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This is the Pulaski that was used to chop out most of the roots on the single track at River Bends. I’m heading out tomorrow to do some more trail work, so tonight I set to sharpening the axe side with a file. The adze side is quite dull, but that’s acceptable for trail work as it’s mostly used for bench cutting. There isn’t a great edge on the axe side, but as this edge sees most use being plunged into roots buried in dirt it should be acceptable. After another four hours of trail work it will likely be rounded over and quite nicked up.
With the weather turning nice I took a look at River Bends’ current trail layout and found an area where roughly half a mile of trail could really add to the system, and now that a nice route through it has been identified it’s time to get building. If things go according to plan this will expand the single track by roughly half a mile using relatively flat land on a somewhat-plateau above the paved paths and may even offer nice opportunities for log piles and other trail obstacles. I flagged the route tonight, so as long as the tape flags aren’t pulled down by noon tomorrow we should be able to make good headway on this piece of trail.