Skyline maintenance

[Florian]

Last week when i was up the lower Skyline i noticed a couple of spots where the catclaw was blocking the trail. Now i like a somewhat overgrown trail as much as anyone but catclaw draws blood. One spot in particular around the 2300' level you had to step off the trail to get around the thorns. So this morning i ran up with my (non Florian® brand) clippers and work gloves to do a little bit of pruning. Imagine my surprise when i arrived at the target shrub to find someone had already trimmed it neatly back from the trail! I laughed out loud!! Who are you mystery trail-maintainer person? It's good to know there are others that have a special fondness for taking care of the Skyline. Note that i was ONLY going to trim catclaw and then just enough to make the trail passable. No other friendly shrubs were touched.

I also put up new tramway closure notices showing the extended 10/4 date. Photo here ► http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/5018450074/sizes/l/

And the rescue box at 2500' appears to be in good shape with the zip tie seal still in place.

°Florian

[zippetydude]

Wow, a kinder, gentler notice! Hey Florian, how goes it? Actually, I like the trail when it's clear, so you sure won't offend me if you trim anything that's blocking the trail. That nice, flat traverse at about 4400' comes to mind....

I look forward to seeing you on the 9th. I think I owe you a beer anyway, so if you decide to skip the upper section, maybe we can open the tram bar together!

z

[Hikin_Jim]

I like the wording on that one. Simple and straight to the point.

HJ