California Outfitters, Volunteer Trail Crew at Edison Lake

July, 2003, Back Country Trail Work

Updated: 1:31 AM 1/10/2023
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In camp
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In camp
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Tree to remove
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Cutting the tree.
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Saw Noodles?
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Tree all gone. Took 15 mins of cutting to get it out.
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The next problem tree.
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Clearing off some of the "junk" at the tree's base.
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Cutting the tree's butt end off.
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Final cleanup
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Final cleanup
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Final cleanup
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This time it's a 14 incher.
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Removing the branches to get clear access to the tree.
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Tree gone 16 mins later.
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Clean up and putting the safety shield back on the saw.
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A leaner.
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More of the leaner.
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Leaner down.
06/12/2003 10:22 AM 396,981 DSCN0656.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Leaner all done in seven mins (sharp saw).
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Nice meadow.
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Nice meadow.
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Small tree that was just picked up and thrown off the trail.
06/12/2003 11:31 AM 381,561 DSCN0660.JPG, photograph by Karl

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The throw off.
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Trail all cleared in three mins.
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Bev's tent
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Bev's Tent
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Bev's TENT
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BEV'S TENT
06/12/2003 03:08 PM 391,409 DSCN0666.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Water Pump
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Water Pump
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Water Pump
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Water Pump
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Tree on the trail up Bear Creek.
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Tree on the trail up Bear Creek.
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Tree all gone after 23 mins.
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Tree all gone after 23 mins.
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Start of the tree. Note that Eric's camera's time is "off" by about one hour. (One of us had daylight savings time and the other had standard time.)
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Continuing up the trail, in a swampy section.
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Continuing up the trail, in a swampy section.
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Continuing up the trail, in a swampy section.
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Going around the bolder that sticks into the creek at high water.
06/13/2003 10:29 AM 2,055,701 P6130009.JPG, photograph by Eric

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Another tree to be picked up and removed.
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Tree gone.
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Last tree of the day. A difficult one.
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Part of the mess of branches that were in the way.
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The last tree.
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A wide angle view of the last tree. A two foot special.
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Tree that took three cuts, and a lot of wedge work, almost done at one hour and ten mins.
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The saw crew when it was all done.
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Look at what Karl found!
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Flowers
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Flowers
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Difficult tree that Karl did.
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Difficult tree that Karl did.
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Difficult tree that Karl did.
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Difficult tree that Karl did.
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Eric's first tree on Bear Ridge. Note that it is about four feet off the ground.
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Tony removing the tree.
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Tony about half done with it.
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A nice pile of tree to work on.
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My great crew with a done tree pile which took 12 mins.
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The largest tree that we had on this trip about a two footer which was "fresh". Being fresh, it has pitch inside it which causes the saw to stick. We use WD-40 or diesel fuel to keep the saw "de-pitched".
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One of the first things to do is "de-bark" the tree where we will be cutting. It is supposed to keep the saw sharper.
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When the main tree is cut, it will roll into another one. So the smaller tree also has to be removed.
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Main cut with wedging needed.
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Main cut with wedging needed. (Those little yellow plastic wedges are great, and lighter than the older steel ones.)
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Removing part of the tree's butt so that it will roll nicely.
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Last small tree of the day. Note that not all of us took our packs off.
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Lunch
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Lunch
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Karl's tree pile.
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Karl's tree pile.
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Karl's tree pile.
06/14/2003 11:25 AM 378,960 DSCN0687.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Karl's tree pile.
06/14/2003 11:25 AM 376,223 DSCN0688.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Karl's tree pile.
06/14/2003 11:28 AM 374,870 DSCN0689.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Karl's tree pile.
06/14/2003 11:29 AM 390,877 DSCN0690.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Flowers
06/14/2003 12:08 PM 377,000 DSCN0691.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Flowers
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Flowers
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Flowers
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Flowers
06/14/2003 12:09 PM 344,837 DSCN0695.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Nice meadow on the way back.
06/14/2003 12:30 PM 400,054 DSCN0696.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Nice meadow on the way back.
06/14/2003 12:30 PM 383,869 DSCN0697.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Nice meadow on the way back.
06/14/2003 12:31 PM 389,941 DSCN0698.JPG, photograph by Karl

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Nice meadow on the way back.
06/14/2003 12:34 PM 377,555 DSCN0699.JPG, photograph by Karl