: Glenrock Update

By: fat-lenny | 1 Comment » |

A while back I posted about NPWS getting trail access right in Glenrock with respect to allowing Volunteer Trail days to occur (Glenrock Volunteer Trail Works) on the XC trails in the park. Well some time has passed, so I thought now might be a good time to look back at the last few months and how the trails in Glenrock have progressed.

For those who know Glenrock, the volunteer works to date have involved the reworking of the “shit happens” climb from blown out fire trail to a quality single trail section, and the tweaking of BJ’s.

What has been achieved is a testament to not only the build crew who give up a lot of free riding time, but also to the faith the NPWS have placed in those volunteers. Trail wise, these sections of trail are now not only more enjoyable to ride, but they have also proven to be more weather proof and ultimately in the long term, sustainable.

While I do think some of the access solutions contained in the draft POM for Glenrock are very positive for general XC access, other areas of the management of mtb use are fundamentally flawed (I will touch on that in a separate post in the near future). That said, I do think this has been a giant leap of faith by the NPWS to allow the trails to be worked on to ensure sustainability has been successful and the results do vindicate the risk that was taken.

Its a start, and quiet a big one that should have ramifications to other areas in NSW. Lets hope we start seeing this sort of work repeated elsewhere in the NPWS system.

Before Work – Step up into BJ’s

After Work – Finishing touches and aggregate needed on B-Line

 

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1. Great work Sammy

Mark

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