg Buxton digs a trench for the abutment on the golfcourse side of the 9-meter bridge. 8/25/08
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Sam and Keith building the header on the culvert at the bottom of the Drop. 8/22/08
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Culvert Header on the Drop installed 8/22/08
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John, just after the HP on the first A climb is now finished and ready for snow. 7/29/08
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The first B climb on John is now nearly finished and ready for snow. 7/29/08.
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Backfilling the abutments on Wave Bridge 1. 7/29/08
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Wave bridge 1 installation of the second abutment. 7/29/08
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Wave bridge 1 first curb panel installation. 7/29/08.
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Wave bridge 1 more panels are installed. 7/29/08
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Wave bridge 1 nearly finished. One mis-cast panel caused delay of finishing by one day. 7/29/08
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Look who we found under the tarp covering the mulch hay. 7/28/08
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First bridge on the Wave being constructed 7/28/08. Here the abutment pieces are being placed.
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Rock vs. Betanomite and Excavator - take 2. Rock drilled and Betanomite has busted it apart over 48 hrs. July 26, 2008
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Excavator takes over 7/28/08
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Excavator continues to chew rock apart. 67/28/08
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Excavator moving the pieces. 7/28/08
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Rock looses. 7/28/08
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Rock on the CFI trail uphill being ripped apart by excavator. July 22, 2008.
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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
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Rick and Dean Davis helping with the tree removal on the Henry Loop. July 14, 2008
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Kendall Fields HP on first A climb. Excavation done. July 11, 2008
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Looking back up to HP on first A climb in Kendall's field. July 11, 2008
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Looking down the last of the decent from the HP on the first A climb. Eamonn in his excavator. July 11, 2008
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Pile of field rocks beside decent after the HP on the first A climb. July 11, 2008.
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John's downhill turn. Composite photo July 10, 2008
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Culverts arrive from the manufacturer July 10, 2008. 4,867 pounds worth. 25 pipes worth almost $8,000.
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I used our ATV to drag the culvert into the location on the uphill on John. July 10, 2008.
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Cutting on Henry loop gets started. July 10, 2008. Keith Kantack, Greg Tsoulis, and Laurie Spence
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There are some big white pine trees along the John Loop. Here are three we call the "Three Sisters" 7/9/08
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Composite photo of near the end of the John Loop with summer intern Liz Kantack. 7/9/08
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4 prestressed bridge sections cast. Each bridge requires 6 sections and each weighing 6500 - 10500 lbs. 7/9/08
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Rebar awaiting casting into bridge sections 7/9/08
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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
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The John Loop standing on the return trail, outbound trail to the right. July 8, 2008
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The new homologated John Loop uphill excavation work - July 7, 2008.
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The new homologated John Loop excavation work - July 7, 2008.
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Thom Perkins and John Morton inspecting the new homologated John Loop excavation work - July 7, 2008.
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Thom Perkins and John Morton inspect the cutting on the new homologated Sprint Course - July 7, 2008.
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